🔥 Another jaw-dropping oil market move just shook traders worldwide.
Over $760M+ in Brent crude shorts were reportedly positioned just 20 minutes before news broke that the Strait of Hormuz would remain open.
According to LSEG data, a massive 7,990 Brent futures lots were sold in just one minute (12:24–12:25 GMT) an unusually precise and aggressive move.
And this isn’t an isolated case.
In less than a month, the market has now seen three highly “well-timed” oil trades:
⚫ March 23: ~$580M shorted just minutes before Trump’s Iran de-escalation post → oil dropped ~15%
⚫ April 7: ~$950M positioned before US–Iran ceasefire headlines → oil plunged ~15%
⚫ April 17: ~$760M shorts ahead of Hormuz reopening news → oil slid ~11% toward $85/barrel
Altogether, that’s roughly $2.29 BILLION in strategically timed positions within 26 days raising serious questions across the energy trading world.
Precision timing or extreme coincidence? The market is watching closely.
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