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BTCUSD at 86415.50, London range 85749.50 to 86638.00

Eight releases of impact 2 or 3 sit in the next 24 hours, the first at 12:30 UTC

BTCUSD · London session · Published Oct 2, 2026, 8:40 AM

BTCUSD last traded at 86415.50, inside a London session that has run 8885 points from 85749.50 to 86638.00. The nearest levels are the round numbers at 86420.00, 45 points above, and 86410.00, 55 points below. Above that sit the Asia high at 86876.00 and the prior week high at 87394.50.

Asia traded a 24245 point range between 84451.50 and 86876.00, closing at 85970.00. The prior trading day closed at 84599.00 after a 21340 point range. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 25198.2 points, and the latest day sits at the 55th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

The next scheduled releases are the USD Unemployment Rate, Average Hourly Earnings m/m and Non-Farm Employment Change at 12:30 UTC, each graded impact 3 of 3. Over 22 past releases of that family BTCUSD moved 4019.90 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 6096.11 in the first 60, in either direction. Factory Orders m/m follows at 14:00 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Large speculators are net long 2756 contracts, a change of 288 on the week, the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for this instrument is from FXStreet at 08:30 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3, on the September payrolls expectation.

Session brief

  1. BTCUSD, London sessionOpen 85963.00, high 86638.00, low 85749.50, close 86415.50: a range of 8885 points over 100 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, Asia sessionOpen 84595.50, high 86876.00, low 84451.50, close 85970.00: a range of 24245 points over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. BTCUSD, previous trading dayHigh 85250.50, low 83116.50, close 84599.00 on 2026-10-01, a range of 21340 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 25198.2 points. The latest day sits at the 55th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Unemployment RateScheduled 2026-10-02 12:30 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 4.1%. Previous 4.1%. From Forex Factory.
  7. BTCUSD reaction to nfp_usdOver 22 past releases BTCUSD moved 4019.90 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 6096.11 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. USD Factory Orders m/mScheduled 2026-10-02 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.1%. Previous 0.9%. From Forex Factory.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 133741Large speculators are net long 2756 contracts, a change of 288 on the week. That is the 80th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. US Nonfarm Payrolls expected to soften in SeptemberFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for BTCUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. Economic calendar for BTC and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-03 08:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-01 00:00 UTC.

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