This is the third time someone has gone ahead and run ahead.
April 17: Placed a $760M short bet on oil 20 minutes before the announcement of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
March 23: Placed a $500M short bet on oil 15 minutes before Trump postponed the strike on Iran, causing oil prices to drop 15%.
April 7: Placed a $950M short bet on oil just hours before the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.
This is the opportunity of the "peace trade."
Insiders knew in advance.
Retail investors need to place bets in advance too.
Is there someone manipulating the market and controlling the price?
Very few companies can make directional bets of such scale on these commodities.
If the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission investigates, they could uncover it—but so what?
Due to systemic loopholes, such "moral violations" aren't considered issues, and no one will be held accountable.
After Trump leaves office, someone might go to jail for retroactive investigation—this is another matter.
If you're still saying this war is about the strait, enriched uranium, Khamenei, or the Revolutionary Guard… someone's laughing.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1862772299108419/
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