Open
$42,352
Close
$41,660
Return
-1.63%
Net Flow
-478 BTC
Volume
31,686 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.97

Summary

Bitcoin slipped 1.63% on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, closing at $41,660 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 478 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for January 19, 2022

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

17 bars of outsized trades (peak 6.4σ) appeared between 01:32–22:37 UTC, with whale flow netting 115 BTC of buying.

This was day 4 of consecutive net selling. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 19, 2022

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

Asia traders set the tone. 81% of directional flow — 630 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -2.51%, Europe +2.19%, US -1.26%. Asia led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -2.51% -630 BTC 81%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 2.19% 80 BTC 10%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.26% 72 BTC 9%
Buy vs sell volume for January 19, 2022

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 bear regime. The -1.63% return tracked the regime average of -0.27%.

Patterns: bear whale-activity asia-dominated flow-streak

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