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  "path": "/2026/03/25/unknown-traders-made-a-fortune-shorting-oil-15-minutes-before-trump-reversed-iran-threat.html",
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  "textContent": "Between 10:49 and 10:50 AM GMT on Tuesday, 734 oil futures contracts changed hands. In the next 60 seconds, that number surged to 2,168 — 16 times the average volume for the day. Bloomberg estimated the value of contracts traded in that opening minute at $650 million. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Unknown traders made a fortune shorting oil 15 minutes before Trump reversed Iran threat appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "Unknown traders made a fortune shorting oil 15 minutes before Trump reversed Iran threat"
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