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6 Million Barrels in Two Minutes Draws CFTC Scrutiny

OilPrice.com23 October 2026, 17:20 UTCIran

Oil traders sold futures equivalent to at least 6 million barrels of crude in just two minutes on March 23, shortly before President Donald Trump backed away from threats to strike Iranian power plants. Now, the federal regulator overseeing those trades says it has been looking into the activity. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig said Friday that the agency's enforcement division has been examining oil trading during the Iran war, including the unusual surge preceding Trump's announcement. "Our enforcement division has…

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