Open
$37,717
Close
$38,167
Return
+1.19%
Net Flow
+455 BTC
Volume
26,129 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.04

Summary

January 29, 2022: Bitcoin ticked up +1.19%. The 455 BTC of net buying flow at $38,167 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for January 29, 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

18 bars of outsized trades (peak 4.9σ) appeared between 01:53–23:33 UTC, with whale flow netting 48 BTC of selling.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.84). When you see this level of alignment, it means one side is in control and the other isn't even fighting.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 29, 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

A tale of two halves — sellers pushed 90 BTC through the morning, then buyers flipped the script with 545 BTC in the afternoon.

Breaking it down by session: Asia +0.32%, Europe +0.86%, US +0.01%. Europe stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.32% -93 BTC 14%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.86% 217 BTC 34%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.01% 331 BTC 52%
Buy vs sell volume for January 29, 2022

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

Regime Context

The buying streak extended to 7 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-reversal flow-streak

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