BTC Flow Analysis — July 22, 2021 BEAR
Thursday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 1,000,742 trades
Summary
Bitcoin closed at $32,288 on July 22, 2021 after ground out a 0.45% gain. Aggressor-side flow netted +401 BTC, favoring buyers.
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
The big players were active all day. 21 bars of outsized trades (7.6σ peak) from 04:58–17:51 UTC, adding 103 BTC of buying pressure on top of the broader buying flow.
The day split in half. Sellers controlled the first 12 hours (-135 BTC), then buyers took over (+536 BTC). The reversal changed the character of the day.
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
The Europe session drove 65% of the day's directional flow, with 261 BTC of net buying. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.
The US session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia -0.05%, Europe -0.18%, US +0.68%.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.05% | 127 BTC | 32% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -0.18% | 261 BTC | 65% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 0.68% | 13 BTC | 3% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
Nothing unusual for a bear-regime day. The +0.45% return was consistent with the period's average of -0.27%.
Related Days
Days with similar flow patterns and market conditions.
Explore this day's minute-level flow data interactively on the dashboard.
Open Dashboard