Open
$62,006
Close
$64,281
Return
+3.67%
Net Flow
+1,245 BTC
Volume
53,628 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.05

Summary

On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, Bitcoin rallied +3.7% to $64,281. Net flow: +1,245 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for October 19, 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. 20 bars of outsized trades (8.2σ peak) from 00:14–23:03 UTC, adding 14 BTC of buying pressure on top of the broader buying flow.

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 October 19, 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

Strip out Asia and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 63% of the net flow (789 BTC buying).

Across sessions: Asia +0.47%, Europe +0.49%, US +2.68% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.47% 789 BTC 63%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.49% 279 BTC 22%
US 14:00 - 00:00 2.68% 178 BTC 14%
Buy vs sell volume for October 19, 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 bull — and this day didn't deviate. A +3.67% return against a regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity asia-dominated

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