And Brent futures are starting to climb up again fast.
Trump's post is either him freaking out of a Black Monday and/or losing military command, or it can be interpreted as market manipulation. But I don't think he is much in control anymore.
My take: He wants "pauses" because he wants to resupply the strike group and/or wait for the Marine unit to transfer. I have my suspicions Iran isn't gonna fall for this trick.
It’s as if he’s just options trading.
I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if he attacked those power plants this evening.
It will be a holy war for the Iranian regime so they will not back down. So unless Trump/US does back down it's safe to assume things are going to get far worse.
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alecco•48m ago
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CL%3DF/
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actionfromafar•29m ago
alecco•25m ago
There are Crypto perpetual futures markets open all weekend but those are much smaller so it's unlikely they could make millions there.
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