SIT::HORMUZ DESK
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critical
Middle East

US–Iran confrontation & Hormuz risk

Active confrontation / shipping & energy premium in play

Trade *policy path changes*, not every push alert. Size for overnight gap risk.

timeline
Now

Trump Announces ‘Biggest Oil Deal in World History’ as US Secures Majority Control of Venezuela’s 65 Billion-Barrel Reserves Amid Iran War - TradingView

Transmission

Hormuz risk → crude → inflation expectations → Fed path → equity multiples.

Tape tells

Oil premium strip-outs often coincide with risk-on in semis/space; reverse on fresh strikes.

scenarios
Quiet-for-quiet holds
Base

Oil drifts lower, defense consolidates, high-beta growth reclaims 20-SMAs.

Renewed strikes / shipping attacks
Tail

Oil spike, VIX bid, sell duration (NVDA/AMD), rotate to energy/defense.

Durable peace framework
Bull tail

Full premium unwind, broad risk-on, lagging consumer names catch up.

playbook
risk-on

On confirmed de-escalation: long liquid growth (NVDA/AMD) and space leaders (RKLB/ASTS) on reclaim of 20-SMA.

risk-off

On escalation: cut high-beta size, trail energy/defense longs, widen stops for gap risk.

hedges

Short-dated crude calls or equity index puts around binary headlines.

watch
  • · Strait of Hormuz transit reports
  • · US/Iran official language
  • · Brent term structure
  • · Defense & space RS vs QQQ
channels
Crude / energy
War premium on/off within sessions
volatile
Defense & space
Flight-to-hardware on escalation days
risk-on
High-beta growth
Duration & risk appetite compress on spike days
risk-off
wires
TradingView
Trump Announces ‘Biggest Oil Deal in World History’ as US Secures Majority Control of Venezuela’s 65 Billion-Barrel Reserves Amid Iran War - TradingView
BBC World
Somali piracy surges as the impact of the US-Iran war ripples outwards
The Business Times
Oil settles lower on clues about Fed policy, rumours of Hormuz deal - The Business Times
thenationalnews.com
Oil prices swing between war risk and diplomacy after six months of Iran standoff - thenationalnews.com
Межа. Новини України.
Global Markets Absorb Iran War Risks as Tariffs and Inflation Add Pressure - Межа. Новини України.
Reuters
Are global oil stocks big enough to weather another six months of US-Iran war? - Reuters