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Re:I tried to buy an actual barrel of crude oil (2015) by juped on Monday April 20, 2020 @10:39PM (#22931281)
Yes (e.g., if you buy CL futures, delivery is in Oklahoma).

QL coal doesn't trade anymore (all the active coal futures I can find now are cash-settled) but delivery seems to have historically been at the discretion of the parties, so the story is at least plausible.

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Re:I tried to buy an actual barrel of crude oil (2015) by 542458 on Monday April 20, 2020 @11:34PM (#22931594)
Everything I’ve read seems to say it’s very, very difficult to accidentally take delivery, but it’s not quite impossible.

In related news, there is a Planet Money Podcast (episode called the Eddie Murphy Rule) where they interview the trader who took possession of a bunch of cattle by mistake IIRC.

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Re:I tried to buy an actual barrel of crude oil (2015) by juped on Monday April 20, 2020 @11:53PM (#22931685)
If you're a normal retail trader, your broker will probably intervene before then.
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