Retail investors add $430m to SLV as silver slides from $121 peak to $78 per ounce

Over six trading days, retail investors committed $430 million to SLV, the largest silver ETF, while silver prices plunged from a January high of $121 per ounce to $64 before recovering to $78. On January 30, silver dropped 27% in its biggest-ever one-day loss, yet data showed small investors continued buying aggressively as institutional players pulled back.