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Bitcoin at 84306.00, Asia range 4960 points

USD Unemployment Claims, impact 3 of 3, is scheduled at 12:30 UTC

BTCUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 21, 2026, 11:05 PM

Bitcoin last traded at 84306.00, inside an Asia session that has run between 84297.00 and 84793.00, a range of 4960 points. The nearest levels are the round number at 84310.00, 40 points above, and the round number at 84300.00, 60 points below. The session open sits 2895 points above at 84595.50, and the prior week high is 235 points below at 84282.50.

The previous New York session ran 17025 points between 83161.00 and 84863.50 and closed at 84603.50. The prior trading day covered 23355 points from 82528.00 to 84863.50. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 21181.1 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.

Four releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the next 24 hours, starting with USD Unemployment Claims at 12:30 UTC, forecast 200K against a previous 199K. Over 101 past releases of that family, BTCUSD moved 2211.30 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 3380.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net long 2534 contracts in the CFTC Commitments of Traders report of 2026-10-13, a change of -6 on the week and the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline graded for BTCUSD is from FXStreet at 23:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3, on the Japanese Yen as a Bank of Japan deputy talks up inflation risk.

Session brief

  1. BTCUSD, Asia sessionOpen 84595.50, high 84793.00, low 84297.00, close 84306.00: a range of 4960 points over 120 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 83399.50, high 84863.50, low 83161.00, close 84603.50: a range of 17025 points over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. BTCUSD, previous trading dayHigh 84863.50, low 82528.00, close 84603.50 on 2026-10-21, a range of 23355 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 21181.1 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 Unemployment ClaimsScheduled 2026-10-22 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 200K. Previous 199K. From Forex Factory.
  7. BTCUSD reaction to jobless_claims_usdOver 101 past releases BTCUSD moved 2211.30 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 3380.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. Economic calendar for BTC and USD4 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-22 23:05 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-20 00:00 UTC.
  9. 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.
  10. The Japanese Yen barely moves as a Bank of Japan deputy talks up inflation riskFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for BTCUSD by our headline classifier.

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