How Global Oil Prices Were Raised $1.50 by a Drunk Trader

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  • @pragyan394
    @pragyan394 4 роки тому +13291

    "Perkins was responsible for 69% of all trades in that period"
    He calculated it all. Being drunk was just an excuse

    • @CatholicWeeb
      @CatholicWeeb 4 роки тому +411

      _Nice_

    • @kirkshanghai
      @kirkshanghai 4 роки тому +237

      Based funny sex number

    • @TPixelAdventures
      @TPixelAdventures 4 роки тому +399

      Being drunk unlocked his subconscious and unconscious mind, leading to this 200IQ play XD

    • @re57k
      @re57k 4 роки тому +25

      Nice

    • @ab3040
      @ab3040 4 роки тому +18

      Nice

  • @FranciscoTC
    @FranciscoTC 3 роки тому +1235

    Steve: *wakes up, huge hangover*
    Steve: *checks oil prices*
    Steve: "Ah f*ck I did it again!"

  • @somerandomguy___
    @somerandomguy___ 4 роки тому +8438

    Man don’t you just hate it when you wake up and realise that last night you spent 500 million dollars

    • @marshallk.5943
      @marshallk.5943 4 роки тому +336

      Yeah man that just happens all the time I need to stop

    • @Azivegu
      @Azivegu 4 роки тому +129

      Yeah, but on average I make more money then I spend on liquor while doing that, so I have no real incentive to stop
      Someone please help me

    • @christianmarx3249
      @christianmarx3249 4 роки тому +35

      after wake up:
      omg i need a pirate juice 🥃

    • @Eliteerin
      @Eliteerin 4 роки тому +10

      I hate when I wake up and I've spent like £50 lil

    • @whoeveriam0iam14222
      @whoeveriam0iam14222 4 роки тому +4

      Someone else spent that to try to become president and he didn't geel too bothered to find out the only thing he has is money. Slightly less now

  • @jsax01001010
    @jsax01001010 4 роки тому +1449

    "But that never happens, except for when it does." That reminds me of an article I read about an investment firm that accidentally ended up with an entire ship full of coal delivered to their offices. That "never happens", because investment firms typically operate out of skyscrapers, so good luck docking a ship at one, but in this case, they were operating out of a converted warehouse in a port, and they actually had a dock that could receive such a ship, so no one at the shipping company noticed anything odd about the shipment's destination.

    • @EdgyShooter
      @EdgyShooter 2 роки тому +242

      Giving a new employee a tour:
      "That's the break room, that's the coal room and there's the toilets"
      "Sorry did you say coal?"
      "It's a long story..."

    • @himssendol6512
      @himssendol6512 2 роки тому +39

      Oh we need a video on this! 😂👍🏻

    • @Machtyn
      @Machtyn 2 роки тому +80

      @@himssendol6512 Yep. I've read about this a long time ago. Basically, he failed to buy futures and somehow bought the actual product.

    • @FadkinsDiet
      @FadkinsDiet 2 роки тому +74

      And he had deliberately overridden the safeguards that are supposed to prevent this exact thing from happening in order to get a slightly better price. Supposedly the investment firm had to scramble to sell the coal to anyone in the area at clearance prices, taking a huge loss.

    • @someusername121
      @someusername121 2 роки тому +1

      I thought at the beginning of Covid there was also a danger of some people having to take oil deliveries when it was like $20 a barrel. Like a sudden surge in demand for storage tankers. I think refineries were basically turning oil away so there was no where for the oil to go so all these office dudes would have been left holding the black bag.

  • @TheFalrinn
    @TheFalrinn 4 роки тому +669

    The fact that futures traders in theory have to eventually accept delivery of the assets they are trading is why a lot of Oil futures went negative recently. Because of the demand crash caused by COVID-19 a bunch of commodity traders had to pay people to take their Oil futures to prevent someone from showing up at their office with a whole bunch of oil and asking where they should put it. Since there are serious penalties attached to not being able to accept the delivery of the oil you bought (which they wouldn't be able to because they are dudes in offices, not oil refineries with legally compliant storage sites), it was better for them to take the loss up front.

    • @ReneSchickbauer
      @ReneSchickbauer 2 роки тому +64

      Well, if the futures trade would have been in, say, potatoes, at least you could take delivery and sneakily use them up over time. Ok, the company restaurant might end up serving only potato-based dishes for a few years. But how can you say no to a daily dose of potato soup, baked potatoes with a side dish of french fries and potato salad followed by a dessert of potato pie. If anyone asks, you could always claim it's a secret NASA experiment for future Mars missions 🙂

    • @haydenweston007
      @haydenweston007 2 роки тому +4

      @@ReneSchickbauer Under rated comment of the year!!!😂

    • @Revnge911
      @Revnge911 2 роки тому +1

      But why did the Brits deem his action illegal?

    • @Samuel-ni7vv
      @Samuel-ni7vv 2 роки тому +9

      @@Revnge911 Essentially just because the purchase was so big and moved the price so much without apparent reason. Probably partly to pay for investigation costs this led to.

