The market's true fear is losing control, not disagreements

The logic behind financial markets' pricing of geopolitical events is simple: disagreements are acceptable, losing control is terrifying. As long as the US and Iran are still negotiating within the framework, even if tensions are high, the market can gradually digest it. But once misjudgments or sudden escalations occur, risk assets will quickly reprice.
This is also why, whenever there are fluctuations in nuclear negotiations, assets like gold, the US dollar, and crude oil tend to react in sync. Essentially, they are pricing in "uncertainty."
However, market memory is also evolving. After experiencing multiple rounds of geopolitical events, capital is more inclined to wait for substantive changes rather than be led by headlines. Short-term volatility is increasingly absorbed quickly, while medium- and long-term trends are still dominated by the economy and liquidity.
For ordinary observers, rather than predicting the negotiation outcomes, it’s better to focus on the risk transmission pathways: whether they affect energy transportation, sanctions systems, or regional security structures. These are the core variables that determine market-level volatility.
To sum up: Geopolitics create volatility, but only structural changes can create trends.
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