The Mysterious LondonTraders Accused ofManipulating OilMarkets....

What if ... the opposite happened. Crude skyrocketed $50, $100 higher on settlement day and shorts were burned.

"Everyone" would rejoice.

But shoe was on other foot so naturally it must be manipulation by those rotten thieves. :rolleyes:
 
The thing is, to manipulate a market you either have to be the market maker, have more money than the market participants combined, or be in an illiquid contract. I find that hard to believe in the oil contracts. It's not a penny stock.

Read the article. This was on expiration when contracts get thinner. You can have thin moments in any very liquid instrument.
 
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