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#Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran #war. What is going on?
Perfect timing
On 7 April, right before Donald #Trump announced a temporary ceasefire with #Iran, #traders bet $950m that #oil prices would come down. They did
On night of 27 February, the day before the #US and #Israel would carry out strikes on Iran, an unusual influx of about 150 accounts on #Polymarket placed bets that the US would strike Iran the next day. A New York Times analysis ...
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Another #AI darling, #Palantir Technologies, dropped 9.2% for the largest loss in the S&P 500. It has seen bets build up sharply among investors this year that its #stock price will drop, according to S3 Partners. Only #Meta Platforms has seen a bigger increase in what’s called “short interest,” where #traders essentially bet a stock’s price will fall. Meta, the owner of #Facebook & #Instagram, fell 1.7%.
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