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Bitcoin at 81935.00, Asia range 3180 points

US housing data at 12:30 UTC is the next scheduled release in our calendar window

BTCUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 19, 2026, 11:10 PM

Bitcoin last traded at 81935.00, inside an Asia session that has run between 81864.50 and 82182.50, a range of 3180 points. The nearest levels are the round numbers at 81940.00 above and 81930.00 below, 50 points either side of the last price. The session open sits 1225 points above at 82057.50.

New York closed at 81889.50 after trading between 81614.00 and 82682.50, a range of 10685 points. The prior trading day covered 23275 points between 80783.00 and 83110.50. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 21131.8 points, and the latest day sits at the 68th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Housing Starts, Building Permits and Housing Starts m/m are scheduled for 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, with Pending Home Sales m/m at 14:00 UTC. Over 116 past releases of the housing_usd family, BTCUSD moved 2150.10 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 4098.60 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 2534 contracts, a change of -6 on the week, the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline graded for BTCUSD is from FXStreet at 22:58 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. BTCUSD, Asia sessionOpen 82057.50, high 82182.50, low 81864.50, close 81935.00: a range of 3180 points over 125 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. BTCUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. BTCUSD, New York sessionOpen 82258.00, high 82682.50, low 81614.00, close 81889.50: a range of 10685 points over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. BTCUSD, previous trading dayHigh 83110.50, low 80783.00, close 81889.50 on 2026-10-19, a range of 23275 points, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. BTCUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 21131.8 points. The latest day sits at the 68th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Housing Starts m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -14.0%. Previous -2.6%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. BTCUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 116 past releases BTCUSD moved 2150.10 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 4098.60 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 133741Large speculators are net long 2534 contracts, a change of -6 on the week. That is the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. Australian Dollar eyes 0.70 as China GDP surprise powers rallyFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for BTCUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. USD Housing StartsScheduled 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 1.30M. Previous 1.28M. From Forex Factory.

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