Open
$23,398
Close
$23,223
Return
-0.75%
Net Flow
+879 BTC
Volume
238,762 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.01

Summary

Bitcoin gave back 0.75% on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, closing at $23,223 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 879 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for July 20, 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

The big players were active all day. 13 bars of outsized trades (10.0σ peak) from 00:11–22:07 UTC, adding 342 BTC of buying pressure on top of the broader buying flow.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to buyers (+989 BTC), but sellers erased that and then some (-110 BTC) in the back half.

Day 5 of unbroken net buying. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.85). When you see this level of alignment, it means one side is in control and the other isn't even fighting.

Cumulative flow vs return for July 20, 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

Session returns: Asia -0.07%, Europe +1.71%, US -2.35%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.07% 683 BTC 23%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 1.71% 1241 BTC 42%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -2.35% -1046 BTC 35%
Buy vs sell volume for July 20, 2022

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

Regime Context

The market was 3 day(s) into a new bull regime, having transitioned from chop. Early-regime days often carry residual momentum from the prior period.

Volume ran hot: 238,762 BTC traded, +2.2σ above the bull-regime average. High volume days tend to carry more signal.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal regime-start volume-spike flow-streak

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