Open
$39,530
Close
$40,075
Return
+1.38%
Net Flow
-1,061 BTC
Volume
57,751 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.96

Summary

On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, Bitcoin ticked up +1.38% to $40,075. Net flow: -1,061 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for April 12, 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. 19 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 7.2σ), spread across 00:32–22:09 UTC. The 862 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

This was day 9 of consecutive net selling. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.

Cumulative flow vs return for April 12, 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

Strip out US and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 60% of the net flow (710 BTC selling).

Across sessions: Asia +1.65%, Europe +0.54%, US -0.81% — with Asia doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 1.65% -409 BTC 35%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.54% 57 BTC 5%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.81% -710 BTC 60%
Buy vs sell volume for April 12, 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 chop — and this day didn't deviate. A +1.38% return against a regime average of +0.10%.

Patterns: chop whale-activity us-dominated flow-streak

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