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Lindsay James Keith, The Male Dept of The Eldery & Infirm, has departed for The Cricket Pavilion in The Sky. A man who gave love & gave back to whoever & whatever he loved. Mentoring young lawyers & doing much pro-bono work. Retired Greyhounds. Coaching of Rugby Referees. Coastwatch. The NSPCC. The Towers Convent. A wonderful turnout today, of 150 people. He lived as he wished, always gentle & genuine. Passed, surrounded by love & peace. His funeral & celebration of life, conducted as he prepared. People from so many walks of life, who respected him, he had cared for or given counsel to, & those who so enjoyed his company & friendship. Dad was gentle for us, our iron, his unconditional love, & we were strong for him. We carry his beautiful nature forward with us. And exactly as he had planned, a fabulous day has been had by all. The star of his show, his granddaughter, Elspeth, who at 10 years of age, gave the most character filled & fun reading, from Mr Fantastic Fox. Thank you for so much, Dad. Thank you to your friends. Thank you to my sister, Tamara, who you enabled academically & medically, and who then cradled you & kept you comfortable, as you moved on to the next place. We love you. REST WELL THE GENTLE & GENUINE SOUL
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In 2020, nine traders from a small village outside London made $660 million in a single afternoon.

One of them was 22 years old. He made over $100 million.

The day was April 20. Oil had never in history traded below zero. That afternoon, it fell to minus $37 a barrel.

The traders weren't from Goldman Sachs or a giant hedge fund. They worked out of a tiny firm in Essex called Vega Capital, whose website just said "under construction." They were led by a former trading pit veteran whose nickname was "Cuddles."

They were friends. They drove Rolls-Royces and Bentleys, went on holiday to Marbella, and supported West Ham together.

In the video below, the Bloomberg reporters who tracked them down explain what happened.

"I think they made as much money in one day as Apple makes from its international sales in one day."

At 2:08 pm, oil went negative. They had bet on it falling, and every contract paid them on both sides of the trade.

"I can't think of another example where you enter a trade and you get paid on both sides."

Thousands of ordinary investors in a Chinese oil fund lost everything that same day.

And in the final half hour before the price was set, nine guys from Essex were the biggest sellers in the entire market, bigger than the world's largest banks, BP and Shell.

They've been sued in the US for market manipulation and investigated by UK regulators. They say they did nothing wrong.

Was it the greatest trade in history, or did nine friends from Essex push the price of oil below zero?
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