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A trader made nearly $1 million since 2024 from dozens of well-timed Polymarket bets that correctly predicted US and Israeli military actions against Iran, according to an analysis shared with CNN. The bettor won a staggering 93% of their five-figure wagers about Iran, even though the events they predicted were unannounced military operations. The trader …
WARNING: SOMETHING EXTREMELY UNUSUAL IS HAPPENING!! Insiders are buying COMEX Gold options at $15,000 – $20,000 for December 2026. Gold is around $4,700 right now. This means THEY EXPECT THE GOLD PRICE TO TRIPLE. And if you think that’s just gambling YOU’RE COMPLETELY WRONG. Let me explain this in simple words. This position did NOT …
For tomorrow market – I see premiums are really bullish. When I check option by option I see this First image: FULL BEAR MODE, $SPY PUTS AT 675Second: FULL BEAR MODE, shorting $SPY calls at 684 But the third: some puts are being shorted (third image). But this 665 friday… pic.twitter.com/R41OBvDSj8 — Data Driven Stocks …
A report says that a few users of Polymarket earned significant profits by correctly guessing the date of U.S. strikes on Iran, collectively making $1.2 million Several users on the US-based prediction market platform Polymarket have apparently earned $1.2 million by betting on the timing of U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, according to a new report. …
Stan Druckenmiller’s current positions: – LONG Korea + Japan (+ Brazil)– LONG Copper (AI + tight supply)– LONG Gold (geopolitics)– SHORT Bonds Portfolio is no longer "AI-driven". He’s bearish on the Dollar but bullish on the US economy with disinflationary growth. pic.twitter.com/P9GfIB97EP — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) February 27, 2026 Druckenmiller once said, “Skate to where …
Retail traders—often referred to as “dumb money”—are clearly not betting on the downside for equities. They usually trade leveraged ETFs on both sides, and in the last 4 instances when the “short” allocation was this low, they were wrong 3 times, with the SPX subsequently… pic.twitter.com/ysBOtsr9HM — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) February 2, 2026 Short sellers …
Traders placing record bets on dollar collapse – Bloomberg The greenback’s plunge has been attributed to market turmoil created by US President Donald Trump’s policies Traders are betting big that the US dollar will continue to fall amid uncertainty about Washington’s political and economic policies, Bloomberg has reported. The dollar suffered its worst single-day decline …
LARGEST FED FUND FUTURES TRADE IN HISTORY 🚨 A bond trader just made the largest fed fund futures bet in history. The trade was a total of 200,000 contracts for January which amounts to a total risk of $8 million per basis point move. pic.twitter.com/R0sV78VAGB — Barchart (@Barchart) January 7, 2026 Someone just sold 200,000 …
From meme stocks to crypto crashes and AI megabets, America’s “casino economy” is here, fortunes won and lost overnight, gamblers posing as investors via invezz: The US economy increasingly runs on risk and speculation rather than stable growth. From meme stocks to AI megabets, volatility has replaced wages as a path to progress. The “casino …
SOMETHING'S UP!! The insider whale now upped his $BTC short to $498M. This is the same guy who shorted just before Trump's speech. What does he know??? pic.twitter.com/NTqFkc2LdR — Kyle Chassé 🐸 (@Kylechasse) October 14, 2025 CHINA VOWS TO FIGHT TRADE WAR TO THE END. 🇨🇳 THIS IS DEFINITELY THE HEADLINE TAKING MARKETS DOWN A …
pic.twitter.com/1uSux25un1 — Cryptinish (@Cryptinish) October 6, 2025 Ah, yes, because nothing screams innovation like a government committee. 🙄 How about we let the free market decide who excels in AI, without the overreach of bureaucratic red tape? Liberty and individual creativity will always outpace government 'technocrats'. Thoughts? — Doge Unhinged (@dogeunhinged) October 6, 2025 Europe …
Lufthansa Group has announced that it will shed 4,000 jobs by 2030 with the help of artificial intelligence, digitalization and consolidating work among member airlines. https://t.co/Dq7vbYG1ID — ABC News (@ABC) September 30, 2025 I think AI is the scapegoat here. The economy is collapsing. — Sina (@snsrap) September 30, 2025 FRANKFURT, Germany — Lufthansa Group …
What do you expect? They all feed the same bubbles, it’s just one big circle. After governments, the ones I trust the least are banks and financial institutions pic.twitter.com/qyusdt0VwF — 구미호 (@ThinkInError) September 16, 2025 Banks are so short on easy collateral that they’re forced to borrow overnight money at a higher rate than the …
The market is being driven by blind faith, not reality. Traders are gambling on every jobs report, flooding the system with bets that ignore the long-term risks. Whether jobs are strong or weak, debt keeps rising, and financial instability grows behind the scenes. Short-term rallies create an illusion of health while the underlying economy becomes …
via Reddit: Yes, I know this is obvious to most but there’s still enough questions about these sorts of services (and wanting to invest because they think diversifying away from stocks is good or they are attracted to the novelty of asset classes previously unavailable to them with “invest like the 1%” tag lines, etc) …
Businesses are eating 64% of tariffs right now. We know that. But according to Goldman, by October this will drop to only 8%, with consumers eating 67%. Nice one in @SamRo's note this morning. pic.twitter.com/vvWgG39mwS — Ryan Detrick, CMT (@RyanDetrick) August 17, 2025 Even the goat is bearish 🐐 pic.twitter.com/lIqSb7eHwv — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August …
Euphoria blinds investors to correction risk. I’m fine selling it 10% too early than 50% too late. Zero people are preparing for a Market Correction right now Euphoria of 'we can't lose' is kicking in hard Extreme Fear: That's about right. pic.twitter.com/OC37VwjWh5 — The Long Investor (@TheLongInvest) July 17, 2025 This is insanity: retail 0DTE …
S&P 500 earnings are expected to grow 11% this quarter and another 26% next year. We better hope there’s no recession, because if there is, a sharp downgrade in earnings estimates could be a real drag on the market, in my view. pic.twitter.com/gDXHwh4KDC — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) April 28, 2025 Goldman Sachs is now projecting …
Burry has quietly loaded up on Molina Healthcare (MOH) now a top 3 holding. While markets spiral on tariff fears, MOH is up +18.5% YTD. Taking advantage of the increase in Medicare rates. pic.twitter.com/pyB7XUArkM — Michael Burry Stock Tracker ♟ (@burrytracker) April 11, 2025
The moment when people start crapping on Warren Buffett is usually the time you want to put on a helmet. https://t.co/Ngk5c0rMPi — Jared Dillian (@dailydirtnap) December 18, 2024 Here is where it gets interesting and lethal for bulls. The highest quality stocks are reaching the most oversold level of the year on price, but support …
The Japanese 10 year yield hit a 10 year high this week on rate hike bets:https://t.co/TZXAnaEC3e“The 10-year yield has risen gradually on the back of view that the BOJ will lift interest rates sooner and cut bond-purchase amounts at its operations” Meanwhile, the U.S. 10 year… pic.twitter.com/FXS79f69CL — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) May 24, 2024 2023 was …
by bitkogan While White House economic advisor Jared Bernstein suggests that Yellow’s bankruptcy was the result of excess debt following multiple mergers, labeling it as more of a ‘Yellow-specific story’ than as a broader economic concern, I see the situation somewhat differently. To me, this pattern of debt accumulation for acquisitions is rather indicative of …
