Wednesday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 1,442,301 trades
Bitcoin edged higher (+0.41%) on Wednesday, December 01, 2021, closing at $57,184 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 1,954 BTC of net pressure.
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).
Sustained large-player selling throughout the day. 26 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 7.7σ), spread across 00:55–19:46 UTC. The 1,075 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.
Net selling for 3 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.
Cumulative buying pressure (purple, left axis) vs cumulative price return (yellow, right axis). When these diverge, flow and price are telling different stories.
US traders set the tone. 81% of directional flow — 1,576 BTC of selling — came from that single session.
Session returns: Asia +0.37%, Europe +0.84%, US -0.80%. Europe led the move.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 0.37% | -122 BTC | 6% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.84% | -256 BTC | 13% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -0.80% | -1576 BTC | 81% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Nothing unusual for a bear-regime day. The +0.41% return was consistent with the period's average of -0.27%.
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