In "Liar's Poker" (1998), iirc, this was called an Argentine Put. You'd place a big trade at the end of a day, fly to Argentina that night, and check the newsp

In "Liar's Poker" (1998), iirc, this was called an Argentine Put. You'd place a big trade at the end of a day, fly to Argentina that night, and check the newspaper the next day to find out whether you were rich or a fugitive.