M minmike Sep 19, 2020 #11 Can't ban negative prices. What happens when locked limit offer at 0 and IB wants to liquidate a customers position?
Can't ban negative prices. What happens when locked limit offer at 0 and IB wants to liquidate a customers position?
S SunTrader Sep 19, 2020 #12 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.
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.
d08 Sep 19, 2020 #13 SanMiguel said: 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. More... Read the article. This was on expiration when contracts get thinner. You can have thin moments in any very liquid instrument.
SanMiguel said: 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. More... Read the article. This was on expiration when contracts get thinner. You can have thin moments in any very liquid instrument.