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‘Not a Chance Hormuz Opens’: How Wall Street’s new NACHO trade bets on a prolonged oil shock

Cnbc · · 819 words · By Lee Ying Shan
Energy Economics Market Sentiment Geopolitical Risk

The article discusses the emergence of the 'NACHO' (Not A Chance Hormuz Opens) trade, reflecting market skepticism regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. It details the impact of geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and Iran on oil prices, insurance premiums, and broader financial markets.

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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“As recently as Thursday, the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz”
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Multiple independent news sources (Euronews, AP, and other web search results) confirm that the US and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, with the US citing self-defense strikes and Iran claiming responses to US attacks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 April 2026, the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iran following the failure of the Islamabad Talks to end the 2026 Iran war. The US military said the blockade had begun on Monday, 13 Ap…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_naval_block…
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“Trump, in a call with an ABC News reporter later Thursday, insisted that the ceasefire remains in effect”
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The claim is corroborated by multiple independent sources including CNBC, TASS, ABC News, and The Guardian, all reporting that Trump told an ABC News reporter the ceasefire remained in effect.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump frequently attacks the American media as having a left-wing bias and being "corrupt", and also uses a variety of insults when speaking about outlets that give him unfavorable coverage. Tr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump's_conflict_with_t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kai Madison Trump (born May 12, 2007) is an American social media personality. A member of the Trump family, she is the eldest child of Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Pergolizzi and the eldest grandchil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Trump
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“On Wednesday, Trump said Iran would be bombed “at a much higher level” if it did not agree to a peace deal”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, LBC, and other web search results) confirm that on Wednesday, Trump threatened that bombing would resume at a 'much higher level' if a peace deal was not reached.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal for a 45-day two-phased ceasefire framework …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made numerous false or misleading claims. The Associated Press fact-checked several of Trump's statements from his first week…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Trump Always Chickens Out" (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of United States president Donald Trump to make threats, only to later delay or renege on them as a way to incr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out
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“Brent crude has tapered off from its wartime high of $126 per barrel at the end of April”
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Web search results specifically cite trading data from the ICE exchange showing Brent crude oil futures rose to $126.41 on April 30, confirming the peak of $126 at the end of April.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brent Crude is the trading classification for the types of petroleum—sweet crude oil and light crude oil—first extracted from the Brent oilfield in the North Sea in 1976. The term Brent Crude also ide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Crude
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Corporate Retreat is a 2026 American horror-thriller film directed by Aaron Fisher, and written by Aaron Fisher and Kerri Lee Romeo. It stars Odeya Rush, Sasha Lane, Ashton Sanders, Alan Ruck, Kirby J…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Retreat
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WrestleMania 38 was a 2022 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 38th annual WrestleMania and took place as a two-night event on April 2 and Apr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_38
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“Brent was trading above $100 a barrel on Friday”
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Multiple sources, including CNN Business and Investors King, report that Brent crude was trading around or above $100 per barrel during the period of tension in the Strait of Hormuz.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Freakier Friday is a 2025 American fantasy comedy film directed by Nisha Ganatra and written by Jordan Weiss. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is the sequel to Freaky Friday (2003), itself based o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakier_Friday
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla) is a small goose of the genus Branta. There are three subspecies, all of which winter along temperate-zone sea-coasts and breed on the high-Arctic tundra. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brant_(goose)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Brent: Life on the Road (titled on-screen simply as Life on the Road) is a 2016 British mockumentary comedy film written, directed, and produced by Ricky Gervais and released by Entertainment On…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brent:_Life_on_the_Road
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“war premiums for Hormuz transits surged to around 2.5% of a vessel’s hull value per voyage at their peak in March, up from about 0.1% before the war”
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Web search results specifically mention that war risk premiums for transits in the Strait of Hormuz peaked around 2.5% in late March/April 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — War is an armed conflict [a] between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · War, in the popular sense, a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude. Sociologists usually apply the term to such conflicts only if t…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/war
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web search NEUTRAL — The Department of War is America's largest government agency. With our military tracing its roots back to pre-Revolutionary times, the department has grown and evolved with our nation.
https://www.war.gov/
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“they remain roughly eight times pre-war levels, according to data from eToro”
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While evidence confirms premiums were high and then eased to around 1% or 0.8%, there is no specific mention of 'eToro' data or a specific 'eight times pre-war levels' calculation in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Additional War Risk Premium for moving tankers across the Persian Gulf eased in the week ended March 27 as more ships crossed the risky waters of the Strait of Hormuz amid hopes that an agreement …
https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news…
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web search NEUTRAL — By late March and into April 2026, some moderation appeared. Additional war risk premiums eased from peaks around 2.5% to nearer 1% or even 0.8% for certain transits after no-claims bonuses or negotia…
https://www.ibtimes.com.au/strait-hormuz-war-risk-insurance-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Specialist marine underwriters with double-digit exposure to Gulf premiums face the greatest pressure. Reduced shipping volumes could offset gains from sharply higher war-risk rates. War-risk insuranc…
https://beinsure.com/news/lloyds-keeps-hormuz-cover-availabl…
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“the TACO trade, referring to the “Trump Always Chickens Out” narrative around tariffs and geopolitical brinkmanship”
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The 'TACO trade' (Trump Always Chickens Out) is explicitly defined in a Wikipedia entry and reported by The Guardian as a market narrative regarding Trump's tendency to retreat from brinkmanship.
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web search NEUTRAL — The "TACO trade" is an investment strategy and analytical framework based on the acronym "Trump Always Chickens Out".Geopolitical Brinkmanship and Oil: The TACO theory is also actively applied to geop…
https://mpelembe.net/index.php/taco-trump-always-chickens-ou…
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web search NEUTRAL — "Trump Always Chickens Out" (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of United States president Donald Trump to make threats, only to later delay or renege on them as a way to incr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Always Chickens Out – or Taco for short. Investors like narratives to explain the financial world, and they appear to have seized on this one: whenever Donald Trump faces a market backlash, he w…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/trump-always…
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“high energy prices have not hindered a rebound in the S&P 500 to fresh all-time highs”
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No evidence was provided or found during the search to evaluate the S&P 500's performance relative to energy prices in the second quarter.
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