Trading Signals – 13 October 2026
5 crypto trade ideas for 13 October 2026: 4 long and 1 short. Entry, stop and two targets are given for each, with the reasoning and the level at which the idea is abandoned.
Today’s framework
Tuesday 13 October 2026. Bitcoin is at $83,708 after touching 81,034 overnight; $810 million of positions were liquidated in 24 hours, 85% of them longs. The selling was triggered by the chip crash in Asia, not by crypto, and ahead of tomorrow’s inflation data bitcoin is likely to stay in the 81,000-84,000 band.
Four of the ideas are long and one is short, all taken at the market. All are medium-term ideas. Bitcoin, ether, Solana and Avalanche are the long side, each recovering after an overnight low; XRP is the short side, having lagged bitcoin by 10.1% over the past month.
Trade ideas
The entry condition says whether the idea is taken at the market or only once a stated level, a confirmation or the data release is met.
| No | Instrument | Direction | Entry | Stop | Target 1 | Target 2 | Entry condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BTC | Long | 82,500 – 83,800 | 81,000 | 84,352 | 87,278 | Market |
| 2 | ETH | Long | 2,500 – 2,540 | 2,406 | 2,580 | 2,699 | Market, small size |
| 3 | SOL | Long | 107 – 109 | 101.5 | 113.4 | 124.95 | Market, small size |
| 4 | AVAX | Long | 10.40 – 10.60 | 9.8 | 11.12 | 12.01 | Market, small size |
| 5 | XRP | Short | 1.3800 – 1.3900 | 1.4214 | 1.3378 | 1.3112 | Market, small size |
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1. BTC — long.
Bitcoin is at $83,708 and recovered after touching 81,034 overnight; $810 million of positions were liquidated in 24 hours, 85% of them longs. The important technical detail is that this low is above last week’s low of 80,400, so price has formed a higher low. The selling was triggered not by crypto but by the chip crash in Asia. Ahead of tomorrow’s inflation data it is likely to stay in the 81,000-84,000 band.
Invalidated if: A close below 81,000. -
2. ETH — long.
Ether is at $2,533 and recovered after touching 2,409 overnight; the weekly loss is 6.65% and, with momentum at 38, it is nearing oversold. A threshold is approaching on the demand side: Bitmine bought another 12,532 ether last week, lifting its holdings to 4.9% of supply, and management has said it will stop buying at 5%. That means the market will lose a steady buyer within weeks.
Invalidated if: A close below 2,406. -
3. SOL — long.
Solana is at $108.57 and recovered after falling as far as 101.69 overnight; the weekly loss is 10.11% and, with momentum at 39, it is oversold. The overnight low shows how far price has moved from its average of the past month, but it is still 13.4% above the 200-day average and the trend is up on every timeframe. It was sold along with crypto as a whole and has no negative of its own.
Invalidated if: A close below 101.5. -
4. AVAX — long.
Avalanche is at $10.57 and recovered after falling as far as 9.81 overnight; the monthly gain is still 42.8% and momentum is at 49. Price is 20.7% above the 200-day average and has continued to clearly outperform bitcoin over the past month, but the overnight low tested below $10 and the trend is mixed.
Invalidated if: A close below 9.8. -
5. XRP — short.
XRP is at $1.3735 after a 2.58% fall yesterday took the weekly loss to 8.90%. With momentum at 38 it is nearing oversold, but it screens as a short setup because it has lagged bitcoin by 10.1% over the past month. The 1.40 level has been rejected twice and the trend is mixed.
Invalidated if: A close above 1.4214.
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