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Bitcoin at 81194.00, New York range 10170 points

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BTCUSD · New York session · Published Oct 23, 2026, 2:20 PM

Bitcoin last traded at 81194.00, inside a New York session that has run between 80952.50 and 81969.50 for 10170 points. The nearest levels are the round numbers at 81200.00 above and 81190.00 below, then the previous session low at 81425.00 and the prior day low at 80806.00.

London traded between 81425.00 and 81817.00 for 3920 points and closed at 81616.00. The prior day ran 39870 points, and an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 21766.4 points, with the latest day at the 93rd percentile of the last 44 days we hold, an unusually wide day for this market.

The 13:45 UTC Flash Manufacturing PMI and Flash Services PMI have already printed, and the 14:00 UTC Michigan releases are out. Over 100 past pmi_usd releases Bitcoin moved 3360.20 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 6940.50 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net long 2534 contracts, a change of -6 on the week and the 73rd percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The highest graded headline for Bitcoin is the TD Securities note on the US Dollar into FOMC, published at 12:32 UTC and graded impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. BTCUSD, New York sessionOpen 81612.50, high 81969.50, low 80952.50, close 81194.00: a range of 10170 points over 139 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 81776.00, high 81817.00, low 81425.00, close 81616.00: a range of 3920 points over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. BTCUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 21766.4 points. The latest day sits at the 93rd percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Flash Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-10-23 13:45 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 55.4. Previous 57.0. From Forex Factory.
  6. BTCUSD reaction to pmi_usdOver 100 past releases BTCUSD moved 3360.20 points on average in the first 15 minutes and 6940.50 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. US Dollar: Resilient into FOMC with election risks – TD SecuritiesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for BTCUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. USD Baker Hughes US Total Rig CountScheduled 2026-10-23 17:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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