Bitcoin recovers to its monthly open. With notional OI down 11.6% MTD following the October 10 crash and strong medium-term tailwinds, we reiterate our bullish outlook while we prepare for a volatile mid-week.
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Recovering to the monthly open
Bitcoin has rebounded to its monthly open after a week of mild buoyancy and notable intraday volatility. The recovery is robust, given the 11.6% MTD decline in notional open interest in perps. Overall market positioning remains conservative with passive flows, steady open interest steady, and subdued yields. We deem this market structure far healthier than the last time BTC traded at these levels, and reiterate our bullish medium-term outlook as remarked in our past reports.
Conditions are ripe for being contrarian. BTC trades near 4-month lows, and the persistent (and aggressive) bearish bias does not reflect its strong fundamental backdrop. Hence, we favor buying the blood.lg...more