it worked, to the extent I had abandoned my thesis for a run to $60+ silver to begin imminently.  I did not make any trades though, as the long term bull is still more than intact.

Silver still has a huge wall it has to climb in the near term, and even if last week was just a headfake, I am now inclined to think silver will be range bound until later this year–i.e., the highs and lows have been set for the next several months.  But you never know.