Mate the gold futures market was developed for the sole purpose by the powers that be so they could interfere with the gold price, not long after the US was forced off the gold standard for too much money printing. Their game plan was to create so much volatility within the gold price structure as to freak investors out and scare them off. The only thing that has changed is people are finding out that the emperor is in the process of being indecently exposed because their racket is disintegrating..