I'm sure the ramp is just natural buyers finding "value". Or it could be Kommissar Benny's flying monkey bots manipulating markets. One of those. Maybe it's better just to trade fiat currencies directly.
Fiat currency trading is exceptionally profitable this year. At least currency traders are not able to ramp up "values"....
Sure, then you have certainly a good explanation why our friendly neighborhood bank Goldman Sachs sold approx. 800 S&P pit contracts 1142-1144.00. Just for fun ?