BTC Flow Analysis — May 26, 2022 BEAR
Thursday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 1,431,112 trades
Summary
On Thursday, May 26, 2022, Bitcoin drifted lower (-1.15%) to $29,201. Net flow: -4,168 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
Sustained large-player selling throughout the day. 39 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 12.7σ), spread across 01:38–15:46 UTC. The 3,479 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.
Net selling for 4 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.
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 Europe and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 77% of the net flow (4,906 BTC selling).
Across sessions: Asia +0.65%, Europe -3.10%, US +1.35% — with Europe doing the heavy lifting.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 0.65% | -373 BTC | 6% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -3.10% | -4906 BTC | 77% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 1.35% | 1111 BTC | 17% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
Net flow of -4,168 BTC was elevated at -1.6σ vs the bear-regime average of -1,189 BTC.
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