This is the MOST MANIPULATED market in stock market history. Crude Oil has to be impossible to trade right now.

Crude Oil has to be impossible to trade right now

Red = Transportation Secretary Chris Wright says the Navy escorted a ship through the Strait of Hormuz, -8.3%

Blue = Social Media post deleted, +5.49%

Green = repost below, potential mines in the Strait, +9.57%

The non-stop market manipulation from the Trump administration this week not only shows how desperate and little control they have over the situation, but it will also backfire in spectacular fashion

Here’s a hint: when there’s a real shortage, you want higher prices to help balance the market. Artificially manipulating them lower only leads to higher prices down the road.

Continue fucking around, and you will continue finding out