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It's been reported in numerous circles that the Chicago Bd. Options Exch. rec'd orders on 9-6&7 for approx. 4700 United put options and 4500 or so for American a couple days later........both figures were far, far more than normal trading patterns.

It was not just those. Boeing and a bunch of others had put options placed. See 2001 FR thread on it. Yes, there were people who knew that it would happen. At the time, it looked to me like they decided to cash in. Unfortunately for a lot of their plans, the US trading system was shut down for a while after 9/11, and the patterns were discovered before trading resumed

139 posted on 08/30/2006 3:43:50 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A planned society is most appealing to those with the arrogance to think they will be the planners)

What surprisd me was how they (whoever they are) thought it even possible to make such trades and not have the spotlight shined on them. In case you haven't done so keyword 'WTC7 collapse' and you'll find video showing how fast (and symmetrical) it came down.