Exchange Scene in Trading Places


Explanation: The Duke brothers have a false crop report claiming a poor orange harvest. Their trader buys orange juice heavily at the open in an attempt to corner the market before the crop report is announced. At 2:38 Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy start shorting orange juice and all the traders are happy to sell to them. Then the real crop report is announced and it reveals that the orange harvest will be fine. The selling continues. Finally, at 5:18, Aykroyd and Murphy start covering their short by buying. So instead of buying then selling, they sold first and bought later — and kept the difference.

Posted by on May 13th, 2010 at 3:00 pm


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