RE:RE:RE:RE:No good sign I could never understand how hedge, private equity or market makers can manipulate the oil price. It's determined on the futures market where you have to deliver and not the options market where you have an option to deliver or not. So, say Goldman Sachs wants oil price to go up to $90. They promise to deliver "x" amount of barrels at $90 six months from now. Who would buy their contract? Nobody. Say that GS wanrs the oil price to drop and they offer oil at $50. Who wants to buy that contract? Everybody. So GS sells a futures contract for $50 for delivery six months from now but oil six months from now costs $65. So they buy oil at 65 to sell at 50. They're not crazy. So how do these guys manipulate anything? I'd like to know.