    • @Revnge911
      @Revnge911 2 роки тому +8

      @@Samuel-ni7vv It's illegal to make large purchases? I don't see the issue with him doing something without reason, I mean sure his employer might be upset but that should hardly be a criminal offense against the state rather a simple civil case.

  • @Rudster14
    @Rudster14 4 роки тому +265

    I actually looked into buying oil future when oil was at a negative value because I would have literally been paid to take it but I still would have had to pay for it to be transported and stored

    • @thomasmans1267
      @thomasmans1267 2 роки тому +14

      Here’s hoping you brought some now it’s at $120

  • @_oceanstar
    @_oceanstar 4 роки тому +7983

    Last time I was this early, Oil was worth something.

  • @ugh.idontwanna
    @ugh.idontwanna 2 роки тому +192

    I'm surprised anyone would employ him after that.
    "So why were you let go from your last job?"
    "I got shitfaced and traded half a billion dollars worth of oil by mistake. The authorities had to get involved. They were pretty upset"
    "I think I have heard enough. Welcome aboard. See you on Monday"
    "Make it Tuesday. Monday is headache day"

  • @JJLiu-xc3kg
    @JJLiu-xc3kg 4 роки тому +1873

    Moral of the story: £=$

    • @clashcookie721
      @clashcookie721 4 роки тому +76

      He just wanted to show that he was talking about money and not becoming an american by putting on 72000 pounds on weight

    • @masonmccartney1708
      @masonmccartney1708 4 роки тому +13

      Clash Cookie as an American that’s the funniest thing I’ve read today

    • @ishikani
      @ishikani 4 роки тому +4

      No, £ = 1.25×$

    • @TheBeanBunny
      @TheBeanBunny 4 роки тому +11

      @@ishikani check 5:08

    • @ishikani
      @ishikani 4 роки тому +3

      @@jenisdauncle Well I didn't caught that.

  • @Jay-qb9gi
    @Jay-qb9gi 4 роки тому +1033

    He was so drunk, it made him realize his unconscious mind and deeper thoughts effectively giving him 350 I.Q. For a short period of time.

    • @boothbyaw
      @boothbyaw 4 роки тому +13

      He wasn't joking about the FBI watching his videos.

    • @radeklew1
      @radeklew1 4 роки тому +5

      Ah yes, the Ballmer peak

    • @TrigramThunder
      @TrigramThunder 4 роки тому +21

      @@radeklew1 the ballmer peak is at a relatively low amount of blood alcohol though. like, "be more talkative and say silly things and hug the bartender" type of drunk, not like "steer your car into the bottom of the pacific" type of drunk

    • @mango9602
      @mango9602 4 роки тому

      Him being drunk may be one of the many things that lasted shorter than your life time

    • @BlackVogel1
      @BlackVogel1 3 роки тому +1

      Guys, this isn't the real John F. Kennedy.
      He died of death in Texas Dallas, because he lost the war of drugs.

  • @LoloRavee
    @LoloRavee 4 роки тому +1177

    Rip imaginary corn farmer...
    May his memory be a blessing

  • @QemeH
    @QemeH 4 роки тому +588

    Script writer: How many different metaphors for alcohol should we use?
    Sam: Yes!

  • @foughtstatue1023
    @foughtstatue1023 4 роки тому +2837

    “72,000 pounds”
    Subtitles: $72,000

    • @royblekman8186
      @royblekman8186 4 роки тому +18

      What about € Euros

    • @NuclearTopSpot
      @NuclearTopSpot 4 роки тому +97

      @@royblekman8186 1 Brexit is about 1,14 Euro-peas

    • @oh_no_martians
      @oh_no_martians 4 роки тому +30

      I’m excited to see this in the next corrections video

    • @Zilentification
      @Zilentification 4 роки тому +16

      To a guy doing trading in the hundreds of millions it may as well be monopoly money.

    • @rparl
      @rparl 4 роки тому +6

      @@royblekman8186 The Brits aren't on the Euro.

  • @_ikako_
    @_ikako_ 4 роки тому +47

    God, I love slightly slow-motion stock footage of weirdly specific circumstances. Thank god this channel can accommodate my needs.

  • @LawrenceGaming
    @LawrenceGaming 4 роки тому +1781

    Video idea: How Global Oil Prices Became Negative By Bats

    • @01DOGG01
      @01DOGG01 4 роки тому +93

      It's actually because saudi arabia increased supply by 30% to bankrupt other producers/countries.
      Of course coronavirus exacerbated that.

    • @hurricanenation56
      @hurricanenation56 4 роки тому +104

      @@01DOGG01 Oh, yeah. Definitely because of a %30 increase in supply. Definitely not because of a 50-70% decrease in demand caused by the largest contraction of the global and national economy caused by either bats or insufficient safety protocols at a Wab in Luhan.

    • @KaitlynFedrick
      @KaitlynFedrick 4 роки тому +41

      It wasn't a Saudi plot to bankrupt people. It was a multinational agreement to limit supply and hence increase prices. That deal expired so everyone increased supply and therefore lowered price

    • @nolant3707
      @nolant3707 4 роки тому

      @@hurricanenation56 It was both that made it fall not just beer bug

    • @mfk12340
      @mfk12340 4 роки тому +7

      It probably wasn't bats. It's more likely because of snakes or pangolins.

