Single Trader Behind Oil Price Record
Guy wanted to be known as first to buy $100 oil
"The man behind the record rise in oil prices to $100 a barrel was a lone trader, seeking bragging rights and a minute of fame, market watchers say.
A single trader bid up the price by buying a modest lot and then sold it immediately at a loss, they claim.
The New York Mercantile Exchange said that US crude oil futures traded just once in triple figures on Wednesday.
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On Wednesday, one floor trader bought 1,000 barrels, the smallest amount permitted, and sold it immediately for $99.40 at a $600 loss, said Stephen Schork, a former floor trader on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the editor of an oil market newsletter.
"He paid $600 for the right to tell his grandchildren that he was the first in the world to buy $100 oil."
"The man behind the record rise in oil prices to $100 a barrel was a lone trader, seeking bragging rights and a minute of fame, market watchers say.
A single trader bid up the price by buying a modest lot and then sold it immediately at a loss, they claim.
The New York Mercantile Exchange said that US crude oil futures traded just once in triple figures on Wednesday.
(...)
On Wednesday, one floor trader bought 1,000 barrels, the smallest amount permitted, and sold it immediately for $99.40 at a $600 loss, said Stephen Schork, a former floor trader on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the editor of an oil market newsletter.
"He paid $600 for the right to tell his grandchildren that he was the first in the world to buy $100 oil."
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