Open
$61,859
Close
$61,300
Return
-0.90%
Net Flow
-543 BTC
Volume
39,268 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.97

Summary

On Sunday, October 31, 2021, Bitcoin slipped 0.90% to $61,300. Net flow: -543 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for October 31, 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: 19 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 10.8σ) between 00:57–23:20 UTC. Whale flow netted 350 BTC of buying.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.87 correlation between cumulative flow and price means selling pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for October 31, 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

Morning and afternoon traded like two different markets. Sellers led early (-1,164 BTC), buyers dominated late (+620 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia -0.80%, Europe -1.63%, US +1.55% — with Europe doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.80% -745 BTC 28%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -1.63% -864 BTC 32%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.55% 1065 BTC 40%
Buy vs sell volume for October 31, 2021

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

Regime Context

This day sat within a bull regime. The -0.90% return tracked the regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal

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