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In response to "Help me out...why is oil dropping 70% today? " by Will Hunting

Futures expire today -- nm

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Apr 20 '20, 10:23

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Okay, so random calendar quirk not truly based on anything substantive from the days prior. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 10:24 11
- also thing I learned: the term contango meaning the fall contracts are worth more than the current ones -- nm - decline Apr 20, 10:27 1
  - I think that's a Ted Nugent song. -- nm - David Apr 20, 10:56
- Basically. People don’t want actual delivery of oil next month because they’re running out of places to put it. - spamlet Apr 20, 10:27 6
  - The idea of using $1200 to buy $7 oil is tempting but I wouldn't have room to store 170+ barrels in my apartment. -- nm - Max Apr 20, 10:35 4
    - 169 barrels. You'll live in the last one. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 20, 10:38 2
      - I could tie the barrels together as a houseboat and float out into international waters. This is brilliant. -- nm - Max Apr 20, 10:50 1
        
        (making me think of one of my favorite Weekend Update jokes: "...which makes it a pretty good deal on barrels!") -- nm - Max Apr 20, 10:52
    - Step 1: buy oil. Step 2: buy rooms on cruise ships. Step 3: profit -- nm - JaxSean Apr 20, 10:37
  - which is going to really, really expensive -- nm - decline Apr 20, 10:29
- Yeah, CNBC stating its a quirk. No places to store oil in May. Hence price drop. "Could go negative". June still at $20 -- nm* - budice Apr 20, 10:25
- Yeah, but the demand shock is coming due. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 10:25

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