Open
$42,671
Close
$43,161
Return
+1.15%
Net Flow
-355 BTC
Volume
49,880 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.99

Summary

Bitcoin edged higher (+1.15%) on Sunday, September 26, 2021, closing at $43,161 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 355 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for September 26, 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. 14 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 8.6σ), spread across 00:55–20:40 UTC. The 1 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to sellers (-612 BTC), but buyers erased that and then some (+257 BTC) in the back half.

Day 3 of unbroken net selling. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.

Cumulative flow vs return for September 26, 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 -3.37%, Europe +4.83%, US -0.13%. Europe led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -3.37% -1261 BTC 58%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 4.83% 671 BTC 31%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.13% 235 BTC 11%
Buy vs sell volume for September 26, 2021

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

Regime Context

Market conditions were bear — and this day didn't deviate. A +1.15% return against a regime average of -0.27%.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-reversal flow-streak

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