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Bitcoin at 81841.00, low of the New York range

Baker Hughes rig counts are scheduled at 17:00 UTC, the next release in our window

BTCUSD · New York session · Published Oct 16, 2026, 1:45 PM

Bitcoin last traded at 81841.00, the low of the New York session, whose range runs from 81641.00 to 82577.00. The nearest levels are the round number at 81840.00, 10 points below, and the round number at 81850.00, 90 points above. Below that sit the London low at 81705.00, 1360 points down, and the prior day low at 79666.50, 21745 points down.

London traded between 81705.00 and 82875.00 and closed at 82535.50, a range of 11700 points over 300 minutes. The prior trading day ran 29125 points from 79666.50 to 82579.00. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 21582.9 points, and the latest day sits at the 73rd percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market.

The industrial production releases were scheduled at 13:15 UTC, 30 minutes before this note. Over 71 past releases of that family BTCUSD moved 1897.00 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 4131.20 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar lists 8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-17 13:45 UTC and covers up to 2026-11-15 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net long 2540 contracts, a change of 75 on the week, the 76th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline graded for BTCUSD is from FXStreet at 12:03 UTC, graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. BTCUSD, New York sessionOpen 82534.00, high 82577.00, low 81641.00, close 81841.00: a range of 9360 points over 106 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, London sessionOpen 82066.00, high 82875.00, low 81705.00, close 82535.50: a range of 11700 points over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. BTCUSD, previous trading dayHigh 82579.00, low 79666.50, close 82032.50 on 2026-10-15, a range of 29125 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 21582.9 points. The latest day sits at the 73rd percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. USD Industrial Production m/mScheduled 2026-10-16 13:15 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 0.4%. Previous 0.0%. From Forex Factory.
  7. BTCUSD reaction to industrial_production_usdOver 71 past releases BTCUSD moved 1897.00 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 4131.20 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  8. Economic calendar for BTC and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-17 13:45 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-15 00:00 UTC.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 133741Large speculators are net long 2540 contracts, a change of 75 on the week. That is the 76th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. British Pound hits three-week highs near 1.3350 as the US Dollar tumblesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for BTCUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. USD Baker Hughes US Oil Rig CountScheduled 2026-10-16 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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