From Silver Standard Board:

"yesterday gold options expired. for weeks, gold was stuck in the low 700's and was rebuffed each time it approached $750. today gold is up $50, and trading at $795 as i write this. by an amazing coincidence, all of the gold options expired worthless, and one day later, gold is allowed to fly. if this doesn't reek of manipulation, i don't know what else it could be. and if i could figure this out, people who actually know what they're doing must have seen it coming from a mile away."

SilverNut