All The World’s A Stage: How Traders Navigated the Iran–Israel June ’25 Flashpoint

And the Hidden Big Fedspeak Trade That You Might Have Missed

President Donald Trump meets with Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, and others in the Situation Room of the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025. Source: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok / United States Government Work / Public domain

At the AXIA trading desks.
13th-23rd June 2025.
London, England. And Limassol, Cyprus.

The flashpoint spans the first Israeli air strike on 13 June to the Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement of 23-24 June. Pull up a WTI or Brent Crude chart—you’ll see the entire story.

Here are two interviews: one with a young trader in Cyprus—recognised by longtime Asymmetrist readers—and another with a well-known senior figure: The Godfather from Traders of Our Time. His expertise, earned over more than two decades, is unmistakable. The Warrior and The Student make a brief appearance because their stories are intertwined on the trading floor.

Here are the standouts:

1. The best opportunities came at the start and end: the surpri…