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Volume in stock and oil futures surged minutes before Trump’s market-turning post

Volume in stock and oil futures surged minutes before Trump’s market-turning post

By Yun Li, CNBC

  • At around 6:50 a.m. in New York, S&P 500 e-Mini futures trading on the CME recorded a sharp and isolated jump in volume.
  • A similar pattern was observed in oil markets.
  • Roughly 15 minutes later, at 7:05 a.m., Trump posted a market-moving announcement about Iran on Truth Social.

S&P 500 futures and oil futures flashed an unusual burst of activity early Monday minutes before a market-moving social media post from President Donald Trump.

At around 6:50 a.m. in New York, S&P 500 e-Mini futures trading on the CME recorded a sharp and isolated jump in volume, breaking from an otherwise subdued premarket backdrop. With thin liquidity typical of early trading hours, the sudden burst stood out as one of the largest volume moments of the session up to that point.

A similar pattern was observed in oil markets…

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Around 15 minutes later, Trump posts on Truth Social:

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At least the corruption is obvious and traceable, so the insider traders will get caught, right? Nope, the SEC blocked a member of the enforcement team from investigating Trump’s family, so don’t have hope. 

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