Before Trump announces ceasefire, $950 million crude oil empty sheet accurately enters, US lawmakers urge regulatory investigation BlockBeats News: On April 9th, according to Reuters, just hours before US President Trump announced a ceasefire agreement with Iran, there was an extremely rare abnormal trading in the crude oil market. At 19:45 Greenwich Mean Time on Tuesday, investors suddenly sold a total of 8600 lots of Brent and US oil futures during the inactive period after settlement, with a total position of approximately $950 million. Less than three hours later, Trump officially announced a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran. Affected by this news, crude oil futures opened with a sharp drop of about 15% on Wednesday, falling below the $100 mark. This means that the 'precisely hidden' short order made a huge profit within a few hours. This is not an isolated incident. On March 23, 15 minutes before Trump announced the postponement of the strike on Iran's energy facilities, there was an abnormal short position of $500 million in the market, followed by a 15% drop in oil prices. Data shows that since the escalation of the US Iran situation, the daily trading volume of crude oil has doubled to the level of one million lots. Congressman Ritchie Torres has officially written to the SEC and CFTC urging an investigation into his "suspicious" transactions. Torres pointed out that these transactions are highly directional in terms of speed, scale, and structure, and the relevant accounts must be verified. Currently, CME and SEC have declined to comment, while CFTC has previously stated that it is "monitoring" market anomalies. (Golden Ten)