BTC Flow Analysis — January 17, 2022 BEAR
Monday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 918,029 trades
Summary
Bitcoin sold off -2.0% on Monday, January 17, 2022, closing at $42,202 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 665 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).
Flow Analysis
The big players were active all day. 21 bars of outsized trades (6.6σ peak) from 01:39–22:02 UTC, adding 93 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.
Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.84). Aggressor-side selling translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.
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 — 484 BTC of selling — came from that single session.
Session returns: Asia -0.96%, Europe -0.02%, US -1.04%. US led the move.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.96% | -35 BTC | 5% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -0.02% | -147 BTC | 22% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -1.04% | -484 BTC | 73% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
Nothing unusual for a bear-regime day. The -2.02% return was consistent with the period's average of -0.27%.
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