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Comment by JackYoustra | Hacker News Reader

Doesn't make much sense, if you're insider trading you profit more if you move one stock a lotlotlot vs all the stocks merely a lot.

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Buy the NASDAQ at 1:17PM. Sell at 2PM. You’ve just made 10% without doing any work. If you’re doing any kind of leveraged play, you can get even higher returns.

my point is that's the exact same if its a random microcap, just massively magnified. The president can easily cause triple digit swings. Doing a broad market movement is inefficient from this point of view.

He does all the above!

He owns his own social media stock (DJT), where he post this morning "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT" to his followers. Attracting more to his social media company.

He has a meme coin in cryptoland, and now via tariff manipulation, he can guide select people to place big bets on the largest derivatives market.

They're also creating a "crypto national reserve".

Grifter crypto scams aren't necessary when it's possible to fleece taxpayers directly.

Derivatives had huge moves based on these announcements. Out-of-the money SPX E-mini puts went up 10x after tariffs were announced. Near-the-money E-mini calls doubled after today's announcements. These are zero-risk insider strategies.

SPY 530 calls for today went from literally 2 cents to $2, $3, maybe $4 if someone timed it right.

They're at $9 on my delayed screen. Obviously I don't have the optimal insider derivatives strategy at the tip of my fingers!

Like I said, on a scale we've never seen before.

https://x.com/Ike_Saul/status/1910028885460148427

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