CFTC insider trading halt

News · Heat 1.1 / 10 · 2 shows · 4m airtime

On October 15, 2026, Bloomberg reported that CFTC investigators were ordered to retract their analysis of potential insider trading tied to the president, after billions in oil trades were executed just before Trump announced he would pull back on missile strikes on Iran. A senior CFTC advisor told investigators to retract the referral and throw it away. Subsequent reporting states that the White House ordered the CFTC to halt its oil manipulation probe. The discussion frames the episode alongside two other cases, an SEC investigator and a DOJ official, as a pattern of shut-down investigations.

How 2 podcasts covered it

1. Prof G Markets, 2026-10-15 (31:37 to 34:34)
   Pairs the CFTC retraction with two cases
   Picks up a Bloomberg report that CFTC investigators were ordered to retract an insider-trading analysis tied to oil trades made before Trump's Iran strike pullback, and pairs it with the SEC's Margaret Ryan and the DOJ's Gail Slater as a three-case pattern.
   New angle: A senior CFTC advisor told investigators to retract the referral and throw it away.
2. Legal AF by MeidasTouch, 2026-10-18 (31:21 to 32:30)
   Flags a Bloomberg report on a halted oil probe
   Mycelis flags a Bloomberg report that the White House told the CFTC to stand down on oil market manipulation tied to the Iran war, calls it unlawful, and links it to Trump's disclosed stock trades around his announcements.
   New angle: Bloomberg reported the White House ordered the CFTC to halt its oil manipulation probe.