@[email protected] to World [email protected] • 2 years agoHamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — studywww.timesofisrael.commessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up132
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 years agoMy first exposure to this story implied it might have been western traders, not Hamas.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoWestern, Eastern, Hamas… a lot of speculative trading is done based on rumors, what better than rumors which actually come true.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink5•2 years agoAs was mentioned, these were very high shorts, implying a far higher confidence than mere rumors.
minus-squarelivuslinkfedilink8•2 years agoYes, this was a sharp level of activity. Given the rumours about Egypt giving a warning 3 days earlier, I don’t think Hamas is likely the only potential source or beneficiary of the information.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink1•2 years agoDo you have a link? That would actually be more interesting because it would mean they’d have had advanced knowledge. Which raises “how” and “who”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoNo, it was just commentators. They saw “unknown trader” and filled in their own biases.
My first exposure to this story implied it might have been western traders, not Hamas.
Western, Eastern, Hamas… a lot of speculative trading is done based on rumors, what better than rumors which actually come true.
As was mentioned, these were very high shorts, implying a far higher confidence than mere rumors.
Yes, this was a sharp level of activity.
Given the rumours about Egypt giving a warning 3 days earlier, I don’t think Hamas is likely the only potential source or beneficiary of the information.
Do you have a link? That would actually be more interesting because it would mean they’d have had advanced knowledge. Which raises “how” and “who”.
No, it was just commentators. They saw “unknown trader” and filled in their own biases.