On the day before a gunman tried to assassinate President Donald Trump on Saturday, trade volume in stock for his company spiked dramatically.
In the days leading up to the attempt on the 45th president’s life, financial records show that short positions on Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock (NASDAQ: DJT) doubled.
Short positions against Trump Media stock curiously spiked from 7 million to 15 million shares between July 1 and July 12.
The data reveals a record level of shares shorted for DJT since its trading debut, as reported by Finbold.
BREAKING: WHO KNEW THE HIT WAS COMING: $DJT SHORTS SKYROCKETED THE WEEK BEFORE THE HIT.
FOLLOW THE SHORTS: $DJT shorts went from 7M to 15M from July 1 -July 12.
They thought Monday morning Trump would be dead.
Who shorted Millions of shares the week before the HIT JOB?… pic.twitter.com/z0IQFvuUdY
— WiseGuys (@JohnnyTabacco) July 16, 2024
Although certain individuals were betting that the stock would crash, the correlation with the assassination attempt could of course be coincidental.
However, had the assassination attempt been successful, which it very nearly was, the stocks in Trump’s company would have crashed.
As Josh Walkos pointed out in a post on X, data provided by TMTG Corp. shows a day trading high of $15,638.32 on 7/12/2024 – a day before the failed attempt on Trump.
The previous day’s high only traded at $30.31.
“That Friday High has to be a mistake right?” Walkos wrote.
“Even [if] it is, the extreme swing in volume should definitely warrant further investigation.
“That is an 801% increase in one day.
“The day before the attempt on Trump’s life.”
I may have found something potentially important.
Can someone please explain to me the extreme disparity between trade Volume and the Day High for Trump’s stock #DJT for Thursday, July 11th and Friday, July 12th (the day before the assassination attempt).
This is directly from… pic.twitter.com/6MYKUiDRd0
— Champagne Joshi (@JoshWalkos) July 17, 2024
The bizarre anomaly was also noted on Wednesday by financial media outlet Finbold.
After an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, which sent shockwaves through the U.S. political landscape, Trump Media (NASDAQ: DJT) shares surged more than 60% in the early trading hour on Monday before retracing by 20% to the valuation of $36.89 at the latest close on July 16.
However, a fact bound to raise a few questions is that short positions against Truth Social stock doubled between July 1 and July 12, going from 7 to 15 million shares, in what was a record of shares shorted for DJT stock since its trading debut.
“This surge indicates that individuals or large organizations anticipated a significant drop in the stock’s value by July 15, a scenario that would likely have materialized had President Trump died in Pennsylvania,” Finbold added.
On Saturday, July 13, Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.
A gunman was somehow able to fire five or six shots at Trump as he spoke on the rally stage.
One shot grazed Trump’s right ear, one Trump supporter was killed, and two others were injured.
Although Trump was wounded, he was lucky to be alive after he tilted his head suddenly at the moment the shooter pulled the trigger.
Since the historic incident, many have been raising questions about how the gunman was able to take clear shots at Trump
On Tuesday, former US Secret Service agent, Dan Bongino, said that an “unimpeachable source” told him that an officer was stationed at the shooter’s location on Saturday during the Trump rally.
However, Bongino, who served in then-President Barack Obama’s security detail, revealed that, for some reason, the officer didn’t show up.
WATCH:
EXCLUSIVE: @DBongino provides shocking new revelations about USSS failures in attempted assassination of Former President Trump – including that WH told Cheatle she needs to 'shut her mouth or she's out' pic.twitter.com/g2iwKDPNhM
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 17, 2024
Further, Bongino, who served in the federal agency from 1999 to 2011, alleges that Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle has “been told” to remain quiet or lose her job in the Biden administration.
JUST IN: USSS director Kim Cheatle says sn*pers weren't on the roof where Thomas Crooks shot from because it was "sloped" and unsafe.
Ironically, the sn*pers who were behind Trump during the rally were on a sloped roof.
"That building in particular has a sloped roof at its… pic.twitter.com/Vg36tXr9rJ
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 16, 2024
Cheatle has refused to resign over the major incident, however.
In the run-up to the failed assassination attempt, police and Secret Service agents somehow let a man climb onto the perfect location, just 149 yards away with a clear view of Trump, and fire multiple shots.
A sniper took the suspect out but only after he’d opened fire.
Cheatle told CNN that she considered stationing someone on the shooter’s roof but chose not to.
She claims to have decided against it because it was the roof was sloped and, therefore, dangerous.
Pictures of the roof reveal it has a slight slope.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024
Experts, including former snipers, have expressed disbelief that such a location would not only be accessible but that the shooter was able to fire multiple clear shots at Trump from so close.
Meanwhile, interest in shorting DJT appears to have lessened since the attempt on Trump’s life.
“Looking at the current level of DJT stock short-interest, it has subsided substantially,” Finbold writes.
“It fell to 11.27%, with 5,219,586 shares being shorted at an average coverage of less than one day.”
“This means that the stock is no longer experiencing high short interest, as it did last week.”
NEW: Soon-to-be unmasked entities bet that President Trump’s $DJT stock would plummet ONE DAY before the assassination attempt.
Shorts against the Truth Social stock more than doubled from July 1 -July 12, meaning, people or large organizations were predicting that by Monday… pic.twitter.com/axj41kmjpQ
— Died Suddenly (@DiedSuddenly_) July 17, 2024
As Slay News reported earlier, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General has launched an investigation into the Secret Service failings that allowed a gunman to take a clear shot at Trump.
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