Film

Trading Places

1983 · 1983

A comedy that ends in a corner on orange juice futures, and it gets the mechanics right. The closing trade is a genuinely sound explanation of margin, delivery and what a squeeze feels like from the wrong side.

• Markets

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• TechniqueMarkets

  A corner works because someone must deliver what they have sold

  A short position is a promise to deliver; whoever controls what must be delivered controls the price.

  Questions on futures, short squeezes, margin or physical delivery in a markets interview.