  • @AlaskaSkidood
    @AlaskaSkidood 4 роки тому +46

    "He felt like he was tucked in by a bus." That is the funniest joke on this channel to date. I dare you to top it.

  • @FingeringThings
    @FingeringThings 4 роки тому +4368

    *Globalized oil economy supported by several powerful countries*
    vs
    *One drunk trader*

  • @ahmedelakrab
    @ahmedelakrab 4 роки тому +523

    But the question remains: Did he got 7 million barrels of oil delivered to his doorsteps?

    • @Croz89
      @Croz89 4 роки тому +79

      From what I've learned on Economics Explained, for oil there's usually a nominated storage facility where it's delivered to and the facility will start charging the owner for keeping it in their tanks.

    • @ahmedelakrab
      @ahmedelakrab 4 роки тому +52

      @@Croz89 So they would've had to charge him 500mil + storage cost for as long as he couldn't pay for it and therefore receive it. I wonder how he managed to get himself out of that mess without getting punished big time.

    • @BodhiGeraci
      @BodhiGeraci 4 роки тому +59

      @@ahmedelakrab sell the features of course

    • @ahmedelakrab
      @ahmedelakrab 4 роки тому +19

      @@BodhiGeraci I suppose you mean sell the petrol. But to whom; who would want to buy overly priced petrol that has no real demand in the market since Perkins created imaginary demand thus inflating the price. it's a lose-lose situation; if you buy it while there is no demand for it but someone is willing to buy, you'll have to sell for less and thus lose money; if there's no demand at all you'll lose your money and take up the charge of storage.

    • @Cgaffman
      @Cgaffman 4 роки тому +1

      Haha

  • @saucyps7378
    @saucyps7378 4 роки тому +450

    When HAI runs out of planes vids

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi 4 роки тому +41

      the planes aren't flying anymore, so are his plane video ideas

    • @tompatterson1548
      @tompatterson1548 4 роки тому +3

      I expected the RLL video I just came from to mention Wendover as one of the parts of the economy associated with airplanes!

    • @UrbanPanic
      @UrbanPanic 4 роки тому +1

      Still got a reference in. 0:20 has video titles.

    • @wigglebot2368
      @wigglebot2368 4 роки тому +1

      @@Cause56 This is Wendover Productions (same person)

    • @jonathanlund2456
      @jonathanlund2456 4 роки тому +4

      But... where does plane fuel come from?

  • @profemeritus534
    @profemeritus534 2 роки тому +21

    Fun fact: Steven is naturally back in the business as an ethanol physical & futures broker for a company called Starfuels.
    Though if someone knows the London trading culture his case might not come as a big surprise at all - traders wandering between pubs and their offices in market hours is pretty normal.

  • @Yamezzzz
    @Yamezzzz 4 роки тому +688

    "Returned home to London"
    How did I know before even watching this video that the guy was gonna be from the British Isles...

    • @Yamezzzz
      @Yamezzzz 4 роки тому +27

      @@calkingarg8084 What? Why are you talking about HAI? He's not even in London.
      I'm obviously talking about the drunk trader.

    • @migkillerphantom
      @migkillerphantom 4 роки тому +1

      perfidious albion, the more things change the more they stay the same

    • @Fanaticjames
      @Fanaticjames 4 роки тому +19

      ​@@calkingarg8084 Oh wow, you really have no idea what you're talking about do you. London goes toe to toe with NYC. Would likely be on top if Brexit didn't happen but it's still close.
      Also the UK is the top exporter of financial services in the entire world, almost as much as USA, Luxembourg and Switzerland combined.
      Here are some sources, though I doubt you actually care about facts.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_centre
      www.thecityuk.com/research/key-facts-about-the-uk-as-an-international-financial-centre-2018/

    • @Fanaticjames
      @Fanaticjames 4 роки тому +17

      @@calkingarg8084 So what you're talking about is GDP, that's a different topic honestly. You're not wrong that there is a lot more wealth in NYC and the states as a whole but that wealth is self contained, the UK not so much, which is why people would call it a global hub, where as a lot of the wealth that NYC deals with is from the states, that would make it a national hub.
      Anyway, the main thing is how laughable calling London broke is, which you might appreciate now.

    • @gunslingingbird74
      @gunslingingbird74 4 роки тому +5

      Because Florida Man doesn't have $500 million dollars to play with when he's drunk.

  • @EdgyShooter
    @EdgyShooter 2 роки тому +91

    I buy loads of random crap when I'm drunk, I love the idea that no matter how much money you're on, you can do that same thing

  • @Dominion69420
    @Dominion69420 4 роки тому +987

    Next up: how some guy made the oil market fall hundreds of dollars by eating a bat

    • @danielpavlick5006
      @danielpavlick5006 4 роки тому +36

      X to doubt virus came from bat.

    • @01DOGG01
      @01DOGG01 4 роки тому +17

      Saudi arabia initiated economic warfare by increasing output by 30%. Bats helped later.

