Open
$60,576
Close
$62,254
Return
+2.77%
Net Flow
+552 BTC
Volume
43,974 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.03

Summary

Bitcoin rallied +2.8% on Friday, October 29, 2021, closing at $62,254 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 552 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for October 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

Large-player activity detected: 18 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.4σ) between 05:29–22:35 UTC. Whale flow netted 376 BTC of selling.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to sellers (-228 BTC), but buyers erased that and then some (+780 BTC) in the back half.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.92). Aggressor-side buying translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for October 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. 75% of directional flow — 708 BTC of buying — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -0.01%, Europe +1.18%, US +1.58%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.01% 43 BTC 5%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 1.18% -199 BTC 21%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.58% 708 BTC 75%
Buy vs sell volume for October 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

Market conditions were bull — and this day didn't deviate. A +2.77% return against a regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal us-dominated

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