Open
$37,241
Close
$39,458
Return
+5.95%
Net Flow
+1,877 BTC
Volume
88,397 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.04

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $39,458 on July 27, 2021 after surged 6.0%. Aggressor-side flow netted +1,877 BTC, favoring buyers.

BTC price and volume for July 27, 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

The big players were active all day. 21 bars of outsized trades (9.0σ peak) from 00:14–22:51 UTC, adding 1,859 BTC of buying pressure on top of the broader buying flow.

Net buying for 3 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

The 8.5% intraday range ($36,383 – $39,543) tells the story of a market in flux. Both sides had their moments.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.82). Aggressor-side buying translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for July 27, 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

The US session drove 68% of the day's directional flow, with 1,268 BTC of net buying. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.

The Europe session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia -0.34%, Europe +3.62%, US +2.59%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.34% 201 BTC 11%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 3.62% 408 BTC 22%
US 14:00 - 00:00 2.59% 1268 BTC 68%
Buy vs sell volume for July 27, 2021

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

Regime Context

At +2.0σ from the regime mean, this +5.95% move was an outlier within the bull period (avg +0.34%).

The market was 1 day(s) into a new bull regime, having transitioned from bear. Early-regime days often carry residual momentum from the prior period.

Patterns: bull whale-activity us-dominated outlier-return regime-start high-volatility flow-streak

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