BTC Flow Analysis — July 18, 2022 BULL
Monday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 6,564,387 trades
Summary
July 18, 2022: Bitcoin ripped +7.9% to the upside. The 4,854 BTC of net buying flow at $22,433 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.
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 buying throughout the day. 13 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 10.0σ), spread across 00:45–20:41 UTC. The 316 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.
A volatile day: 9.7% range from $20,762 to $22,778. Wide ranges like this create opportunities but also traps for directional traders.
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
Breaking it down by session: Asia +6.95%, Europe -0.48%, US +1.34%. Asia stood out.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 6.95% | 2651 BTC | 55% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -0.48% | 859 BTC | 18% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 1.34% | 1344 BTC | 28% |
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 heaviest buying days in this bull regime. Net flow of +4,854 BTC placed this day at +2.9σ from the regime mean.
Even by bull-regime standards, +7.85% was extreme — +2.7σ from the +0.34% average. This wasn't a normal bull day.
Day 1 of a fresh bull regime. The market had just flipped from chop, and the new character was still establishing itself.
Trading activity surged to +2.2σ above the regime norm (239,943 BTC). When volume spikes like this, the flow data carries more weight.
The buying streak extended to 3 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.
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