Raising Margin Requirements May Spike Oil Prices Higher [View article]
"wouldn't that curtail any short term rally on short futures?"
Of course it Would. If a speculator with 60k to put into Crude oil futures(enough to hold 1 million dollars worth of Crude off the market today) had the margin requirement for Crude Oil jump to 60% over night, they would still have only 60K to invest but could then only buy/hoard 100k worth of Crude. The title of this article is completely bizarro.
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Latest | Highest ratedRaising Margin Requirements May Spike Oil Prices Higher [View article]
Of course it Would. If a speculator with 60k to put into Crude oil futures(enough to hold 1 million dollars worth of Crude off the market today) had the margin requirement for Crude Oil jump to 60% over night, they would still have only 60K to invest but could then only buy/hoard 100k worth of Crude. The title of this article is completely bizarro.