RE: ‘Delivering shareholder value’28 Apr 2020 14:16
Lots of traders buy oil contracts in the expectation of selling the contract on before the contract expires at a profit.Because the expected profit doesn't materialise,as the oil price has declined,these traders ,who have no access to storage facilities,have to pay others or even the counterparty to the contract, to take over the contract at a huge loss.These buyers can then have loads of oil for a negative cost which they can store and sell later.