Open
$43,893
Close
$42,454
Return
-3.28%
Net Flow
-2,064 BTC
Volume
50,941 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.92

Summary

Bitcoin sold off -3.3% on Thursday, March 03, 2022, closing at $42,454 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 2,064 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for March 03, 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

The big players were active all day. 29 bars of outsized trades (6.8σ peak) from 00:47–22:50 UTC, adding 728 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.93). Aggressor-side selling translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for March 03, 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

US traders set the tone. 91% of directional flow — 2,119 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -0.95%, Europe +1.17%, US -3.49%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.95% -80 BTC 3%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 1.17% 136 BTC 6%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -3.49% -2119 BTC 91%
Buy vs sell volume for March 03, 2022

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

Regime Context

Market conditions were bull — and this day didn't deviate. A -3.28% return against a regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity us-dominated

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