Now, the US-Iran conflict has completely entered a stage where both sides are waging a normalized financial war, no longer confined to military and energy games. Both sides engage in arbitrage through the stock market, commodities, cryptocurrencies, gold, and silver, indirectly raising military funds. The US relies on manipulating information to repeatedly harvest profits, while Iran also continuously profits from reverse games. Even though Trump is currently pressuring to block the Strait of Hormuz, causing Iran's formal oil exports to shrink significantly and its income to plummet sharply, as long as they hedge properly in futures and precious metals, the short-term financial arbitrage gains come much faster and higher than the profits from selling oil normally. It has to be admitted that Iranians' learning ability far exceeds everyone's expectations.

Ordinary investors simply can't outplay them. When to release tough messages, when to release conciliatory signals, whether negotiations go well or poorly, whether the situation escalates into conflict or a temporary ceasefire—all of these can be switched at will based solely on the words of both sides. Trump took a hardline stance on Friday, escalating confrontation and creating panic, then immediately softened his position and released goodwill on Monday, causing the market to rebound quickly and accurately harvesting the funds of followers. Iran has also completely copied this playbook, with impeccable timing control. How can ordinary retail investors compete with these two big players!$Invesco QQQ Trust(QQQ.US)