Bessent spent his career reading the mechanical forces that move markets — not predicting direction, but positioning before the machinery fires.

As Treasury Secretary, he's doing the same thing from the other side. Sanctions waivers, buybacks, eSLR reform, rate checks — each one reshapes how markets react to the next shock.

The concept that ties them together comes from options markets. New on Gyokuro:

https://gyokuro.dev/en/posts/gamma-secretary/

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The Gamma Secretary

Scott Bessent is not predicting where yields will go. He is reshaping the gamma surface of the markets he needs to manage. The same logic, applied at the scale of Treasury policy.

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