The Probability Desk · June 11, 2026 Executive Summary — Desk View in One Paragraph Iran's June 8 announcement that the Strait
Iran and Oman announce Hormuz transit fees — the first-ever — while US forces strike Iranian radar sites. The Desk assigns 45% to contested partial restoration, 25% to rapid normalization, and 30% to re-escalation. The distribution is bimodal: the median is the wrong number to position for.
Radar load 8.2/100 · 10 structural risks · Top tail: Chokepoint concentration 59% (+14pp). Rising: pension inversion, transition-mineral bottleneck.
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SpaceX's governance revolt, the first fund to walk away, and the $20 billion pressure valve in private credit — plus one chart.