Open
$22,433
Close
$23,397
Return
+4.30%
Net Flow
+1,978 BTC
Volume
263,771 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.02

Summary

On Tuesday, July 19, 2022, Bitcoin rallied +4.3% to $23,397. Net flow: +1,978 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for July 19, 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 buying throughout the day. 13 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 11.4σ), spread across 00:30–21:28 UTC. The 848 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.

Net buying for 4 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

From $21,580 to $23,800 — a 9.9% range that forced both bulls and bears to respect the volatility.

Cumulative flow vs return for July 19, 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 Asia and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 63% of the net flow (1,497 BTC buying).

Across sessions: Asia -2.98%, Europe +2.55%, US +4.83% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -2.98% 1497 BTC 63%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 2.55% -195 BTC 8%
US 14:00 - 00:00 4.83% 676 BTC 29%
Buy vs sell volume for July 19, 2022

Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.

Regime Context

This was near the start of a bull regime (day 2), with the chop regime barely in the rearview mirror.

Trading activity surged to +2.5σ above the regime norm (263,771 BTC). When volume spikes like this, the flow data carries more weight.

Patterns: bull whale-activity asia-dominated regime-start volume-spike high-volatility flow-streak

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