Open
$21,255
Close
$22,952
Return
+7.99%
Net Flow
+2,067 BTC
Volume
210,971 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.02

Summary

On Wednesday, July 27, 2022, Bitcoin surged +8.0% to $22,952. Net flow: +2,067 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for July 27, 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

Large-player activity detected: 15 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 13.9σ) between 01:25–19:54 UTC. Whale flow netted 882 BTC of selling.

From $21,043 to $23,113 — a 9.7% range that forced both bulls and bears to respect the volatility.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.96). Aggressor-side buying translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for July 27, 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 US and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 71% of the net flow (2,342 BTC buying).

Morning and afternoon traded like two different markets. Sellers led early (-335 BTC), buyers dominated late (+2,402 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia +0.44%, Europe +0.55%, US +6.94% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.44% 339 BTC 10%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.55% -615 BTC 19%
US 14:00 - 00:00 6.94% 2342 BTC 71%
Buy vs sell volume for July 27, 2022

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

Regime Context

Even by bull-regime standards, +7.99% was extreme — +2.7σ from the +0.34% average. This wasn't a normal bull day.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal us-dominated outlier-return high-volatility

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