Oil Price Collapse Raises Suspicions of "Insider Trading" in Middle East Situation Today, according to Xinhua News Agency, as reported by the British Financial Times on the 24th, approximately 15 minutes before U.S. President Trump posted about U.S.-Iran dialogue on a social media platform on the 23rd, an unusually large transaction worth approximately $580 million appeared in the international crude oil market, triggering market speculation about "insider trading."
The report stated that between 6:49 and 6:50 a.m. New York time on the 23rd, approximately 6,200 Brent crude oil and West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures contracts were completed. According to Bloomberg data calculations, these contracts had a notional value of $580 million. As crude oil futures trading volume surged sharply, the S&P 500 index jumped instantly, with transaction volume also expanding significantly in tandem.
The report noted that Trump subsequently posted at 7:04 a.m., stating: "Over the past two days, the United States and Iran have had very good and productive dialogue regarding a comprehensive and thorough solution to our hostile actions in the Middle East region." This news triggered massive selling across global energy markets. As investors reduced their "bets" on protracted conflict, S&P 500 index futures and European equities rose in sync.
The report suggests that such "perfectly timed" trades are "strikingly similar" to previous situations surrounding U.S. attacks on Iran and Venezuela. Multiple hedge funds stated that this is one of many cases of large advance trades appearing before major U.S. official announcements in recent months.
The report cited a large hedge fund trader saying that energy consulting agencies have recently noticed multiple large transactions with abnormal timing. Another investment manager stated that a series of perfectly timed large transactions have triggered "strong dissatisfaction" among investors.
According to reports, later on the 23rd, Iranian Islamic Parliament Speaker Kalibaff posted on social media, explicitly denying any negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. This statement subsequently triggered a pullback in global stock markets, while the energy market saw renewed buying interest.
Kalibaff said the purpose of spreading "false news is to manipulate financial and oil markets, thereby helping the United States and Israel extricate themselves from the quagmire they are mired in."
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Oil Price Collapse Raises Suspicions of "Insider Trading" in Middle East Situation
Today, according to Xinhua News Agency, as reported by the British Financial Times on the 24th, approximately 15 minutes before U.S. President Trump posted about U.S.-Iran dialogue on a social media platform on the 23rd, an unusually large transaction worth approximately $580 million appeared in the international crude oil market, triggering market speculation about "insider trading."
The report stated that between 6:49 and 6:50 a.m. New York time on the 23rd, approximately 6,200 Brent crude oil and West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures contracts were completed. According to Bloomberg data calculations, these contracts had a notional value of $580 million. As crude oil futures trading volume surged sharply, the S&P 500 index jumped instantly, with transaction volume also expanding significantly in tandem.
The report noted that Trump subsequently posted at 7:04 a.m., stating: "Over the past two days, the United States and Iran have had very good and productive dialogue regarding a comprehensive and thorough solution to our hostile actions in the Middle East region." This news triggered massive selling across global energy markets. As investors reduced their "bets" on protracted conflict, S&P 500 index futures and European equities rose in sync.
The report suggests that such "perfectly timed" trades are "strikingly similar" to previous situations surrounding U.S. attacks on Iran and Venezuela. Multiple hedge funds stated that this is one of many cases of large advance trades appearing before major U.S. official announcements in recent months.
The report cited a large hedge fund trader saying that energy consulting agencies have recently noticed multiple large transactions with abnormal timing. Another investment manager stated that a series of perfectly timed large transactions have triggered "strong dissatisfaction" among investors.
According to reports, later on the 23rd, Iranian Islamic Parliament Speaker Kalibaff posted on social media, explicitly denying any negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. This statement subsequently triggered a pullback in global stock markets, while the energy market saw renewed buying interest.
Kalibaff said the purpose of spreading "false news is to manipulate financial and oil markets, thereby helping the United States and Israel extricate themselves from the quagmire they are mired in."