ME News message, March 29 (UTC+8), during Trump's second term, trades that were precisely arranged before the announcement of his major policies may have brought millions of dollars in profits to some traders. Several legal experts have stated that these trades should be investigated to maintain market fairness and to determine whether there was any information leakage. According to a Reuters analysis, before the Trump administration made a series of key decisions regarding tariffs, Venezuela, and Iran, there were already suspected pre-arranged trades in the market. These trades involved different types of markets and assets, such as options, commodity futures, and prediction markets. Andrew Wostein, an insider trading expert at UCLA School of Law, stated that these trades look very suspicious. Although the number of cases is limited, these patterns align with expectations—such situations arise when government officials and their friends trade using information advantages. Former CFTC enforcement director and former federal prosecutor Eitan Gorman stated that such trades often attract regulatory attention, but the laws regarding insider trading in the commodity markets are relatively complex, and there are still few precedents in this area. (Source: ME)
