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"Suspicious trades just before Trump announced delaying an Iran strike"… Controversy as oil and S&P futures surge
Summary
- It reported that large-scale trades totaling $760 million occurred in crude oil and S&P 500 futures immediately before Trump’s announcement delaying an Iran strike.
- It reported that the trades were executed without any particular news or catalyst and were analyzed as having served as a signal of the market’s sharp move just before Trump’s announcement.
- It said similar trading patterns have recurred ahead of Trump’s major announcements in the past, prompting the market to raise questions about potential leaks of inside information and information asymmetry.
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Large-scale futures trades occurred just before remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, fueling suspicions of insider trading.
According to Walter Bloomberg on the 24th (local time), concentrated trading in crude oil and S&P 500 futures totaling $760 million took place over about two minutes immediately before Trump’s Monday announcement that he would delay an attack on Iran.
The trades occurred without any particular news or catalyst and are seen as having served as a signal just before markets moved sharply following Trump’s announcement.
In particular, market participants are raising questions about possible leaks of inside information, given that similar trading patterns have repeatedly appeared ahead of Trump’s major announcements in the past.
The episode is reigniting debate over the linkage between political events and financial markets, as well as issues of information asymmetry.
JH Kim
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