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While most people can open a trading account and trade oil futures, starting to trade can be a daunting experience. In the U.S., there are restrictions as to who can open a futures trading account.

Over the past decade, scores of Big Oil companies have set up separate trading divisions that frequently rake in billions in profits that help pad their bottom lines whenever oil and gas prices fall.