Ariel Itzhak spent Tuesday preparing for President Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline for escalating attacks on Iran. His plan: Bet against any rally. The retail trader and software-business owner in Miami said ...

LONDON, April 8 (Reuters) - Investors placed an approximately $950 million bet on oil prices falling just hours before the U.S. and Iran announced a ceasefire, the latest large wager on the direction ...

The US president's War on Iran has opened the door to a new generation of commodity “traders” via predictive market websites. Two of the commodities mentioned in a recent story were natural gas and ...

NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar was steady on Monday, while the yen flirted with the crucial 160 per dollar level, as investors took stock of the escalating Iran war, with all eyes on ...

Metals traders started the year worrying about a looming supply crunch in copper but ended the first quarter facing a very imminent supply crisis in aluminum. The Iran war, now in its fifth week, has ...

Wall Street, along with the rest of the world, is nervous. President Trump's deadline to reach a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is quickly approaching, with the odds dwindling of an ...

Cryptocurrencies exhibit rapid value changes and lack regulation compared to well-established stock investments. Stocks represent tangible business ownership and are governed by strict, long-standing ...

Simply sign up to the Oil myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The world’s biggest energy traders struggled to capitalise on the market turbulence in the early days of the Iran war, as ...

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Market volatility caused by Middle East conflict exposes energy traders to heavy losses and rumours of insider trading at the highest level On the weekend that US-Israeli drones first began to rain ...

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