BTC trades near $81,500, right on a floor that has turned the price 8 times since late February 2025. The daily closes that would settle it.
That floor has turned the price 8 times since late February 2025.
The last turn came on 3 September, when a fall stopped at this price.
The price is down about 3% this month so far. That decline has carried it down to this line. BTC now trades just above the floor, with almost no room between them.
The price sits right on its $81,431 floor. Source: Binance BTC/USDT daily prices, to the 19 October daily close, computed by www.altcoinbuzz.io.
Trading volume, the total value bought and sold, stayed close to normal. On 19 October it came to $1.05 billion.
That figure was close to its 20-day average. Trading that day showed neither a jump nor a drop against its usual pace.
A daily close is the last price of the day.
A daily close above $83,708 would put BTC over its nearest ceiling. A ceiling is a price where rises have stopped before. That one sits about 3% above the price. Past it, the next ceiling is $87,396, about 7% above.
A daily close below $81,431 would put the price under its floor. The next floor down is $79,800, about 2% below.
A daily close below $81,431 or above $83,708 would settle the test. Source: Binance BTC/USDT daily prices, to the 19 October daily close, computed by www.altcoinbuzz.io.
Until one day ends below $81,431 or above $83,708, the floor test stays open.
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