    • @cageybee7221
      @cageybee7221 4 роки тому +30

      @@01DOGG01 actually the bats helped before (it was actually a mix of animals all in cages in poor conditions close to each other but whatever) by lowering oil demand, then russia and saudi arabia had an oil fight, and then the US's oil storage tanks overflowed and they ran out of space to put it all, and since wallstreet held all those futures and hadd no place to put the oil that was about ready to be delivered to them they stared paying people to take the future delivery, thus negative oil price.

    • @macaroon_nuggets8008
      @macaroon_nuggets8008 4 роки тому +4

      The bat that caused it wasn't eaten. Becuase of poor sanitation at an animals market the bat spread it to another animal that then spread it to a human.

    • @01DOGG01
      @01DOGG01 4 роки тому +7

      @@cageybee7221 The entire world is running out of storage. Not just the states.
      Saudi Arabia is trying to bankrupt Iran and they won't back down to Russia (whom also needs oil money). US producers are also affected and can easily be bankrupted as production costs are much higher.
      And about the market. That's nonsense. They very well know that it didn't come from any market.
      A worker researching the virus was the first one infected at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. She was patient 0. This is well known.
      Look up laowhy86's video ua-cam.com/video/bpQFCcSI0pU/v-deo.html (and his other video prior to that one) where he goes over old job postings and other stuff on their website to show that it was the origin.
      And that's not the first time that a virus has escaped from a chinese lab.
      This has been known for months already. Wet market is a bullshit distraction from the truth. Why do you think they reopened wet markets?

  • @burntbacn
    @burntbacn 3 роки тому +174

    Next video: "How a Subreddit Raised Gamestop Stock Prices"

    • @christiankjrgaard1329
      @christiankjrgaard1329 3 роки тому +14

      high demand, high price, there's your explanation. in monke words: when many monke want to buy banana, then banana become expensive

    • @octopusgoodness1909
      @octopusgoodness1909 3 роки тому +8

      He would need to wait for about ten years until almost no one remembered it and then he could dig it back up.

  • @domesticcat1725
    @domesticcat1725 4 роки тому +624

    Economists: humans are rational beings who use their resources to maximum benefit
    Humans: lol what if I just bought this oil

    • @sebdunleavy1608
      @sebdunleavy1608 4 роки тому +25

      my economics course is now meaningless

    • @domesticcat1725
      @domesticcat1725 4 роки тому +18

      @@sebdunleavy1608 it always was, econ is the trashiest field that can be considered a science. My comment wasn't serious but i do hate economists with a burning passion

    • @warpspeed8305
      @warpspeed8305 4 роки тому +1

      Rational?)

    • @randomcatmeow1394
      @randomcatmeow1394 4 роки тому +17

      @@domesticcat1725 my god I am taking economics and they always say consumers are rational, utility maximising etc etc BUT WE NEVER ARE

    • @vineetpatel8512
      @vineetpatel8512 4 роки тому +12

      @@randomcatmeow1394 What level of economics? Because typically they teach those simple assumptions in the lower levels to simplify things.

  • @bigj3508
    @bigj3508 4 роки тому +41

    "he was later hired to make training manuals"
    I wonder if one of those chapters covers trading while drunk?

  • @tomney4460
    @tomney4460 4 роки тому +315

    A future: something that HAI plane videos don’t have.

    • @arthemis1039
      @arthemis1039 4 роки тому +7

      I think that airplanes companies use futures for jet fuel :) So he could have included them

  • @simonsvensson1323
    @simonsvensson1323 4 роки тому +101

    Imagine him not noticing his terrible, terrible mistake and some FedEx delivery driver knocking on his door a few years later with 7 million barrels of crude oil. “That’ll be 500 000 000 dollars plus shipping sir, thank you for choosing FedEx.”

    • @rachitmehta4987
      @rachitmehta4987 Рік тому +5

      In futures contracts, you can opt out of delivery.

  • @edgelord8337
    @edgelord8337 4 роки тому +900

    Oil market exists
    Drunk trader: *_I'm about to do what's called a pro gamer move_*

    • @DJHLX3
      @DJHLX3 4 роки тому +1

      Hahaha

    • @TPixelAdventures
      @TPixelAdventures 4 роки тому +10

      69% of all trades in that time period!
      NICE.

    • @samuelthecamel
      @samuelthecamel 4 роки тому +1

      You are literally everywhere. Are you stalking me?

    • @Twebs12
      @Twebs12 4 роки тому +1

      edge lord ua-cam.com/video/tJoFokbEtns/v-deo.html

    • @Lyle-xc9pg
      @Lyle-xc9pg 4 роки тому +1

      You ARE everywhere!

  • @LiamNI
    @LiamNI 3 роки тому +15

    5:09 - loving the fact they corrected the mistake about "Industry" and "Authority" like less than 10 seconds before, but then proceed to say £72,000, while simultaneously showing a $72,000 graphic with zero fucks given.... 😂

  • @NotAmira_
    @NotAmira_ 4 роки тому +684

    *Oil*
    United States: Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.

    • @zoiuduu
      @zoiuduu 4 роки тому

      him who?

