This rigged game lets fake headlines pump prices even after everyone knows it is bullshit.
Sorry I was sleeping. Can you please tell me the oil price didn’t crash 5$ because once again this specific account ran an old fake news headline as a new one instead? Because if this is the case again I believe that at this point this account should be investigated @nikitabier pic.twitter.com/AVtapxJSxZ
— JustDario (@DarioCpx) May 21, 2026
This can't be real.
Just a few minutes before the US market close, Al Arabiya says that Iranian media outlets attribute false news regarding US-Iran negotiations.
But this won't matter now, as the S&P 500 closed another day in the green.
This is just pure manipulation, but so…
— Ted (@TedPillows) May 21, 2026
SENIOR IRANIAN SOURCE: NO DEAL HAS BEEN REACHED YET, BUT GAPS HAVE NARROWED
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) May 21, 2026
Yes or no!? 🤔 this is a fucking joke! 😂 pic.twitter.com/HFUL96PIKS
— El Zorrovic (@geckkoastruss) May 21, 2026
Grok: The S&P 500 daily candle uses the US market session: opens 9:30 AM ET, closes 4:00 PM ET (EDT right now = UTC-4).
Today’s May 21 close was at 4 PM ET / 8 PM UTC, and it finished green (+0.17% around 7,410–7,445 depending on source). The Al Arabiya item on Iranian media calling some US-Iran negotiation reports false came right before the bell, but the index still closed higher regardless. Markets pricing in whatever geopolitical noise as non-event for now.
It doesn’t matter if you think the headline is fake, if the market reacts positively to it, price is all that matters unless you want to be poor.
— TT3 (@TradingThomas3) May 21, 2026
BREAKING: After the negotiations failed, a source close to Iran's Ghalibaf assesses the war will resume in "the coming hours," with the US expected to conduct "harsh strategic strikes" on Iranian energy and possibly nuclear infrastructure. The Pakistani Army Chief also cancelled…
— The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) May 21, 2026
🇺🇸🇮🇷 The pizza places near the Pentagon are slammed at 3pm on a Friday
This is a known DC signal. When the staff can't leave for lunch, when they're ordering in because nobody's going anywhere, something is happening inside that building.
Last time this pattern showed up was… pic.twitter.com/n7r4LZuwGC
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 21, 2026
Iran is still refusing in negotiations to open the strait of Hormuz or give up its weapons.
This war is not going to end.
Soon people will understand and retail will be used as exit liquidity.
It's not the time to buy. It's the time to exit.
— Ted (@TedPillows) May 21, 2026
**Confirmed on the facts:** Iran is coordinating limited vessel passages through the Strait of Hormuz (IRGC reported 26 in 24 hours recently), but traffic remains heavily restricted—current throughput is around 2% of normal amid the ongoing standoff. Negotiations with the US are stalled; Tehran refuses full reopening without the US lifting its blockade and other concessions. Nuclear/weapons issues are postponed or disputed, not resolved. The ceasefire is fragile but holding; the war hasn’t ended. Markets are reacting to the uncertainty—DYOR on any trades.
-Grok