It seems someone tapped the President on the shoulder given this afternoon's explosive opening in futures and he has posted X thatspiking oil prices are a "small price to pay" for world peace, adding that prices "will drop rapidly" once the Iran nuclear threat is over.

It's Sunday night and the much-hoped for de-escalation has not happened.

This has triggered an explosive move higher in WTI...

...topping $110 for the first time since 2022...(Goldman nailed that call)

US equity futures have dramatically 'broken the box'...

For all the color you can eat on Iran-related market angst, the following posts should help:

'Everything You Knew About The Market Flipped This Week': Top Goldman Trader

Goldman Flows Guru Warns Relatively Calm Index Belies 'Fragile' Market With 'Poor Tolerance For Bad News'

Hartnett: US Politics Dictate March De-escalation To Iran War

'10 Sigma': Goldman's Hedge Fund Honcho 'Level Sets' After Extraordinary Week

Source: ZeroHedge News