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 4 роки тому +2

      KAKAKAKAKAKAK this is wonderful! PRANK! It is terrible! I looked in the mirror and saw something UNPRETTY: my face. KAKAKAKAKAKA! But I am happy agayn because I have TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS and I use them to get views on my videos! KAKAKAKAK!!! Good day, dear anime

    • @zoiuduu
      @zoiuduu 4 роки тому

      @Brownskikuca Garlic Bread pls explain

    • @Ninewave1
      @Ninewave1 4 роки тому +4

      @@zoiuduu he's referencing when the US military announced they captured Saddam Hussein

    • @zoiuduu
      @zoiuduu 4 роки тому

      @@Ninewave1 thx

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 роки тому +89

    "Perkins was responsible for 69% of all trades in that period"
    "69%"
    You know what, that was not a coincidence.

    • @ghostofachance8727
      @ghostofachance8727 4 роки тому

      22nd Count of seeing you on Random UA-cam Videos.

    • @malding1
      @malding1 4 роки тому +1

      Nice

    • @ademir6
      @ademir6 4 роки тому

      @@malding1 fortnite bad minecraft good thanks for the gold kind stranger

    • @shurnbrendt7581
      @shurnbrendt7581 4 роки тому

      Just Some Guy without a Mustache do we just have similar interests or are you actually just everywhere?

    • @jacobfredman9442
      @jacobfredman9442 2 роки тому

      HOLY SHIMT A JSGWAM COMMENT WITH LESS THAN 100 LIKE :OOOOOO

  • @MSeaNP
    @MSeaNP 4 роки тому +224

    72,000 pounds, he says, and puts in a $ symbol. Yeah, so the video editor was drunk. That guy just reduced the fine amount.

    • @user-zd9fc4vs4q
      @user-zd9fc4vs4q 4 роки тому +11

      I think we just found a money duplication glitch. Simply change the dollar sign to pounds, then convert that back into dollars at the higher rate then repeat this. We'll be rich!

    • @seneca983
      @seneca983 4 роки тому +8

      @@user-zd9fc4vs4q: It's even easier if you use two different currencies called the dollar. Zimbabwe dollar could be a good candidate.

    • @jheybrent
      @jheybrent 4 роки тому +3

      @@user-zd9fc4vs4q i think thats what u call forex trading 🤔

    • @user-zd9fc4vs4q
      @user-zd9fc4vs4q 4 роки тому +2

      @@jheybrent Just googled Forex, that looks easy. Just trade the line & make money, thanks we can actually get rich now.

  • @nestam6844
    @nestam6844 4 роки тому +88

    The sentence: “this video was made possible by” not being followed up by: squarspace always feels weird.

    • @tolep
      @tolep 4 роки тому +4

      Brilliant, hover, Blue Apron, Great Courses Plus....
      ...and so on, and so on.

  • @penumbra0182
    @penumbra0182 4 роки тому +234

    “No one has every traded $500 million dollars in petroleum futures”
    I did that yesterday, what do you mean?

    • @chedidkamal837
      @chedidkamal837 4 роки тому +13

      penumbra01 yeah in adventure capitaliste

    • @CatholicWeeb
      @CatholicWeeb 4 роки тому +2

      @@chedidkamal837 Same thing.

    • @tompatterson1548
      @tompatterson1548 4 роки тому +5

      Negative doesn't count.

    • @Twebs12
      @Twebs12 4 роки тому

      penumbra01 ua-cam.com/video/tJoFokbEtns/v-deo.html

    • @macaroon_nuggets8008
      @macaroon_nuggets8008 4 роки тому

      @@Twebs12 Who is Jo Fokb Etns? And more importantly, what does that t mean?

  • @skrysiak
    @skrysiak 4 роки тому +25

    "…and why would I ever [explain futures trading] in a video that's meant to be fun?"
    * concisely explains futures trading in an unexpectedly fun way *

  • @regarded9702
    @regarded9702 4 роки тому +153

    _How business works_
    Drunk: buys 69% of something
    Business: *outstanding move*

    • @aryamanake4455
      @aryamanake4455 4 роки тому +6

      UK government : not an outstanding move.

  • @99certain45
    @99certain45 2 роки тому +9

    "I promise I'll only have one more"
    *Accidentally trades 5 Million barrels of oil*
    "NOT AGAIN!"

  • @jakkakasunset5485
    @jakkakasunset5485 4 роки тому +45

    Oil, being fine at its price:
    This drunk dude: ILL RAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK

  • @Akrenix
    @Akrenix 3 роки тому +18

    0:27 ඞඞඞඞඞඞඞඞ

  • @radianzero
    @radianzero 4 роки тому +36

    Funny how HAI makes this while oil prices are at an all time low.

    • @shadowwwq
      @shadowwwq 4 роки тому +1

      will probably get a lot more views since oil is such a relevant topic.

  • @LoganNagol
    @LoganNagol 4 роки тому +71

    Wait did he sells his futures when he woke up at that high price and make a shit ton of money? And if so could it be done again? Asking for a friend

    • @macaroon_nuggets8008
      @macaroon_nuggets8008 4 роки тому +25

      No, becuase that is illegal (at least in the UK) and -you- your friend will be fined.

