{"id":30157,"date":"2026-03-09T01:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/uncategorized\/30157\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T01:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:59:18","slug":"trump-called-rising-oil-prices-a-small-cost-for-defeating-iran-and-safeguarding-global-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/live-updates\/30157\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump called rising oil prices a small cost for defeating Iran and safeguarding global peace"},"content":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump said a rise in oil prices is a \u201cvery small price to pay\u201d to defeat Iran and support world safety and peace, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. He wrote on Truth Social that prices would fall rapidly once what he called the \u201cdestruction of the Iran nuclear threat\u201d is over.\n\nHe also wrote: \u201cONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY! President DJT,\u201d in his post. He described the move in oil as a short-term effect linked to the conflict.\n\n<h3>Oil Price Reaction And Market Context<\/h3>\nAt the time of writing, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up 16.42% on the day at $103.07. This reflects an oil price jump during the reported Iran war context.\n\nLooking back at the spike to over $103 per barrel in March of 2025, we see the initial market shock from the conflict. The subsequent price drop was not as rapid as predicted, with WTI now trading stubbornly around $95. This reflects persistent geopolitical risk in the Strait of Hormuz, which still sees intermittent shipping disruptions impacting about 20% of global petroleum consumption.\n\nWe are now dealing with the consequences of that prolonged energy price pressure. February&#8217;s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed inflation holding at a stubborn 4.5%, well above the Federal Reserve&#8217;s target. Consequently, we see the Fed funds rate holding at a two-decade high of 6.0%, with little indication of rate cuts this year.\n\nFor us, this means implied volatility remains our primary focus, especially in the energy sector. The CBOE Crude Oil Volatility Index (OVX) continues to trade above 40, a historically elevated level, making the selling of premium through strategies like iron condors on crude futures attractive for range-bound speculation. However, long-dated call options are being bought as a hedge against any further supply shocks.\n\n<h3>Macro Outlook And Trading Focus<\/h3>\nThis high-rate environment is now visibly slowing the economy, with Q4 2025 GDP growth coming in at just 0.2%. We are watching for signs of demand destruction, which could create a ceiling for crude prices despite the supply-side risks. The key tension for the coming weeks will be this conflict between ongoing geopolitical threats and a potentially recessionary economic backdrop.\n\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/trade-now\/\">Create your live VT Markets account<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.vtmarkets.com\/login\">start trading<\/a>\u00a0now. <\/b>\n<p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Start trading now &#8211; Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/trade-now\/\">here<\/a> to create your real VT Markets account <\/strong> <\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says higher oil prices are a small price to defeat Iran; expects rapid fall afterward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-updates"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"josephine","author_link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/author\/josephine\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsglobal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}