BREAKING: $950M Oil "Ambush" Trade Triggers Insider Trading Probe 🚨🛢️

Just hours before President Trump’s surprise U.S.-Iran ceasefire announcement on Tuesday, a massive $950 million short position was executed in crude oil futures.
The Details:

* The Trade: 8,600 lots of Brent & WTI futures sold at 19:45 GMT—a "quiet window" when most traders are offline.
* The News: At 22:30 GMT, Trump announced a two-week ceasefire. Oil immediately crashed 15%, falling below $100/bbl.
* The Profit: The mystery trader(s) walked away with hundreds of millions in profit in a single night.

Why it’s suspicious:
This is the second time this pattern has appeared. On March 23, a $500M short was placed just 15 minutes before Trump delayed strikes on Iran, also leading to a 15% price drop.
The Fallout:
🏛️ Rep. Ritchie Torres has formally requested the SEC and CFTC investigate these trades for "atypical" structure and potential illegal profiteering.
💼 The White House has issued an internal memo warning staff against trading on non-public information.
🌮 Some on Wall Street call it the "TACO Trade" (Trump Always Chickens Out)—arguing it’s a gamble on Trump's history of brinkmanship rather than inside info.
Is this a brilliant macro bet or "the largest instance of insider trading in history"? 🔎📊
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