This is exactly what i thought was going on. The polictican create this suspense and bullshit to make the markets move and the big guys go in and and bet the house then the polictians finish the deal everyone is rich.
Most of us hedged a lot more than 10% if not going net short... No major player is retarded enough to be balls to the wall long when seemingly every country has no concept of economics.
It's funny when news agencies catch wind of trades like this and get a complete hard on, not knowing trades in the hundreRAB of millions (upwarRAB of $1B), happen ALL the time, especially in environments like this. The detail just isn't as transparent for the likes of CNBC to see.
by your logic, if you buy a lottery ticket, you'll either win a million dollars or lose one dollar. So you have a 50/50 chance of being a millionaire if you buy a lottery ticket.