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Bitcoin at 81628.00, New York range 4925 points

USD Pending Home Sales m/m is due at 14:00 UTC, 19 minutes away

BTCUSD · New York session · Published Oct 20, 2026, 1:40 PM

Bitcoin last traded at 81628.00, inside a New York session that has run between 81184.00 and 81676.50 so far, a range of 4925 points. The nearest levels are the round number at 81630.00, 20 points above, and the round number at 81620.00, 80 points below. Above that sits the previous session high at 81763.00, 1350 points up.

The London session closed at 81381.50 after trading between 81192.50 and 81763.00, a range of 5705 points. The prior trading day ran 23275 points from 80783.00 to 83110.50. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 21131.8 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.

USD Pending Home Sales m/m is scheduled at 14:00 UTC with a forecast of -0.6% and a previous of 0.3%. Over 112 past releases of this family, BTCUSD moved 2137.50 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 4066.35 in the first 60, in either direction. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-19 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 headlines graded for BTCUSD include the FXStreet piece on Canadian Dollar rate hike bets at 12:44 UTC and the FXStreet piece on Gold and Oil at 11:30 UTC, both impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. BTCUSD, New York sessionOpen 81379.50, high 81676.50, low 81184.00, close 81628.00: a range of 4925 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 price from our feedLast one-minute close 81628.00 at 2026-10-20 13:39 UTC, from our own candles.
  4. BTCUSD, London sessionOpen 81712.00, high 81763.00, low 81192.50, close 81381.50: a range of 5705 points over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  5. BTCUSD, previous trading dayHigh 83110.50, low 80783.00, close 81889.50 on 2026-10-19, a range of 23275 points, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  6. BTCUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 21131.8 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.
  7. USD Pending Home Sales m/mScheduled 2026-10-20 14:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast -0.6%. Previous 0.3%. From Forex Factory.
  8. 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.
  9. Economic calendar for BTC and USD1 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-21 13:40 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-11-19 00:00 UTC.
  10. 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.
  11. Canadian Dollar: BoC rate hike bets seen as excessive - Standard CharteredFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for BTCUSD by our headline classifier.

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