Which of the Following Was NOT a Feature in the Three

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a feature in the three manipulation stories (Great Western,Hunt brothers,Salomon) involving forwards or futures markets?

A) There were "shorts" generated in a futures or forward market.
B) Shorts were "cornered" because the manipulators took significant control of the deliverable supply.
C) Deliverable supply could not be increased without incurring significant additional costs.
D) Shorts were forced to pay high prices when they tried to buy the underlying commodity from the manipulator.
E) The regulators broke the squeeze by ordering producers to increase their supply.