Open
$38,807
Close
$37,777
Return
-2.65%
Net Flow
-2,491 BTC
Volume
32,792 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.86

Summary

On Sunday, March 13, 2022, Bitcoin lost 2.7% to $37,777. Net flow: -2,491 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for March 13, 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. 34 bars of outsized trades (9.2σ peak) from 06:04–23:08 UTC, adding 563 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Net selling for 4 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

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 March 13, 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

Across sessions: Asia +0.73%, Europe -0.87%, US -2.51% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.73% 48 BTC 2%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.87% -1181 BTC 46%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -2.51% -1359 BTC 53%
Buy vs sell volume for March 13, 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 bull regime was running out of road — 0 day(s) before the market shifted to chop. The transition was already underway in hindsight.

Patterns: bull whale-activity regime-end flow-streak

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