Scenario 1:
Mr President:
"Good news, the war will end soon"
Stock prices rise.
Expected behaviour.
Scenario 2:
Anonymous person buys $1.5 billion
value of futures, based on no publically
available information.
5 minutes later.
Mr President:
"Good news, the war will end soon"
Stock prices rise.
Anonymous person makes
$100s millions in 5 minutes.
Odd behaviour.
I wonder who it was, Mr President?
Mar 24
Mar 24, 2026 at 1:46 AM UTC
Scenario 1:
Mr President:
"Good news, the war will end soon"
Stock prices rise.
Expected behaviour.
Scenario 2:
Anonymous person buys $1.5 billion
value of futures, based on no publically
available information.
5 minutes later.
Mr President:
"Good news, the war will end soon"
Stock prices rise.
Anonymous person makes
$100s millions in 5 minutes.
Odd behaviour.
I wonder who it was, Mr President?
Maybe this is normal, and I'm just an old cynic ...
