Silver trades as XAGUSD, one troy ounce of silver priced in US dollars. Everything about the mechanics mirrors gold: an OTC market centred on London, futures in New York, a broker quote derived from both. Everything about the behaviour is more nervous.
The reason is the size of the market and where the metal goes. Silver is far cheaper per ounce and the market far thinner, so the same flow moves the price further. And unlike gold, more than half of annual demand is industrial: electronics, solar panels, electric vehicles. The Silver Institute has reported a structural supply deficit for several consecutive years, which ties the price to factory demand and inventory levels as much as to interest rates.
In practice that gives silver wider daily ranges than gold, sharper spikes, and a habit of overshooting in both directions when gold moves. Spreads are wider too in relative terms, so costs weigh more on a short-horizon strategy.
A strategy tagged Silver on Javlot trades XAGUSD, and its risk profile deserves a second look: the same position size carries more variance here than on gold.