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$580M oil trades made minutes before Trump's key Iran announcement draw scrutiny

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Over $500M of oil bets were placed within 15 minutes before President Trump announced he was pausing plans to attack Iranian infrastructure. The pause sharply reduced geopolitical risk and sent oil prices plunging, highlighting large speculative flows in commodity futures and elevated short-term volatility in energy markets.

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Over $500M of oil bets were placed within 15 minutes before President Trump announced he was pausing plans to attack Iranian infrastructure. The pause sharply reduced geopolitical risk and sent oil prices plunging, highlighting large speculative flows in commodity futures and elevated short-term volatility in energy markets.

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