@thewealthceo: In April 2020, oil prices shocked the world by turning negative, revealing how fragile modern commodity markets can be. As demand collapsed during global lockdowns and storage filled rapidly, WTI crude futures fell near minus 40 dollars because traders were forced to sell contracts they could not physically settle. A small group of 9 traders at a little known firm near London reportedly earned about 660 million dollars by understanding futures mechanics, forced liquidations, and how stress breaks systems. This episode showed that rare profits come from understanding structure and incentives, not predicting headlines, especially when extreme conditions push markets beyond normal behavior. Follow for more content like this! @thewealthceo ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง Bloomberg Originals ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ; ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ. #oil #trading #futures #markets #FinancialMarket
