As Lewis Carroll wrote, it gets curioser and curioser.

CNBC is reporting that volume in stock and oil futures experienced a sudden surge in volume at 0650 New York time Monday morning. Fifteen minutes later, as 0705, Trump posted his tweet on his social media account, claiming progress had been made in talks with Iran, and that Trump was holding off on striking Iranian power stations and oil facilities for five days.

There is no reasonable explanation for why volume would suddenly surge.

"Somebody" knew something..

A competent and honest Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would immediately investigate, demanding trading firms disclose the identity of the trader or traders who "suddenly" and not-so- serendipitously decided that moment was a good time to enter large trades. An honest and competent Dept of Justice would follow up the SEC investigation.

Don't hold your breath. Bondi would undoubtedly say, "You worry about suspicious trades when the Dow was surging?"

Maybe Administration officials who claim Trump's is "the most transparent Administration in history" are telling the truth. It would seem, in my opinion, massive corruption is in plain sight.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/volume-in-stock-and-oil-futures-surged-minutes-before-trumps-market-turning-post.html

14 minutes ago, novacova said:

Another paranoid leftist post. Look down between your legs and there is where you’ll find a real taco like thingy.

Come on!

I've got no party politics but a trade like that would cause investigation ...Shirley.

20 minutes ago, novacova said:

Another paranoid leftist post. Look down between your legs and there is where you’ll find a real taco like thingy.

Well, then, Jesse Livermore...or maybe you're George Soros? Jim Simons?

(If you're Jesse and you need directions to the Sherry-Netherland Hotel, I can help.)

How would you non-paranoid Righties (aka naive cultists) explain the sudden surge? You could join CNBC's Squawk Box morning show and put all the curious minds at rest with your knowledge.

1 hour ago, carlyai said:

Come on!

I've got no party politics but a trade like that would cause investigation ...Shirley.

Stop arguing with MAGA. You'll need to watch NewsMax a year straight for your IQ to drop enough to have same level debate.

If I were an SEC official, the first place I would look is at whomever wrote Trump's Tweet. Trump clearly is not articulate enough to write that, and as for the misspelling that resulted in "witch", instead of "which", I'd just call that a Freudian slip.

Quell surprise it’s his old pump and dump with a twist….meanwhile look at the affect it’s having on the folks that can least afford it.the dudes just evil.

Pelosi has a snitch in the white house ?

40 minutes ago, FlorC said:

Pelosi has a snitch in the white house ?

So let's have the SEC and DoJ do their job and investigate this $580 million worth of long stock and short oil futures 15 minutes before Trump issued that Tweet.

No, you wouldn't like that, because your attempted deflection would look as silly as it is.

That trade, I am willing to bet, came straight out of the White House Grift Shop.

Nobody's investigating. The graft is in your face and from MAGA there's crickets.

But hey, Hunter sold some paintings!😂

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Yeah, this isn't suspicious at all.........

Just a coincidence, nothing to see here, move along!

Things aren't going well, are they in the US. Unnecessary wars, tariffs, crawl towards fascism. A s**t show for the ages.

Wait, what? I thought Trump was a buffoon and now he's driving the markets...

So, who were the beneficiaries of what the OP is claiming insider information?

1 minute ago, Yellowtail said:

Wait, what? I thought Trump was a buffoon and now he's driving the markets...

So, who were the beneficiaries of what the OP is claiming insider information?

Hard to tell. There's no one to investigate because the fix is in.

'Exclusive: US SEC's ex-enforcement chief clashed with bosses over Trump cases before leaving, sources say'

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-secs-ex-enforcement-chief-clashed-with-bosses-before-leaving-sources-say-2026-03-23/

" The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's top enforcement official, who left abruptly last week, had clashed with agency leaders over the direction of its enforcement program, including the handling of cases with ties to President Donald Trump and his family, according to three people familiar with the matter."

10 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Wait, what? I thought Trump was a buffoon and now he's driving the markets...

So, who were the beneficiaries of what the OP is claiming insider information?

I corrected it for you

Wait, what? I thought Trump was a buffoon and now he's driving RIGGING the markets...

