Trump's Post 15 Minutes Before, "6 Million Barrels of Crude Oil Futures" Contracts Dumped

SmartContractAuditor · 2026-03-24T06:06:04+00:00

Odaily Planet Daily News: Approximately 15 minutes before Trump's post about Iran caused crude oil prices to plummet by up to 14%, contracts representing millions of barrels of oil had already been traded. According to Intercontinental Exchange data, within two minutes starting at 6:49 a.m. Monday (Eastern Time, same below), at least 6 million barrels of Brent crude and WTI crude oil futures contracts were dumped, while the average trading volume for the same period over the past five trading days was approximately 700 lots (i.e., 700,000 barrels). Trump's post was published at approximately 7:05 a.m. (Golden Ten)

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2026-03-24 06:06:04

Odaily Planet Daily reports that about 15 minutes before Trump posted a message about Iran, causing crude oil prices to plummet by as much as 14%, contracts representing millions of barrels of oil had already been traded. According to Intercontinental Exchange data, within two minutes starting at 6:49 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, at least 6 million barrels of Brent and WTI crude oil futures contracts were sold off, compared to an average of about 7,000 contracts (700,000 barrels) during the same period over the past five trading days. Trump’s post was approximately published at 7:05 a.m. (Jin10)

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