Surprise! Minutes before T-rump's announcement, $800 million in trades made on oil prices

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By Nick Pearson
10:20am Mar 24, 2026 (Tomorrow!)

https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-iran-updates-oil-futures-trade-suspicious-betting-activity-usa-world-news/1061ef6b-5fef-401c-b469-98016ccdb9c3

At 9.50pm AEDT yesterday, there was a sudden spike in trading on the oil and S&P 500 futures market.

6.50am New York time is an unusual time for a rush on trades on West Texas Intermediate May futures.

But it showed that all of a sudden, a substantial sum of money was bet on oil prices dropping and the stock market rising.

In the space of a minute, more than $800 million in trades was made on oil futures.
Then a few minutes later, US President Donald Trump made a Truth Social post.

The S&P 500 futures market surged and crude oil prices dropped through the floor.

Unrelated: From the Spurious News Agency:

Asked about the possibility of direct talks with Trump, Iran's Supreme Leader only said "We made such a deal"

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1. This is becoming a pattern