BTC Flow Analysis — May 22, 2022 BEAR
Sunday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 862,880 trades
Summary
On Sunday, May 22, 2022, Bitcoin pushed +2.9% higher to $30,294. Net flow: +917 BTC — buyers 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
30 bars of outsized trades (peak 9.0σ) appeared between 00:27–23:23 UTC, with whale flow netting 116 BTC of selling.
Net buying for 4 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.
Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.93). When you see this level of alignment, it means one side is in control and the other isn't even fighting.
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 -0.01%, Europe +2.17%, US +0.71% — with Europe doing the heavy lifting.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.01% | -298 BTC | 20% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 2.17% | 841 BTC | 56% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 0.71% | 373 BTC | 25% |
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 bear — and this day didn't deviate. A +2.88% return against a regime average of -0.27%.
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