Open
$41,025
Close
$41,524
Return
+1.22%
Net Flow
-835 BTC
Volume
33,512 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.95

Summary

Bitcoin ground out a +1.22% gain on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, closing at $41,524 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 835 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for September 29, 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: 5.4σ), spread across 01:15–22:36 UTC. The 88 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for September 29, 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

US traders set the tone. 73% of directional flow — 705 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia +3.47%, Europe -0.70%, US -1.47%. Asia led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 3.47% 66 BTC 7%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.70% -196 BTC 20%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.47% -705 BTC 73%
Buy vs sell volume for September 29, 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 selling streak extended to 6 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: bear whale-activity us-dominated flow-streak

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