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Volume in stock and oil futures surged 15 min before Trump's market-turning post

30 points by herpderperator 7mo ago

jjgreen 7mo ago
Iran's parliament speaker said as much a couple of hours ago: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce35wke27ynt?post=asset%3A23207133-489e-4e47-ae15-d00faa7af449#post https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce35wke27ynt?post=asset%3A23...
- legitster 6mo ago
  > Iran's parliament speaker denies talks took place with US officials > Over the last hour or so, several news outlets have reported that Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have been negotiating with Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, citing sources. > Now, an X account attributed to Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf posts that no negotiations with have taken place with the US. > It adds that "fake news" has been used to "manipulate" the oil markets, and that the Iranian people "demand complete and remorseful punishment of the aggressors".
xvxvx 6mo ago
Seems like the kind of thing that should be highly illegal.
- mindslight 6mo ago
  When criminals are elected into the highest offices in the land, the law as an equitable institution becomes meaningless.
mring33621 6mo ago
How odd!
FrankWilhoit 6mo ago
Every single one of those traders belongs in prison. The failure to put them there leaves the system looking foolish, unable to claim any authority or legitimacy.
- peebee67 6mo ago
  pfft, were you still working for a living or something, you leaner?
djohnston 6mo ago
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- dang 6mo ago
  Yikes, you've been breaking the site guidelines so badly and so often that I've banned this account until we get some indication that you'll stop. I hate to ban an account that has been here over 10 years and which at one time was a useful contributor, but we can't have posts like this or these: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450327 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450327 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47325414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47325414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47253563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47253563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47198948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47198948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120814 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120814 If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
  - djohnston 6mo ago
    I’m honoured you’d pay me a visit. Fuck it I’m banned.
    - dang 6mo ago
      I'd rather unban you!
peebee67 6mo ago
Okay, so this is clearly corrupt, but is it illegal? If not, add it to the United States Congress' many failings. If it is, since they spy on everything, it really shouldn't be hard to convict everyone who spilled the beans early. There's two halves to every transaction, and every trader probably told at least one other person, so there should be no shortage of people willing to rat on each other.

Iran's parliament speaker said as much a couple of hours ago: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce35wke27ynt?post=asset%3A23207133-489e-4e47-ae15-d00faa7af449#post https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce35wke27ynt?post=asset%3A23...

legitster 6mo ago
> Iran's parliament speaker denies talks took place with US officials > Over the last hour or so, several news outlets have reported that Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have been negotiating with Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, citing sources. > Now, an X account attributed to Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf posts that no negotiations with have taken place with the US. > It adds that "fake news" has been used to "manipulate" the oil markets, and that the Iranian people "demand complete and remorseful punishment of the aggressors".

xvxvx 6mo ago

Seems like the kind of thing that should be highly illegal.

mindslight 6mo ago
When criminals are elected into the highest offices in the land, the law as an equitable institution becomes meaningless.

mring33621 6mo ago

How odd!

FrankWilhoit 6mo ago

Every single one of those traders belongs in prison. The failure to put them there leaves the system looking foolish, unable to claim any authority or legitimacy.

peebee67 6mo ago
pfft, were you still working for a living or something, you leaner?

djohnston 6mo ago

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dang 6mo ago
Yikes, you've been breaking the site guidelines so badly and so often that I've banned this account until we get some indication that you'll stop. I hate to ban an account that has been here over 10 years and which at one time was a useful contributor, but we can't have posts like this or these: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450327 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450327 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47325414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47325414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47253563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47253563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47198948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47198948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120814 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120814 If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- djohnston 6mo ago
  I’m honoured you’d pay me a visit. Fuck it I’m banned.
  - dang 6mo ago
    I'd rather unban you!

peebee67 6mo ago

Okay, so this is clearly corrupt, but is it illegal? If not, add it to the United States Congress' many failings. If it is, since they spy on everything, it really shouldn't be hard to convict everyone who spilled the beans early. There's two halves to every transaction, and every trader probably told at least one other person, so there should be no shortage of people willing to rat on each other.