[15 Minutes Before Trump's Post, '6 Million Barrels of Crude Oil Futures' Contracts Were Dumped] Odaily Planet Daily News: About 15 minutes before Trump posted about Iran, which caused crude oil prices to plummet by as much as 14%, contracts representing millions of barrels of oil had already been traded. According to data from the Intercontinental Exchange, within the two minutes starting at 6:49 AM on Monday (Eastern Time, same below), at least 6 million barrels of Brent crude oil and WTI crude oil futures contracts were dumped, while the average trading volume during the same period over the past five trading days was approximately 700 lots (equivalent to 700,000 barrels). Trump's post was published at around 7:05 AM. (Jin10)