Open
$58,202
Close
$59,130
Return
+1.59%
Net Flow
+281 BTC
Volume
54,258 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.01

Summary

Bitcoin edged higher (+1.59%) on Monday, April 05, 2021, closing at $59,130 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 281 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for April 05, 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

Large-player activity detected: 14 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 9.4σ) between 00:47–23:01 UTC. Whale flow netted 154 BTC of selling.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to sellers (-740 BTC), but buyers erased that and then some (+1,021 BTC) in the back half.

Cumulative flow vs return for April 05, 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 -1.64%, Europe +1.51%, US +1.75%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -1.64% -533 BTC 34%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 1.51% -118 BTC 7%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.75% 932 BTC 59%
Buy vs sell volume for April 05, 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 was near the start of a bull regime (day 2), with the chop regime barely in the rearview mirror.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal regime-start

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