Open
$45,498
Close
$43,170
Return
-5.11%
Net Flow
-1,915 BTC
Volume
60,849 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.94

Summary

Bitcoin crashed -5.1% on Wednesday, April 06, 2022, closing at $43,170 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 1,915 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for April 06, 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. 24 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 8.7σ), spread across 05:53–19:13 UTC. The 328 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Day 3 of unbroken net selling. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.

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 April 06, 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: Asia -0.49%, Europe -2.45%, US -2.25%. Europe led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.49% -782 BTC 41%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -2.45% -449 BTC 23%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -2.25% -683 BTC 36%
Buy vs sell volume for April 06, 2022

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

Regime Context

Among the final days of this bull period. Within 1 day(s), the market would flip to chop.

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

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