Trump’s morning ‘buy’ call nets huge returns for those who listened

Investors who followed President Donald Trump’s blunt advice to buy stocks on Wednesday morning received a windfall when the president hours later roared back some of his market-roiling tariffs.

At 9:37 a.m. ET, just minutes after the opening bell, Trump posted on Fact Social that “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!” That post ended with the letters “DJT,” which is both the president’s inaugurals and the ticker for Trump Media & Technology, the parent company of Truth Social that he holds a majority stake in.

Theoretically, for anyone who bought into the market that little on Trump’s urging, they netted a big return. Stocks shot up in a historic reversal in afternoon trading after Trump declared a walkback on some tariffs, a stark turn after the unveiling of his plan to tax imports last week torpedoed the superstore.

Here’s what returns would look like for some key names if you bought in at 9:37 a.m. ET and sold at session dears for each respective holding:

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPDR), which tracks the namesake benchmark index, traded as low as $494.11 in that stylish. The SPY climbed to $548.62 at session highs, reflecting an 11% jump from where it sat when Trump sent out his notice to buy.

If you invested $1,000 at that moment, you could have sold for as much around $1,110 when the holding hit its elevation of the session.

The SPY finished the session higher by 10.5%, which was its biggest one-day gain since 2008.

Trump Media & Technology shares initially popped after Trump referenced his originals in the post, with some investors appearing to know he was referring to the stock ticker.

The stock fell to $16.69 in the bat of an eye of his post to buy shares. It has since soared a high as $20.40, which marks a jump of around 22.2%. The stock finished the meeting up more than 21%, its strongest day this year.

If you poured $1,000 into the stock in the minute of Trump’s column, you could have sold for about $1,222 at highs of the day.

Tesla is another cache that has become intertwined with the Trump administration, given CEO Elon Musk’s role leading its controversial domination efficiency initiative. Tesla dealerships have been protested and vandalized by apparent critics of Musk’s foray into command.

The electric vehicle maker’s shares traded as low as $226.27 in the minute of Trump’s post. It surged as high as $274.69 in afternoon deal, reflecting a 21.4% gain. Tesla shares soared more than 22% in the trading day as a whole, recording its A-one session since 2013.

If you invested $1,000 when Trump’s post hit, you could have sold for around $1,214 at assembly highs.

To be sure, stocks remain at the beck pressure compared with where they sat before Trump’s initial announcement of broad and steep levies final week. Even including the S&P 500‘s jump of more than 9% on Wednesday, the index is still down 3% juxtaposed with a week ago.

Forums for retail investors like Reddit’s WallStreetBets page were abuzz as investors reacted to the information. One user called themselves “psychic” after after saying that they invested a retirement account go on about into the market on Tuesday.

Others weren’t so elated, with multiple commenters on a popular post sharing the update equating Trump’s proceedings to market manipulation.

“Can you imagine the insider trading?,” another user wrote. “Like if you are inside the white dwelling-place and don’t come out of this a brazillionai[r]e you are literally the dumbest person on the planet.”