Open
$56,394
Close
$57,315
Return
+1.63%
Net Flow
-788 BTC
Volume
74,543 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.98

Summary

Bitcoin ticked up +1.63% on Friday, May 07, 2021, closing at $57,315 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 788 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for May 07, 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

Sustained large-player selling throughout the day. 24 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.3σ), spread across 00:32–20:05 UTC. The 184 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for May 07, 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

Asia traders set the tone. 72% of directional flow — 613 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -1.11%, Europe +2.21%, US +0.56%. Europe led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -1.11% -613 BTC 72%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 2.21% 30 BTC 4%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.56% -205 BTC 24%
Buy vs sell volume for May 07, 2021

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

Regime Context

The bear regime was running out of road — 1 day(s) before the market shifted to chop. The transition was already underway in hindsight.

Patterns: bear whale-activity asia-dominated regime-end

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