Ann: Pre-auction Sale, page-114

Let's try to un-pack this Clayton's Auction.
Personally I think this has backfired on PLS.
The auction was supposed to be transparent to establish a market price.
Which, by accepting an offer, is clearly not market forces at work.
That's if there was a bid?
This supposed Cotango, is just smoke and mirrors.
Auctioning a product that does not exist and not available for another 6-8 months...
Really guys, have you thought this through, it seems to be a late night thought bubble that did not bust in the laser light of morning rationalism.
No more BMX Auctions this year: clearly you have no spare product to Auction.
Is it any surprise that the CCP immediately spanked the Li futures price: not to me.
All you have succeeded in achieving is giving the Shorters a massive free kick, when, presumably, the opposite was the desired outcome?

The only positive i can find in this catastrophe is that PLS is running at capacity with no spare product.
Whilst I'm still a believer and buying on weakness, I don't think this has been your finest hour.