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Yesterday's brief foray into $100-a-barrel oil territory was due to "an independent trader apparently intent on securing his place in market history," according to the Financial Times. The unnamed trader bought 1,000 barrels, the minimum allowed, and sold them shortly thereafter for a loss.

By , a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.

Yesterday's brief foray into $100-a-barrel oil territory was due to "an independent trader apparently intent on securing his place in market history," according to the Financial Times. The unnamed trader bought 1,000 barrels, the minimum allowed, and sold them shortly thereafter for a loss.

Yesterday's brief foray into $100-a-barrel oil territory was due to "an independent trader apparently intent on securing his place in market history," according to the Financial Times. The unnamed trader bought 1,000 barrels, the minimum allowed, and sold them shortly thereafter for a loss.

Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.

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