Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and corn prices are likely to remain high.

全球对玉米需求的不断增长导致了玉米市场价格的急剧上涨，而玉米价格很可能继续保持在高位。

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The price of traditional Chinese liquor, or Baijiu, has seen a sharp increase in some Guangzhou stores recently. The price of Moutai and Wuliangye increased the most, in some cases up 10%.

广州已有商场将白酒价格上调，其中茅台、五粮液涨幅最大，最高达10%。

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Other tactics include piggybacking on sharp price movements to increase volatility, which increases the value of options held by traders.

其他的一些伎俩包括促使价格剧烈变动以增加波动性，而波动性的增大可以使高频交易者所持有期权的价值增加。

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The scramble to secure oil supplies now and into the future has contributed to the sharp increase in the price of oil on both the spot market and for future delivery.

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It might be too early to call a serious slowdown in the Chinese recovery as the latest data may have been affected by the Lunar New Year, a period that is often associated with a sharp increase in the price of food and other goods, which occurred in January in 2012 and February in 2013.

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In this scenario the trader is happy to pocket the rich premium available on the options given the length of time to expiration and increase in implied volatility on top of the sharp rise in the price of the underlying.

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