The VIX, the fear and selling indicator in the US market, reached 25.
In such circumstances, the market sometimes rebounds and rises against expectations.
At the start of the war, many people sold out of fear, but the market "betrayed" them and rose instead of falling as they had anticipated. Why? Because smart money, institutions, and large funds had already priced in the war's impact.
The pricing was based on Bitcoin dropping from 85,000 to 59,000 as troop buildups began in the Middle East. At the time, many were surprised by the seemingly inexplicable drop.
Even a few days before the war be