    • @joshuakielty
      @joshuakielty 4 роки тому +35

      Logan Depends, do you have the buying power to disrupt a multi billion dollar market? And do you mind breaking a lot of laws in the process?

    • @ReaperCheGuevara
      @ReaperCheGuevara 4 роки тому +30

      Fined 75,000 pounds after you just profited billions. What a joke.

    • @warpspeed8305
      @warpspeed8305 4 роки тому +19

      @@ReaperCheGuevara not billions. At most 4 million $. 73.5-71.4-1.5=0.6. 0.6/73.5*500000000 near 4000000. Maybe 1-2 mln. And it's hard because after he sells at such volume price drops also. Only if it had a huge buy wall after. And this money belonged to his company that he treated on it's behalf... So he maybe even lost something

    • @warpspeed8305
      @warpspeed8305 4 роки тому +13

      @@ReaperCheGuevara he lost his job and was fined something he made from a trade.

  • @oklahomadepartmentofaerosp6119
    @oklahomadepartmentofaerosp6119 4 роки тому +60

    That's an Oklahoma maneuver if I've ever seen one.

  • @mansamusa1743
    @mansamusa1743 4 роки тому +8

    Imagine having to explain this to your boss

  • @decus9544
    @decus9544 2 роки тому +13

    So let me get this straight, he pumped the market enough to raise the value of his 7 million barrels of oil by $1.50, thus presumably making a profit of $10.5 million (assuming he didn't sell them all at once) and got fined just $72000?

    • @lollolgameslp
      @lollolgameslp 2 роки тому +1

      yea, was wondering about that fact too. Seems weird

  • @Setha107
    @Setha107 4 роки тому +15

    The explanation of futures was spectacular! Better than other videos that are specifically explaining futures.

  • @leonwang7255
    @leonwang7255 4 роки тому +54

    0:19 did he really do that? 😂

    • @rahulgopalan4443
      @rahulgopalan4443 4 роки тому

      Leon Wang ikr which video?

    • @kaylasal1484
      @kaylasal1484 4 роки тому

      “The Accidental Virtual Pandemic in WoW”, see the screenshot

  • @eduardozepol2000
    @eduardozepol2000 3 роки тому +3

    0:27 I just can't seem to escape

  • @crack.tyrone23
    @crack.tyrone23 4 роки тому +5

    5:10 That's dollars, not pounds. Now give me a medal

  • @mattchandler2387
    @mattchandler2387 4 роки тому +87

    Sam: I won't explain oil futures that's boring
    Sam, immediately after: anyway here's what oil futures mean

    • @sysop073
      @sysop073 Рік тому +2

      That was the joke

  • @frankthewrench340
    @frankthewrench340 2 роки тому +3

    Next video - how a president spiked the price of oil in his own country by haulting the production of it due to dementia and handlers.

  • @karimabdulmajid8060
    @karimabdulmajid8060 2 роки тому +3

    Love the 4th wall breaks in your videos. Always makes them funnier

  • @polishfrog1420
    @polishfrog1420 4 роки тому +5

    "Bingo bango bongo I'll have my corn" I'm just gonna send this to random people and then say wrong person and see the reactions I get

  • @joshuatinyforest1204
    @joshuatinyforest1204 2 роки тому +1

    5:10
    "...and fined him seventy-two thousand pounds, to be paid in 36 installments."
    _$72,000 displayed on screen_

  • @jackrollins2847
    @jackrollins2847 4 роки тому +39

    The person typing at 5:30 doesn't use their left pinky and it makes me uncomfortable

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 4 роки тому +2

      I only use it for the shift key.

    • @thepotatoof4219
      @thepotatoof4219 4 роки тому +2

      Really fast typists (like above 100WPM) do use pinky, but for the average joe like me who mostly keeps till 90 WPM (Doesn't mean I can't go 113 WPM) only use the Pinky for Ctrl or Shift.

    • @TrigramThunder
      @TrigramThunder 4 роки тому

      bro you're all so spoiled I can barely type with 4 fingers like imagine getting offended over someone missing a single one, there's not even that many keys or are they pressed that often that you'd experience any significant advantage from using all 10 fingers. what if you lost your right thumb today? you'd have way bigger things to worry about than typing, we use right opposable thumbs for literally anything in life but we don't quite need all 10 fingers to type unless we're the kind of person who writes long articles for a living.

    • @thepotatoof4219
      @thepotatoof4219 4 роки тому

      @@TrigramThunder Maybe the person is a programmer or does a desk job. How does that make him a spoiled person?

    • @mcthuggin9803
      @mcthuggin9803 4 роки тому

      @@thepotatoof4219 BC chances are, theyre not that. Keep your semantics sheep

  • @deniss2786
    @deniss2786 4 роки тому

    One of the BEST Wendover/HAI videos! Excellent choice for background music too!

  • @markhenley3097
    @markhenley3097 4 роки тому +13

    Because he bought an insane amount of barrels of oil while drunk (I think one of your friends' channel covered this a few years back).

