Market Brief — Geopolitical shockwaves from the Iran deal collapse are driving a risk-off rotation, spiking oil and weighing on equities while the VIX remains deceptively low.

ShadowQuant — Market Brief · Jul 8, 2026 · 3m

Geopolitical shockwaves from the collapse of the Iran deal are driving a sharp risk-off rotation, spiking oil prices and weighing heavily on equities.

Theme: Geopolitical shockwaves from the Iran deal collapse are driving a risk-off rotation, spiking oil and weighing on equities while the VIX remains deceptively low.

Focus: XLE (news-driven), VIX (flow), QQQ (sector-rotation), SPY (technical), XAUUSD (contrarian), USDJPY (policy-divergence), EURUSD (macro-data), BTCUSD (correlation)

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Market Snapshot

Earnings & Filings

Economic Data

Risk Radar

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