15-Point Plan Delivered | Oil Drops Again | Bond Market Disagrees | The Gap Between the Document and the Strait

Brent fell over 5% on ceasefire optimism. The 10-year held near 4.4%. Gold surged. The plan exists. The mines don't know that.

Brent crude fell over 5% overnight after the US sent Iran a formal proposal. WTI dropped toward $87. S&P futures climbed roughly 1%.

The VIX eased toward 25. The dollar softened. The surface looks like relief.

Gold didn't get the memo. It surged nearly 4%. That's not a risk-on trade. That's a stagflation hedge doing its job.

The 10-year yield held near 4%. Bonds didn't follow equities. Two markets, two reads.

One is pricing the diplomacy. The other is pricing what happens if it doesn't work.

Overnight, strikes continued. Iran hit the UAE. The US and Israel struck Iranian gas infrastructure. The Strait stayed closed.

The 5-day window expires this weekend. Pakistan offered to host. Iran hasn't confirmed it will show.

A document exists. The constraint doesn't know that yet.

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A written framework is now in play. That's new.

The US delivered a 15-point proposal through Pakistani intermediaries. It calls for dismantling Iran's nuclear sites, ending enrichment, and suspending its missile program. It also demands the Strait fully reopen.

Markets priced the document. Not the terms.

Oil fell. Bonds didn’t. That’s the gap.

Here's what Iran's IRGC sent back. They want US bases closed across the Gulf. They want reparations for strikes on Iranian infrastructure. They want transit fees from tankers using the Strait.

That's the Strait they currently control with mines and drone pressure.

The plan circulates. The IRGC counter-demands don't move.

Polymarket shows a US-Iran ceasefire by April 30 at around 50%. There's $44M behind that number. That's a coin flip, not conviction.

Markets moved on the possibility of a framework. They haven't priced the terms.

The Architecture Gap

The 15-point proposal maps the distance for the first time. Ceasefire optimism is trading the map. The IRGC is negotiating from the terrain. Positions built on the document carry assumptions that $44M in volume doesn't resolve.

Equities rallied. Bonds didn't follow.

Tuesday's 2-year Treasury auction drew weak non-dealer demand. The 2-year yield spiked. The 10-year held near 4%.

Gold surged nearly 4%. Yields stayed high. That’s the stagflation trade.

The Fed is locked in. Kalshi puts the April hold at around 95% with nearly $5.7M in volume. That's not a debate. That's a settled outcome.

But April isn't the problem. What comes after is.

Kalshi shows March CPI above 3% year-over-year at around 75%. Nearly $721K is tracking that number.

Oil near $90. CPI above 3%. The Fed can't cut into inflation. It can't hold into a slowdown. There's no clean exit.

Equities bought the diplomatic headline. Bonds priced the inflation consequence.

The Stagflation Signal

The relief trade and the stagflation trade are running at the same time. That's only possible when the constraint hasn't moved. If the Strait stays closed, bonds had it right. The question is which trade unwinds first.

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Three signals hit this week.
Different causes. Same calendar.

First is the DHS shutdown. Week six, no deal. Kalshi shows DHS funding odds before April 1 at around 55%. Most likely it drags past month-end. Fiscal drag doesn't wait for a ceasefire.

Second is gas. Kalshi shows around 75% odds the national average tops $4.00 this month. It was near $3.50 before the war. Consumers absorb that gap before any diplomatic timeline can respond.

Third is the strike clock. Polymarket shows around 95% odds Iran conducts military action against Israel today. Negotiations and strikes are running on parallel tracks. They don't share a destination.

A shutdown, rising gas, and active strikes don't just sit next to each other. They compound.

Each one narrows the Fed's options. All three are tightening in the same window.

The Compression Calendar

The margin was thin before this week. These signals don't just coexist. Each one narrows what the others need. The calendar did the compression. The variables did the rest.

The IRGC's counter-demands are worth slowing down on.

Demanding transit fees from tankers isn't a negotiating tactic. It's a sovereignty claim. The Strait moves a fifth of the world's oil supply.

Demanding closure of US bases across the Gulf isn't a concession request. It's a regional power restructuring. These aren't opening bids. They're the floor.

Markets priced the plan as progress. The IRGC terms point the other way. The gap isn't closing. It's becoming visible for the first time.

Kalshi shows WTI at $88 or above at around 60% for today's session. The Friday contract prices WTI below $92 at around 55%. Traders are pricing a corridor. Not a resolution. A range where oil lives when the Strait stays closed.

The plan is diplomatic. The IRGC is physical. The price range sits between them.

The Physics Floor

The mine doesn't respond to a document. The floor isn't set by what either side says. It's set by what's still in the water. The corridor is the market's honest answer.

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The 5-day window closes this weekend. Pakistan is ready to host. The IRGC's counter-demands arrived before any confirmed meeting.

The 15-point plan is the clearest map yet of where the two sides sit. Yesterday the gap was invisible. Today you can measure it. Legible isn't the same as closed.

Monday's move was driven by a statement. Tuesday reversed on a denial. Wednesday repriced on a document. Each bounce has been shorter than the last.

The moves are getting smaller. The constraint is holding.

Does Iran confirm talks before the window closes? If not, the constraint holds.

Capital moves early. Coverage catches up. The gap between the two is worth watching.