Over 82 million shares were traded in the triple leverage gold stock ETF (NUGT) on July 17, 76 million in 40 minutes, which is about $1.7 billion worth.
This is triple the previous record of 27 million on December 15th, 2016, after which NUGT doubled in two months.
Stops may have been run so somebody could place a really big bet.
Gold mining stocks haven't budged as gold has fallen 8.5% since April.
https://seekingalpha...d-mining-stocks