Open
$58,100
Close
$57,352
Return
-1.29%
Net Flow
-1,267 BTC
Volume
48,564 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.95

Summary

Bitcoin gave back 1.29% on Sunday, March 21, 2021, closing at $57,352 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 1,267 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for March 21, 2021

BTC price (blue) and trading volume (cyan bars) per minute. Session shading: Asia (gold 00-08 UTC), Europe (green 08-14), US (red 14-00).

Flow Analysis

13 bars of outsized trades (peak 9.7σ) appeared between 00:51–22:07 UTC, with whale flow netting 335 BTC of buying.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to sellers (-1,653 BTC), but buyers erased that and then some (+386 BTC) in the back half.

This was day 8 of consecutive net selling. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.

Cumulative flow vs return for March 21, 2021

Cumulative buying pressure (purple, left axis) vs cumulative price return (yellow, right axis). When these diverge, flow and price are telling different stories.

Session Breakdown

Session returns: Asia -1.94%, Europe +0.09%, US +0.58%. Asia led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -1.94% -1048 BTC 54%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.09% -554 BTC 29%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.58% 336 BTC 17%
Buy vs sell volume for March 21, 2021

Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.

Regime Context

This day sat within a chop regime. The -1.29% return tracked the regime average of +0.10%.

Patterns: chop whale-activity flow-reversal flow-streak

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