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The new quarter kickstarted with some volatility in risk assets due to the escalation of the Israeli-Iranian conflict. Given the timing (one-year anniversary since the outbreak of the Gaza war) and scale of Iran’s attack, market is expecting Israel’s retaliation to be more critical as they target key infrastructures such as Iran’s nuclear or oil facilities.

Friday’s non-farm payrolls printed 254,000, smashing expectations at 150,000. US unemployment rate came in at 4.1% (est. 4.2%). The strong data reflects a robust labour market despite last month’s dismal print.

A resilient labour market coupled with the possibility of additional rate cuts later this year have boosted risk assets, with BTC briefly reclaiming $62,000.

Options market activity continues to grow as as we enter Q4 with demand for December calls still building up, highlighting market’s bullish view towards the end of the year.

With BTC down approximately 5% from last week’s highs, we believe the recent positive macro data supports our view of the long-awaited Uptober trend.

Trade Idea

With Geopolitical risk being the biggest concern now till US elections, we favour locking in yields at the these spot levels to allow the dust to settle and position for a rally into the year end.

BTC CFCC

Receive weekly 37% p.a. coupons as long as BTC price is above 58,500

Maturity: 27DEC24

Coupon Rate: 37% p.a.

Coupon Level: Above 58,500

Strike: 55,000

Protection Level: 50,000

At expiry, if BTC is below 50,000, the USD deployed will be converted to BTC at 55,000

(Spot ref: 62,250)

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