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joegibbstoday at 6:39 AM1 replyview on HN

But what I’m saying is, why did they only cover onions? I don’t think there’s anything stopping someone from cornering the market in other commodities just as easily


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weakened_malloctoday at 7:10 AM

Because the size of the market was/is so small that you're actually able to corner it. Oil or Treasury futures are far too big that no single person could ever corner it.

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