  • @noahgoodwin-rice6049
    @noahgoodwin-rice6049 4 роки тому +3

    2:05
    Stock video: destroys UA-cam compression algorithm
    Slo mo guys: hey that's our job

  • @yungstallion2201
    @yungstallion2201 4 роки тому +29

    He did 69% of all trades in that period.
    Nice one

  • @samwilder6708
    @samwilder6708 4 роки тому +3

    He just explained the entire dividend market in 20 seconds. It took me a full year

  • @coolest10293
    @coolest10293 2 роки тому +5

    “But why would I ever spend the time to explain future to you in a video that’s supposed to be fun?”
    *LITERALLY 5 SECONDS LATER*
    “So basically futures are…”
    -Sam, like probably 2020

  • @dhanarputra555
    @dhanarputra555 4 роки тому +5

    *"It have been a great weekend of hitting little balls to hit a slightly bigger holes using weird expensive stick."*
    I guess it's not that complicated to hit a hole.

  • @yayeet7179
    @yayeet7179 4 роки тому +5

    Just bought CuriosityStream and Nebula so happy!!!

  • @khalidvalid6024
    @khalidvalid6024 3 роки тому +1

    The legend of Drunken Master strikes again.

  • @ELS-tone
    @ELS-tone 4 роки тому +36

    And now those oil stock prices are negative, so $1.50 doesn't seem like that big of a deal anymore

    • @hecko-yes
      @hecko-yes 4 роки тому

      i thought only the most popular type of oil was negative?

    • @brynclarke1746
      @brynclarke1746 4 роки тому

      @@hecko-yes It was "West Texas Intermediate" so a certain grade/region of oil that dipped super low, but I think Sweet Brent Crude (the one in this vid) is the most popular/default type. I'm not a futures trader and too lazy to fact-check though so I could be wrong

    • @dhgfhhhghhj
      @dhgfhhhghhj 4 роки тому

      Corona has been found guilty of illegal market manipulation

  • @DamirMaatar
    @DamirMaatar 4 роки тому

    Your segues to sponsors are the best in UA-cam

  • @Cookie-sn8zp
    @Cookie-sn8zp 2 роки тому +3

    That increase looking real small compared to now

  • @heyyou1198
    @heyyou1198 Рік тому +1

    watching this while drunk is so fun

  • @zzzzz5026
    @zzzzz5026 4 роки тому +8

    "69% of ALL TRADE"
    STONKS !!!

  • @yankymate2314
    @yankymate2314 3 роки тому +1

    "Perkins was responsible for 69% of all trades in that period"
    niiiice

  • @henke37
    @henke37 4 роки тому +4

    Now I want a video about someone buy futures and actually ending up with a pile of stuff they don't want. Which I've actually read a story about in the past.

  • @SkratchersOtherWorseChannel
    @SkratchersOtherWorseChannel 3 роки тому +2

    Wallstreetbets and 4chan:
    "Amutears."

  • @xwhite2020
    @xwhite2020 4 роки тому +35

    I'd love to know how much money he made or lost in this crazy operation.

    • @XIIchiron78
      @XIIchiron78 2 роки тому +4

      The company lost about $10 million. Their yearly income was only $12 million, but they were able to survive and recover. All things considered, it could have been much worse.

    • @krazus2036
      @krazus2036 2 роки тому +1

      @@XIIchiron78 I actually thought he managed to make money because the market went up

    • @jsd4574
      @jsd4574 2 роки тому

      @@krazus2036 The problem is, the price will then settle back down, and then when they try to sell it all the price will drop further, and it'll end up selling for less than they bought it

  • @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828
    @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 4 роки тому +1

    Dads: *Ill beat them as much as I beat you*
    Relatable *-am I right-*

  • @the4thdoor906
    @the4thdoor906 3 роки тому +3

    0:27 get oUT OF MY HEAD

  • @3G2J
    @3G2J 2 роки тому +2

    Ugh, I hate it when I get drunk and accidentally raise oil prices by two dollars

  • @LordKittenfish
    @LordKittenfish 2 роки тому +4

    Don’t need drunk traders to do it this time

  • @thomasm1964
    @thomasm1964 4 роки тому +2

    "Fined £72,000 .." as the figure of $72,000 flashes up on screen.

  • @bj-ok7bi
    @bj-ok7bi 4 роки тому +36

    Last time I was this early oil cost money

  • @Isaac-hr9fv
    @Isaac-hr9fv 4 роки тому +1

    Since all planes are down Sam has changed to oil

  • @svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038
    @svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038 4 роки тому +61

    Hey Stephen, how about we take you on a golfing weekend, and give you an easy, well-paid job after.
    All you have to do is raise the value of our oil and say you were drunk ;)

  • @thepandaahbear9025
    @thepandaahbear9025 4 роки тому +2

    This is super interesting but also entertaining. Well done!

