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This is unusual. CFTC staff have reportedly been told to retract their analysis of suspicious oil trades. Unusual Whales caught many of them. Let's take a look at billions of dollars in well-timed bets on oil futures, placed before major Trump announcements on the Iran war. March 23: About $580 million in oil futures, roughly 6,200 Brent and WTI contracts, were sold in a single minute, between 6:49 and 6:50 a.m. ET. 15 minutes later, Trump posted that he was delaying planned strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure. Oil fell more than 10%. April 7: Traders placed roughly $950 million in bets on falling oil prices in the hours before Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Oil then fell about 15% in a single session. April 21: About $830 million in Brent and WTI futures were sold roughly 15 minutes before another major U.S.–Iran announcement. The traders saved millions. The fallout: March 24: The White House warned staff against trading on confidential information April: The CFTC opened an investigation into the March 23 and April 7 trades Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Reps. Ritchie Torres and Sam Liccardo, demanded probes This is unusual. You can follow all unusual trades right on site. See more: https://t.co/d6DFEKs9sX