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LuckyCharms

(20,352 posts)
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 02:17 PM Apr 2025

Here's what that miserable fuck in the White House is doing with the stock market.

He and his cronies in the know:

1) Short the market in anticipation of an absurd Trump tariff announcement

2) Trump makes a ridiculous announcement about increasing tariffs

3) Market tumbles

4) The individuals who shorted the market in #1 above buy back the stocks that they sold short and they take their profits created by the artificial market drop

5) Trump announces an easing of the tarrifs

6) Trump and his cronies "go long" on the stock after covering their shorts and ride the stock back up as it increases in price

7) They sell their stocks right before Trump makes another absurd tariff announcement (which they have previous knowledge of) and take their profits. They have now made money both ways: when the stock dropped, and when it rose

8) Trump makes another absurd tarrif announcement. The stock drops again, lather, rinse, repeat, ad infinitum.

And this is what happens when one man positions himself so the market moves wildly every time he takes a breath.

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Here's what that miserable fuck in the White House is doing with the stock market. (Original Post) LuckyCharms Apr 2025 OP
May I share this to FB? pnwest Apr 2025 #1
Yes, of course. Feel free. LuckyCharms Apr 2025 #4
Gracias :) pnwest Apr 2025 #19
And ... doing all this crap by tweet or unTruth spam ... it's a fakebook ruler UpInArms Apr 2025 #2
In addition, this is market manipulation in its purest form LuckyCharms Apr 2025 #3
Post removed Post removed Apr 2025 #5
*sigh* LuckyCharms Apr 2025 #7
Great thread on Bluesky lays it out with evidence Arazi Apr 2025 #6
+1 thanks. n/t LuckyCharms Apr 2025 #8
Thanks. Unusual Whales is not just any old poster, either. Pinback Apr 2025 #9
Yup, a must follow if you really want deep dives Arazi Apr 2025 #13
That's exactly why Congress..... SergeStorms Apr 2025 #10
Talk about a "planned economy"... Ford_Prefect Apr 2025 #11
Insider trading Beachnutt Apr 2025 #12
Check this out... Niagara Apr 2025 #14
LOL!! LuckyCharms Apr 2025 #17
Can't Agree ProfessorGAC Apr 2025 #15
That's why I'm SO glad we B.See Apr 2025 #16
Insider trading essentially Meowmee Apr 2025 #18
That's a way to empty our retirements and transfer the money to them lame54 Apr 2025 #20
two words CountAllVotes Apr 2025 #21

pnwest

(3,397 posts)
1. May I share this to FB?
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 02:24 PM
Apr 2025

It's so crystal clear. The few Republican friends I have left need to see this.

LuckyCharms

(20,352 posts)
3. In addition, this is market manipulation in its purest form
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 02:26 PM
Apr 2025

and I can't think of one time when one man had the stock market "by the balls" in this manner.

Others go to jail for market manipulation.

The small man in the White House never will, of course.

Response to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Arazi

(8,178 posts)
6. Great thread on Bluesky lays it out with evidence
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 03:31 PM
Apr 2025

Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand.

You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls

RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.

Unusual Whales (@unusualwhales.bsky.social) 2025-04-09T18:20:58.509Z

Pinback

(13,325 posts)
9. Thanks. Unusual Whales is not just any old poster, either.
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 04:54 PM
Apr 2025

These are the people who track and report on Congressional members’ trades:
https://unusualwhales.com/politics
https://www.morningstar.com/funds/2-etfs-that-track-congressional-stock-trades

(Warning: They don’t just track Republican trades, so it may not please all DU market watchers.)

ProfessorGAC

(73,663 posts)
15. Can't Agree
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 07:02 PM
Apr 2025

I think it much simpler to assume they actually thought tariffs would do what he claims & found out they are consequences, plus the fact that they seldom work as well as hoped.
He and his lackeys thought this was his ticket to Rushmore and are simply too dumb to have anticipated the negative reaction.
Your approach presumes competence & strategic thinking when little evidence exists for either.

B.See

(5,909 posts)
16. That's why I'm SO glad we
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 07:10 PM
Apr 2025

pulled our money out of the stock market years ago.

We decided some time back that trusting it to the whims, wiles, and whimsy of elites like Trump was tantamount to playing roulette, the slots, horses, or rolling dice.

Nor are we card carrying members of the elite insiders like MTG.

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