19 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Wait, what? I thought Trump was a buffoon and now he's driving the markets...

So, who were the beneficiaries of what the OP is claiming insider information?

Both can be correct.

Trump IS a buffoon, but he's also corrupt enough to know he can move markets with a Tweet.

The SEC and DoJ must investigate the trades, but don't hold your breath. Trump's Presidency is once and forever solely about personal gain...for himself and his family and friends.

It should scare people that it's increasingly likely policy---including dealing with potential threats to US national security or the well being of the American people---is likely driven by a desire for personal financial gain.

I suspect EVERYONE, friend or foe, will now watch futures markets, because they give the first indication of major actions or policy shifts. Had Iran been watching crude and equity futures, they would have known Trump was about to taco.

MAGAs are still barking about a couple of paintings Hunter sold. Chump change, while BILLIONS are Trump change.

The list of corruption by the Trump Admin increases by the day. His and her meme coins.....the $500 million "investment" by the UAE in Trump's family business in Dec 2024, a few weeks before 20 January 2025 and the dropping of sanctions on shipping NVIDIA H200 chips outside the US---(which were then sent to China by the UAE)....Jared trolling for investments while supposedly being a negotiator.....Melania's $30 "fee" from Amazon (who got >$2 billion in USG contracts) for her life story....the 3 projects under negotiation in Saudi Arabia....the "coincidence" of pardons to people who either donate bigly to Republicans or else invest in Trump family companies (like the Binance CEO who was convicted of laundering money for Hamas)...it is all part and parcel of the White House Grift Shop.

Sen Chris Murphy has demanded the SEC investigate. So far he is being ignored, even though it is a simple matter to find out who made the trades. Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman called it "treason", as it indicates a Presidential move that could aid the US' enemies.

50 minutes ago, Wingate said:

Both can be correct.

Trump IS a buffoon, but he's also corrupt enough to know he can move markets with a Tweet.

The SEC and DoJ must investigate the trades, but don't hold your breath. Trump's Presidency is once and forever solely about personal gain...for himself and his family and friends.

It should scare people that it's increasingly likely policy---including dealing with potential threats to US national security or the well being of the American people---is likely driven by a desire for personal financial gain.

I suspect EVERYONE, friend or foe, will now watch futures markets, because they give the first indication of major actions or policy shifts. Had Iran been watching crude and equity futures, they would have known Trump was about to taco.

MAGAs are still barking about a couple of paintings Hunter sold. Chump change, while BILLIONS are Trump change.

The list of corruption by the Trump Admin increases by the day. His and her meme coins.....the $500 million "investment" by the UAE in Trump's family business in Dec 2024, a few weeks before 20 January 2025 and the dropping of sanctions on shipping NVIDIA H200 chips outside the US---(which were then sent to China by the UAE)....Jared trolling for investments while supposedly being a negotiator.....Melania's $30 "fee" from Amazon (who got >$2 billion in USG contracts) for her life story....the 3 projects under negotiation in Saudi Arabia....the "coincidence" of pardons to people who either donate bigly to Republicans or else invest in Trump family companies (like the Binance CEO who was convicted of laundering money for Hamas)...it is all part and parcel of the White House Grift Shop.

Sen Chris Murphy has demanded the SEC investigate. So far he is being ignored, even though it is a simple matter to find out who made the trades. Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman called it "treason", as it indicates a Presidential move that could aid the US' enemies.

As you know, there is enough public information available for to put together a case showing insider trading.

Chis Murphy, while not real bright, is smart enough to know this and he (with the help of someone that is bright) put something together to support a claim rather than just grandstanding for his Trump obsessed base.

You seem reasonably bright, even if blinded by your seething hate, you know the NYT could put something together if there was really anything there.

Like the Epstein files, if there were any real dirt on Trump, we'd have heard about it years ago.

This isn't going away any time soon, even if Corruption Inc. (WH) wants it to. We'll find out, sooner or later, and I really have to hand it to the resident MAGA crowd, who have all come out and said they agree there needs to be a full investigation to get to the bottom of this!