  • @brian-yt4re
    @brian-yt4re 4 роки тому +3

    Script said 72,000 pounds, screen said “$72,000”

  • @georgeamesfort3408
    @georgeamesfort3408 3 роки тому +1

    "Alright, how about 3 $? A round number is best for the UA-cam video."
    "What do you mean, UA-cam video?"
    "You re not real, I made you up for my example."
    "Oh.....oh well, 3 dollars it is, then"

  • @garciajordan86
    @garciajordan86 4 роки тому +3

    I remember hearing about this from my professor in my Microeconomics class 😂

  • @bijeshshrestha2450
    @bijeshshrestha2450 2 роки тому +2

    This channel feels like Sam o Nella with lesser wit and more stock footage budget

  • @Hannah_Em
    @Hannah_Em 4 роки тому +7

    5:08 says: £72000
    On screen: $72000
    RIP

  • @b33thr33kay
    @b33thr33kay 4 роки тому +1

    3:30 when you animator searches for "fancy business stuff" on stock videos

  • @stockstreamtwitch
    @stockstreamtwitch 4 роки тому +13

    O the fun that can be had from trading while black-out drunk.

  • @pauraque
    @pauraque 3 роки тому +1

    3:09 That first bill is actually a star note!!! Star notes are generally quite rare and although most sell for a couple bucks, select few can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars!!!

    • @maplemoths.
      @maplemoths. Рік тому

      how can you tell?

    • @pauraque
      @pauraque Рік тому

      @@maplemoths. Star after the serial number

  • @Tselel
    @Tselel 2 роки тому +3

    Idk who it is this time, but PUT THE BOTTLE DOWN.

  • @timrebolj1236
    @timrebolj1236 4 роки тому +2

    Is there going to be a new season of extremities? I really like it and I have been a listener since the first season so I would hate it to see it end.

  • @nia6011
    @nia6011 4 роки тому +106

    "It had been a great weekend of hitting little balls into slightly bigger hole using weird, expensive sticks"
    👏 ʕ•ﻌ•ʔ

    • @nia6011
      @nia6011 4 роки тому +1

      @Rayan
      Ikr? 😂

    • @MatthewStinar
      @MatthewStinar 4 роки тому

      My grandpa called it cow pasture pool.

    • @TrigramThunder
      @TrigramThunder 4 роки тому

      @@MatthewStinar why is a 27 foot long boat considered small? what would be considered a big boat? are there any boats over 3000 feet long? and if so, do they too have to dock normally in ports, risking tipping over and sinking down? or can they just unload their contents by smaller boats?

    • @MatthewStinar
      @MatthewStinar 4 роки тому

      @@TrigramThunder I don't know the answer to any of these questions.

    • @georgebrantley776
      @georgebrantley776 3 роки тому

      @@TrigramThunder The Commercial Yacht Code defines a large boat as 79ft long. There are no boats over 3k ft, as far as I'm aware. The longest ship I know of is the Seawise Giant, a Japanese oil tanker that's 1504 feet long. Massive boats do usually dock in special ports, or they might not dock at all during quick stops, because they displace too much water and many ports might be unable to accomodate them. As such, yes, small ships are used to transport people and things between the massive ship and shore. Tipping over is not a concern; space is (both in terms of width/length, and in terms of depth--shallow harbors cannot accomodate massive ships).

  • @scottfranco1962
    @scottfranco1962 4 роки тому

    Two quick comments: 1. buying or selling "corn futures" has nothing to do with corn, or oil, or any physical thing, in fact. It is buying and selling risk/reward. A farmer notices that he bears all of the risk, and indeed all of the reward, for price fluctuation. He pays all the money for seeds, water, mortgage on the land, etc., and if the price goes up dramatically, he gets a better than expected payoff. But equally he might get wiped out by the price dropping. Farmers aren't in the risk business (they are farmers), so he sells the risk/reward to someone or someones in Chicago who does like risk/reward bundles, and in fact are quite good at it. 2. The trader "said he was drunk" and so did a trade that happened to manipulate prices (oooppppsssyyyy). people SAY they got drunk and did a lot of things, rob banks, get pregnant, etc. That "don'ta necessarily make it a so".

  • @mustafaplayztr7828
    @mustafaplayztr7828 4 роки тому +8

    If prices can changed by one person like this we have to change the system ffs

    • @xanpenguin754
      @xanpenguin754 4 роки тому +1

      Suggestion learn the system before commenting about needing to change it.

    • @2406ab
      @2406ab 4 роки тому

      its always that one person that can change everything, like Hitler for example... so whats your point ??

  • @mf_01
    @mf_01 2 роки тому +2

    Please do this again right now, but make it $1.50 cheaper instead

  • @RamiSlicer
    @RamiSlicer 4 роки тому +4

    Somebody come geetim, he's raisin up da preeces.

  • @petrichor2889
    @petrichor2889 4 роки тому

    1:17 A most excellent seal of approval for a most excellent beverage.

  • @ab3040
    @ab3040 4 роки тому +5

    Can you explain the mind of Elon Musk? Like he says his companies stock price is "too high" and now I've lost a couple hundred dollars.

  • @jayzo
    @jayzo 4 роки тому +2

    Every time you include synthwave as background music I have to go spend six hours looking for its name on Epidemic instead of doing the stuff I'm supposed to be doing.