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KDdid
Lv 5
KDdid asked in Politics & GovernmentLaw & Ethics · 1 decade ago

Is it illegal to artificially break the oil commodities market?

One of the main reasons the price of gas at the pump is so high is because of futures trading on the commodities market. If enough people banded together with a few dollars a piece that they were willing to lose on the commodities market, they could have a real effect on the price of gas. Would such action be legal?

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  • wizjp
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Other than the possible conspiracy, trading fraud, and price fixing charges ,and the obvious impossibility of it, no.

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