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Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e... by pbhowmic on Monday April 20, 2020 @03:48PM (#22927702)
Futures contracts are daily settled. So the difference between starting price and ending price has to be paid at end-of-day settlement.
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Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e... by selectodude on Monday April 20, 2020 @03:57PM (#22927819)
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CL=F?p=CL=F

Prices didn't crash until this morning. Nobody was taking much of a loss before then.

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