David Miller, head of enforcement at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said on Tuesday that the agency is monitoring trading in the crude oil futures market for unusual activity. When asked about the trading activity, Miller said, "I can't comment on what we're investigating or not investigating. I can only say that we're watching very closely." According to foreign media reports, around 7:05 a.m. local time on March 23, U.S. President Trump posted a social media message about delaying the strike on Iran. Shortly before this, crude oil futures trading volume surged. According to exchange data compiled by the agency, within two minutes of 6:49 a.m. New York time that day, financial contracts related to at least 6 million barrels of Brent and WTI crude oil were sold. In the same period over the previous five trading days, the average trading volume was approximately 700 contracts (equivalent to 700,000 barrels). (Jinshi)