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Before US President Trump announced Iran related policies, traders invested billions of dollars within 15 minutes betting on a drop in oil prices and a rise in the stock market. Subsequently, oil prices fell by 14% and US and European stock markets rose by 4%. The CFTC discovered abnormal trading patterns and handed them over to law enforcement, but Mel Gunewardena, a senior advisor to Michael Selig, the CFTC chairman appointed by Trump, ordered investigators to withdraw the transfer (source: Bloomberg).