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Bitcoin holds 82261.50 in a 4795 point New York range

Three USD housing releases land at 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC, the next scheduled event risk

BTCUSD · New York session · Published Oct 19, 2026, 1:35 PM

Bitcoin last traded at 82261.50, inside a New York session that has run 4795 points from a 82203.00 low to a 82682.50 high. The nearest levels are the round numbers at 82260.00 below and 82270.00 above, with the session open at 82258.00 just under the last price.

London closed at 82252.00 after a 11130 point range between 81997.50 and 83110.50, and the prior day ran 16395 points from 80568.50 to 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.

Housing Starts m/m, Building Permits and Housing Starts are all scheduled for 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC at impact 2 of 3. Over 112 past housing_usd releases BTCUSD moved 2137.50 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 4066.35 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 headlines graded for BTCUSD include the New Zealand Dollar piece at 11:48 UTC and the Canadian Dollar piece at 10:29 UTC, both impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. BTCUSD, New York sessionOpen 82258.00, high 82682.50, low 82203.00, close 82261.50: a range of 4795 points over 96 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 82758.00, high 83110.50, low 81997.50, close 82252.00: a range of 11130 points over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. BTCUSD reaction to housing_usdOver 112 past releases BTCUSD moved 2137.50 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 4066.35 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. 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.
  8. New Zealand Dollar extends winning streak against US Dollar, NZ Q3 CPI data in focusFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for BTCUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. Economic calendar for BTC and USD3 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-20 13:35 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-18 00:00 UTC.

Written once by FxMind's desk from our own market data, the same text every reader sees.

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