$920M short on oil. 70 minutes before the Axios report.
This is now the 4th time this year.
📌 March 23: $500M short — 15 min before Trump delayed Iran strikes
(Source: Reuters / CBS News)
📌 April 7: $950M short — hours before the US-Iran ceasefire
(Source: Reuters)
📌 April 17: $760M short — 20 min before Hormuz declared open
(Source: Reuters)
📌 May 6: $920M short — 70 min before the Axios Iran deal report
(Today)
Bloomberg confirmed: the CFTC is actively investigating the trades, focusing on CME Group and ICE platforms.
Congressman Ritchie Torres demanded the SEC and CFTC investigate, calling it trading on “material nonpublic information on a potentially historic scale.”
The US Senate Banking Committee sent a formal letter to the CFTC asking for answers by April 30.
Same pattern. 4 times. Bigger each time.
This isn’t trading. This is a schedule.
Who knew?
$760M short on oil. Placed 20 minutes before the Hormuz announcement.
This is the 3rd time.
March 23: $500M short — 15 minutes before Trump delayed Iran strikes. Oil dropped 15%.
April 7: $950M short — hours before the US-Iran ceasefire.
April 17: $760M short — 20 minutes before Hormuz declared open.
The CFTC is investigating.
The ‘peace trade’ was sold to retail. Someone else got out first.
Who knew?