Someone has been farming SPX 0DTE options with fake geopolitical headlines all week - receipts here.

\*\*THE THEORY\*\* President Trump keeps posting that his blockade is costing a certain oil-rich nation $500M per day. But what if they said "hold my tea" and found the cheat code in America's own stock market? \*Trump's actual Truth Social posts (April 22, 2026):\* \*"\[They\] don't want the Strait of Hormuz closed; they want it open so they can make $500 million a day (which is, therefore, what they are losing if it is closed!)"\* And the follow up post: \*"\[They are\] collapsing financially! They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately — Starving for cash! Losing 500 Million Dollars a day. Military and Police complaining that they are not getting paid. SOS!!!"\* Today the SPX dropped 80 points in minutes. Here's what actually happened — with timestamps. [SPX Intraday chart April 23](https://preview.redd.it/la3uog2jk1xg1.png?width=2368&format=png&auto=webp&s=18f258e846e3b249c9fd2711fbdf287d44e5a61b) \--- \*\*THE RECEIPTS\*\* \*\*12:50pm\*\* — SPX 7100 Puts start getting quietly accumulated at $1.30. Nothing on the news. Zero reason for OTM put buying. [Chart of the SPX 7100P 0DTE. $1.30 to $6.56 in 2 minutes. ](https://preview.redd.it/jj8grhp0j1xg1.png?width=1812&format=png&auto=webp&s=214a263c70f4fe020418613f443c21b033f52b8f) \*\*12:53pm\*\* — The President of said oil-rich nation tweets: \*"In \[our country\] there are no radicals or moderates. We are all \[one nation\] and revolutionary. One God, one leader, one nation, one path. We will make the aggressor criminal regret his actions."\* \*\*12:54pm\*\* — Their Parliament Speaker tweets the IDENTICAL message. Word for word. One minute later. \*\*1:02pm\*\* — An Israeli news outlet drops: \*"EXCLUSIVE: Parliament Chairman RESIGNED from the Negotiation Team following intervention of Revolutionary Guards"\* 438,700 views in minutes. Algos read "resignation" + "Revolutionary Guards intervention" = regime crisis = WAR SIGNAL. SPX knifes 80 points straight down in under 60 minutes. \--- \*\*THE MONEY\*\* 7100P: $1.30 → $55.35 — that's a 40X return in 45 min [SPX 7100P chart](https://preview.redd.it/vagit30oj1xg1.png?width=2056&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f58d32b0ef3ef29ffb99489a38fc57f046b18e4) \--- \*\*1:34pm\*\* — Their military-owned news agency posts: \*"#BREAKING Air defenses activated in \[the capital\]"\* Second leg down. Algos panic again. More put premium collected. Then the "denials" magically appear. SPX bounces hard off 7,059 support. Calls explode. 7100C bought at the bottom \~$3.55 → $20. that's a 4-5X on the bounce. See below the chart of the option. [SPX 7100C Chart. the bounce at 13:45PM.](https://preview.redd.it/yol2j2drj1xg1.png?width=1942&format=png&auto=webp&s=4e1083afa547982787750f2c552c3fda61f1df42) Both sides. Same operation. Same day. \*\*THE PROBLEM WITH COINCIDENCE\*\* Why were puts being accumulated at 12:50 — 12 minutes BEFORE the Israeli outlet dropped the story? Why did the President AND Parliament Speaker tweet the IDENTICAL message 1 minute apart? Why did the "denials" post 8 MINUTES BEFORE the story even dropped? Why does this exact pattern repeat 2-3x per week? \--- \*\*THE MACRO THESIS\*\* Professor Robert Pape, University of Chicago, one of the world's top international relations scholars, laid out their strategy this week on Youtube: \*"They want to torpedo Donald Trump's presidency."\* \*"They're gonna want to string this out — I don't know exactly how far they can string it out, but I can tell you they're gonna wanna string it out at least to November. Now that's horrible for the economy."\* Trump thinks sanctions are strangling them at $500M/day. They found the cheat code: Wait for a top or near weekly top in SPX → Plant headline → SPX drops 80 points → 40X on puts → collect $500M → post denial → 5X on calls → collect more → repeat 2-3x per week [This is SPX this week. They wait for the tops first before posting. ](https://preview.redd.it/d1sbgyp7k1xg1.png?width=3064&format=png&auto=webp&s=0a7d396e9d200f1b60ed0014fa51fa1f494f1e15) Trump's own stock market is funding their sanctions relief. 😂 Meanwhile Trump is posting on Truth Social: \*"\[They are\] collapsing financially! Losing 500 Million Dollars a day. Military and Police complaining that they are not getting paid. SOS!!!"\* Cool story bro. Somewhere in a certain capital city there's a guy with a Tradovate account, $5M in margin, and a very good month. 🌚 \--- \*\*THE ACCOUNTS TO WATCH\*\* The Israeli news outlet — drops the bomb Their military-owned news agency — secondary catalyst Their state media account — follow-up gut punch The Parliament Speaker's account — "denial" tweet = bounce signal The President's account — presidential "denial" = bounce signal Turn on notifications for all of them. When the Israeli outlet drops a headline → puts. When the President and Speaker both tweet denials → calls. Rinse. Repeat. Until November. \--- \*And this wasn't even the first time this week. The night before (Wed), at approximately 8:00pm EST, similar headlines hit and ES Futures dropped sharply — same playbook, same denial, same bounce. Two nights in a row. Same operation. 🌚\* \--- \*\*DISCLAIMER\*\* This is an entertaining theory. Nobody can prove it right or wrong. I am not a geopolitical analyst nor do I know which trading instrument or option strikes 'they' are buying. . I am just a retail trader who spent an afternoon connecting timestamps. Do your own research. 😂 \--- TL;DR A certain oil-rich nation loses $500M/day to sanctions. They discovered 0DTE SPX options. They are now self-funding. Trump is unknowingly the best hedge fund manager in their capital city. 📈🌚 [This is my own embarrassing SPX put play today. Bought for $5.5 and sold for $7.50 15 seconds later. seems good right. 40 minutes later I could see they were worth $80 in my positions table \(but no longer holding\).](https://preview.redd.it/pskjnv8ju1xg1.png?width=2920&format=png&auto=webp&s=f68c90acc981be2c553e7fa824ffb53828da24f6)