Lone trader caused 100 dollar price for oil

Lone trader caused 100 dollar price for oil

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A lone trader out to win a little fame made the purchase that took oil prices to the historic 100 dollars a barrel level this week but he lost 600 dollars on the deal, analysts said.
The trader has been named by US and British media as Richard Arens who runs a one man oil brokerage, ABS.

"The magic figure was hit apparently on the back of a single trade, rumoured to be a local intent on fame," Sucden analysts wrote in a commentary Thursday on the record breaking deal.

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Disinfo to cool the masses down or truth that one trader can mess with the world's economy?
I am not by any means educated on the ups and downs of the stock market but this concerns me and any feedback from our ATS stock pros would be great.

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Any thoughts on this?
Do lone traders have that much control?

Originally posted by SEEWHATUDO
Any thoughts on this?

Yep!

They're all on this existing thread: www.abovetopsecret.com...



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