Actually, from the very beginning, the Charlie Siblings had never intended to drive silver prices this high. They knew perfectly well that they lacked the power to do so.
When they pushed toward their ultimate target of five Sol per ounce of silver, many people joined in of their own accord, and silver prices climbed higher and higher.
The higher the price of silver rose, the more people wanted to stand with them. At first, it was only the mine owners.
Higher silver prices meant higher incomes for them, with their earnings multiplying several times over. They had no reason not to support the Charlie Siblings, and even less reason to give the money they could earn to someone else.
To keep speculating, they needed more capital. The freedom of activity in the international market was even more "free" than the freedom within a closed market.
Market prices also fluctuated faster and more violently.
Later, international hot money and major capitalists noticed what was happening. They began joining in as well, but their money was not so easy to take.
Some were willing to view speculating in silver as a partnership. There was not much mutual responsibility between them and the Charlie Siblings.
If they made money, everyone split it together. If they lost money, everyone simply lost together.
But others were different. They had come solely to make money, and they had ample capital in hand. They used a series of conditions to determine victory or defeat, making a bet against the Charlie Siblings.
They would let the Charlie Siblings use their money, but if the latter failed to do what they had promised—for example, raising silver to a certain price by a certain time, or reaching a certain price within a given period—then they could appropriately give up