Saturday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 1,849,556 trades
Bitcoin gave back 1.53% on Saturday, August 14, 2021, closing at $47,069 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 115 BTC of net pressure.
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).
Large-player activity detected: 20 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.8σ) between 00:41–20:13 UTC. Whale flow netted 469 BTC of buying.
Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to buyers (+481 BTC), but sellers erased that and then some (-597 BTC) in the back half.
Cumulative buying pressure (purple, left axis) vs cumulative price return (yellow, right axis). When these diverge, flow and price are telling different stories.
US traders set the tone. 81% of directional flow — 152 BTC of selling — came from that single session.
Session returns: Asia -0.38%, Europe -2.34%, US +1.22%. Europe led the move.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.38% | 13 BTC | 7% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -2.34% | 24 BTC | 13% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 1.22% | -152 BTC | 81% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
This day sat within a bull regime. The -1.53% return tracked the regime average of +0.34%.
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