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EDITION 035FRI 2 OCT 2026 · 12:45 DUBLINREGIME: RISK-OFFPLAYBOOK MODE
Today's Move
Jobs report lands at 13:30 Dublin with the 10-year near a 24-year high and an October Fed hike priced at roughly two-in-three — hold what's on, and there is still no price feed to size anything against.

September payrolls (8:30am ET / 13:30 Dublin) are the pre-open event: consensus is roughly +90–98K jobs with unemployment at 4.1% and wages +0.3% m/m, versus +162K in August. Thursday's close was flat-to-up (S&P 500 7,666.45, +0.19%; Dow 50,926.56, +0.04%; Nasdaq 26,871.60, +0.04%) and futures are up this morning (Dow +0.58%, S&P +0.50%, Nasdaq 100 +0.72%). Plan: a print near or below consensus with wages at 0.3% keeps the bond market calm — Hold. A beat of 130K+ with wages at 0.4% makes the October hike near-certain and the 10-year likely retests its 5.34% high — Do nothing, no new buys into it. Judge the 10-year (5.23% this morning) and the dollar (DXY above 100; a break above 101.00 is the hawkish tell), not the stock futures. No price refresh landed today — Yahoo is blocked from this environment (HTTP 403), so the Buy Zone Radar is unavailable.

Big Picture Regime Unchanged

RISK-OFF holds. The Fed raised its target range a quarter point to 3.75%–4.00% on 16 September, its projections imply one more hike this year, and markets price roughly a 64–70% chance of another on 28 October. The 10-year eased toward 5.23% after touching a 24-year high above 5.34%; Brent slipped below $100 on talk of European emergency fuel releases; Bitcoin is up about 2%.

What it means: Thursday's yield retreat is relief, not a regime change. The regime flips only if payrolls soften enough to cut October-hike odds and the 10-year keeps falling away from 5.34%.

Trends: Now & Next Where the money is going

NOW · Rates are the market — jobs data decides the October hikeMatters · Regime
Four jobs-related releases this week feed one question: does the Fed hike again on 28 October. Every BUY-tier name in the book is priced against the 10-year; do nothing new until it prints.
NOW · AI strength is holding the indexes up against higher ratesWatch
Thursday's coverage credits AI-related strength with offsetting higher-rate worries; Micron's guidance topped expectations and long-term supply commitments rose to $32B from $22B, yet the stock fell about 1%. Good news not rewarded is a caution flag for the AI Compute names — watch, don't chase.
NEXT · Fed minutes and ISM Services next weekCatalyst
September ISM Services PMI is due Monday 5 October; the September FOMC minutes are due Wednesday 7 October. The week is otherwise light on major data. Hawkish minutes would extend the rate pressure; plan around Wednesday, not Monday.

Movers & Why Thu close · Fri premarket

Thu close: S&P 500 7,666.45 (+0.19%) · Dow 50,926.56 (+0.04%) · Nasdaq 26,871.60 (+0.04%) · Fri premarket: Dow futures +0.58% · S&P futures +0.50% · Nasdaq 100 futures +0.72% · 10Y ~5.23% (24-yr high 5.34%) · Brent below $100 · BTC +~2% · DXY above 100 · price levels for oil, BTC: —

NKE · fell about 9% on a revenue miss and weak guidanceNoise
Down more than 44% this year and removed from the S&P 100 in this month's rebalance. Not on the Alpha 100 — Do nothing.
MU · results and guidance beat, stock fell about 1%Matters · Theme
Customers raised long-term supply commitments to $32B; the market is questioning margin durability after Chinese rival CXMT's listing. A read on AI demand, not a trigger — Watch the AI Compute names at their zones once prices return.

Smart Money Who's actually buying

Insider filings: 101 open-market transactions on 29 Sep and 63 on 30 Sep (freshness: 2–3 days); cluster buys flagged in NYAX, TPL and others — none tied to a BUY-tier Alpha 100 name by this search. Congress: latest processed filing 28 Sep, with the newest trades dated 22 Sep (e.g. a sale of Apple, $100K–$250K) — 10 days old, inside the 45-day STOCK Act lag. Background only, not a trigger.

Buy Zone Radar Prices unavailable

Prices unavailable. This session's fetch of the Yahoo price feed failed entirely (HTTP 403 from the network policy on fc.yahoo.com / query1.finance.yahoo.com), so no refresh was run and no zone table is published. index.html and data/alpha100.json still carry the last committed data, not re-presented as today's. No new buys, adds or trims until a refresh completes — all levels: —.

Next 48 Hours Dublin time

FRI 2 OCT 13:30
September nonfarm payrolls (8:30am ET) — consensus roughly +90–98K, unemployment 4.1%, wages +0.3% m/m.Do nothing before it prints; Hold what's on.
FRI 2 OCT 14:30
US markets open (9:30am ET).Watch the 10-year against 5.34% and DXY against 101.00 before acting on anything.
FRI 2 OCT —
Fed's Lorie Logan speaks — time not found.Watch for hike-path language after the jobs print.
MON 5 OCT —
September ISM Services PMI — release time not confirmed.Watch; a hot print adds to the rate pressure.

Ignore This Noise filter

Nike's 9% drop and its exit from the S&P 100. A loud headline about a name outside this book.

So: the tradeable story today is the 13:30 payrolls print and the 10-year, not a sportswear earnings miss.

Alpha 100 List changes

No editorial adds or ejections today. No refresh commit: the price fetch failed entirely this run. No breadth figure quoted.