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Bitcoin at 82660.50, London range 6350 points

No impact 2 or 3 release is scheduled in the next 24 hours, and our calendar runs to 2026-11-18

BTCUSD · London session · Published Oct 19, 2026, 8:35 AM

Bitcoin last traded at 82660.50, inside a London session that has run between 82475.50 and 83110.50, a range of 6350 points. The nearest levels are the round number at 82660.00, 5 points below, and the round number at 82670.00, 95 points above. Above that sit the session open at 82758.00 and the previous session high at 82849.00, 1885 points up.

The Asia session ran 20660 points from 80783.00 to 82849.00 and closed at 82756.00. The prior day covered 16395 points between 80568.50 and 82208.00. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 20944.3 points, and the latest day sits at the 39th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market.

Large speculators in the CFTC Commitments of Traders report, the weekly count of positioning, are net long 2534 contracts, a change of -6 on the week and the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headlines graded for BTCUSD carry impact 2 of 3, among them the Action Forex piece at 07:14 UTC and the FXStreet piece at 06:52 UTC.

Session brief

  1. BTCUSD price from our feedLast one-minute close 82660.50 at 2026-10-19 08:35 UTC, from our own 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 80960.00, high 82849.00, low 80783.00, close 82756.00: a range of 20660 points over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. BTCUSD, previous trading dayHigh 82208.00, low 80568.50, close 80829.50 on 2026-10-18, a range of 16395 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 20944.3 points. The latest day sits at the 39th percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. 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.
  7. GBP/USD Reversal Test: Can UK CPI Sustain BoE Tightening Bets Beyond November?Action Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for BTCUSD by our headline classifier.
  8. Japanese Yen holds steady near 158.00 as BoJ's Ueda says underlying inflation close to targetFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for BTCUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. Economic calendar for BTC and USD0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-20 08:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-18 00:00 UTC.

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