BTC Flow Analysis — May 10, 2022 BEAR
Tuesday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 2,470,325 trades
Summary
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, Bitcoin pushed +3.1% higher to $31,017. Net flow: -18,150 BTC — sellers had the edge.
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
Someone was moving size. 10 bars between 00:39–23:11 UTC registered trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 5.4σ), pushing 397 BTC net selling.
Net selling for 4 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.
The 9.7% intraday range ($29,730 – $32,659) tells the story of a market in flux. Both sides had their moments.
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 +5.11%, Europe +0.65%, US -2.51% — with Asia doing the heavy lifting.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 5.11% | -9061 BTC | 50% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.65% | -5554 BTC | 31% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -2.51% | -3535 BTC | 19% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
Flow conviction was unusually strong: 18,150 BTC net selling, registering at -6.9σ relative to other bear-regime days. This wasn't noise — it was a directional statement.
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