$9.6 trillion gone in 71 days. Since Trump's inauguration, Nasdaq is roughly 20% down. After the same amount of time during Biden's presidency, Nasdaq was 4% up.
More likely being a reliable market timer. You can make a lot more money when you know the market will go up or down. A swing of 5% doesn't sound like a lot on paper, but if you're making big leveraged trades, it's fuckin' huge.
Let's say you paid to be in Trump's inner circle in the inauguration or via his bullshit coin. Trump, or whoever is orchestrating this, tells you "Hey, we're going to announce absolutely massive tariffs just after market close tomorrow, buy a shitload of leveraged index puts." (or something equally generic).
Then they short sell at current price, market plummets the next day, they buy back and return their index shares the next day at a massive personal profit.
Then, they buy at the low, the administration goes "JK, OUR BAD" and the markets recover some. They sell at the high which is ideally the same as the day they buy the puts. Gaming the system essentially.
Remember, these are billionaires, they have a lot of capital to throw around. They're all playing with insider information... They're stealing as much as they can.
Am I positive this is happening? No, but I do have experience in finance and that's what a shitload of investment bros would do.
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u/RoyalChris 14h ago
$9.6 trillion gone in 71 days. Since Trump's inauguration, Nasdaq is roughly 20% down. After the same amount of time during Biden's presidency, Nasdaq was 4% up.