Oil trades, including $950 million short, have to be insiders, traders claim: ‘ How you end up like Venezuela’

Fuente: New York Post

Four suspiciously-timed trades on the oil futures market have analysts and traders outraged — calling out corruption in the industry or, even worse, data leaks at the highest level. The oil wagers — ranging from $400 million to nearly $1 billion — dwarf other recent insider trading scandals over suspiciously timed bets placed on platforms Polymarket and Kalshi regarding outcomes of US military action. “We’re all, like, f—k this s—t! It’s outrageous what’s going on.