Posted 6/1/2020 20:42 (#8293353 - in reply to #8293163) Subject: RE: Help me out, because I'm ashamed to admit...
I think the word you should insert is; 'vagary'. The grain trade is exemplified by vagary. A p/s deal is not made until the ship is loaded and singled up for export. Centuries and dacades later; the same expected.