Paul Krugman reveals a shocking pattern: massive oil futures trades routinely occur minutes before President Trump's Iran announcements, reportedly netting insiders millions. This alleged corruption undermines market integrity, making legitimate participants wary and hurting the broader economy. Read the full exposé: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/grand-theft-oil-futures #OilFutures #MarketManipulation #Accountability
Grand Theft Oil Futures

Insider traders keep making a killing at our expense

Paul Krugman
Apparently the looting will continue until there is no more loot. #EpsteinBallroom #OilFutures #CryptoCasino etc etc
New York congressman calls for investigation of spike in oil futures market just before a temporary Iran cease fire was announced in March.
#oilfutures
#insidertrading
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/iran-ceasefire-futures-markets-ritchie-torrres.html

"iI’d very much like to know exactly who was making those trades yesterday morning,' Krugman wrote. 'Were they people directly in the know, or billionaires/traders who paid people in the know for tips?'”

#Trump #Iran #war #PredictionMarkets #StockMarket #InsiderTrading #profiteering #OilFutures
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"The oil futures trade alone was worth about $580 million, the Financial Times estimated. As Krugman notes, exploiting confidential information for financial gain, otherwise known as 'insider trading,' is illegal. But exploiting confidential information about national security for private financial gain is something else again. It puts profit-making above Americans’ safety."

#Trump #Iran #war #PredictionMarkets #StockMarket #InsiderTrading #profiteering #OilFutures
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"The evidence for such a claim is the sudden and isolated jump in trading volume in S&P 500 and oil futures about 15 minutes before Trump suddenly announced that the U.S. and Iran were in negotiations to end the war—an announcement that turned out to be false."

#Trump #Iran #war #PredictionMarkets #StockMarket #InsiderTrading #profiteering #OilFutures
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Who will be shocked when someone reports that insiders made massive secret trades on #OilFutures just prior to the bombs falling in Iran? I'll be shocked if they didn't.
WTI Crude oil futures continue to trade above the critical support level of 74.99 and the intermediate support level of 76.04. As long as the course above critical support continues, buying-oriented transactions may continue. In this case, 76.84 and 77.93 can be followed as resistance levels above. If the selling pressure intensifies and a course below the critical support level of 74.99 is observed, 74.23, 73.78 , 73.06 levels may stand out as support. #WTICrude #OilFutures #Crude #OilAnalysis