Open
$41,262
Close
$41,002
Return
-0.63%
Net Flow
-1,267 BTC
Volume
39,426 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.94

Summary

On Monday, March 21, 2022, Bitcoin gave back 0.63% to $41,002. Net flow: -1,267 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for March 21, 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

Sustained large-player selling throughout the day. 27 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 8.9σ), spread across 00:58–23:15 UTC. The 37 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for March 21, 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

Session returns were muted across the board: Asia -0.39%, Europe +0.00%, US -0.25%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.39% -552 BTC 44%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.00% -227 BTC 18%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.25% -489 BTC 39%
Buy vs sell volume for March 21, 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 chop regime was running out of road — 0 day(s) before the market shifted to bull. The transition was already underway in hindsight.

The selling streak extended to 5 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

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

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