The Guardian | Demoralized oil traders give up betting on how low prices can go The Guardian Oil traders can agree on only one thing about when the second-biggest price rout on record will be over: not yet. Crude oil's freefall from more than $100 a barrel last summer to a near six-year low under $50 a barrel has been unrelenting, shocking ... Daily chart Six conspiracy theories behind plunging oil prices Sequels elsewhere could follow oil drama |