The operation wasn't great. The snap was high and the kick was low. It's been a combination of everything.

It was just a low snap, a low snap,

The snap was good, the hold was good, but the kick wasn't good. I was very much surprised where that ball ended up.

The combination of early closes, thin volumes and end-of-year book squaring are set to keep volatility high, but with gold set to close above $500/oz, the prospects of further gains in 2006 are looking very strong indeed.

That's about as high and as low as you can get,

How high can bitcoin go? The real question is how low can the dollar go?