{"id":48006,"date":"2026-03-08T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/this-one-signal-will-confirm-iran-war-is-now-old-news-for-stock-market\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:35:00","slug":"this-one-signal-will-confirm-iran-war-is-now-old-news-for-stock-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/this-one-signal-will-confirm-iran-war-is-now-old-news-for-stock-market\/","title":{"rendered":"This one signal will confirm Iran war is now old news for stock market"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The global financial landscape has been fixated on the Iran war in recent days.<\/p>\n

While the strikes that killed Tehran\u2019s supreme leader and the nation\u2019s subsequent \u201cretaliation\u201d were broadly expected to hurt stock prices, markets have actually shown a surprising level of resilience.<\/p>\n

Despite this apparent stability, however, investors remain in a state of purgatory, waiting for a clear indication that the geopolitical risk has been fully digested.<\/p>\n

And according to experts, there\u2019s one specific technical milestone \u2013 a line in the sand that will signal the bulls have officially reclaimed control.<\/p>\n

Why have US stocks remained resilient?<\/h2>\n

The aforementioned resilience stems from a market that\u2019s arguably \u201cunder-owned\u201d \u2013 characterized by a sentiment that Fundstrat technical strategist Mark Newton describes as \u201cquite subdued despite the lack of capitulation.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, investor are looking past immediate kinetic conflict and looking into underlying economic fundamentals, which have remained sturdier than expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo market\u2019s credit, it\u2019s been able to weather an amazing amount of bad news while not breaking down,\u201d Newton wrote in a recent brief.<\/p>\n

The market\u2019s ability to absorb shocks, from energy price spikes to retaliatory strikes, without breaching its yearly lows suggests that the \u201cwall of worry\u201d is being climbed rather than hit.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, domestic production in the US has acted as a buffer against the traditional \u201coil shock\u201d narrative that typically accompanies Middle Eastern instability \u2013 enabling US stocks<\/a> to \u201cdecouple\u201d from the worst-case geopolitical scenarios.<\/p>\n

What would be a clear buying signal for US stocks?<\/h2>\n

For the benchmark S&P 500 index to climb fully out of the woods, the specific signal traders must watch for is a decisive break above Monday\u2019s intraday high of 6,901, according to Mark Newton.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the index challenged this level with a high of 6,885.94 \u2013 but ultimately lacked the momentum to punch through.<\/p>\n

If SPX can climb \u201cabove this past Monday\u2019s highs, I think it\u2019s right to think that lows are in place for the time being,\u201d Newton wrote.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a psychological barrier that proves buyers are willing to commit capital even amid a war. Until this \u201cMonday ceiling\u201d is shattered, the market remains in a state of suspended animation.<\/p>\n

Newton further cautioned that the S&P 500 is currently \u201ctrapped in the tightest range ever experienced,\u201d meaning the eventual breakout \u2013 whichever way it goes \u2013 is likely to be explosive.<\/p>\n

What to expect from S&P 500 moving forward?<\/h2>\n

Newton further argued that this tight trading range will be \u201cresolved sometime in March.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the average investor, the message is clear: the \u201cIran war discount\u201d will only be fully removed once SPX proves it can trade at the price levels seen before the week’s most intense escalations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Until 6,901 is in the rearview mirror, the market is merely treading water.<\/p>\n

A successful breach of that level won\u2019t just silence the skeptics but would confirm that, for Wall Street at least, the conflict has moved from a market-moving crisis to a background noise variable.<\/p>\n

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