Open
$23,811
Close
$23,150
Return
-2.78%
Net Flow
-1,985 BTC
Volume
143,183 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.97

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $23,150 on August 09, 2022 after fell 2.8%. Aggressor-side flow netted -1,985 BTC, favoring sellers.

BTC price and volume for August 09, 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 selling throughout the day. 40 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.4σ), spread across 01:22–23:42 UTC. The 1,539 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.99 correlation between cumulative flow and price means selling pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for August 09, 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

The Europe session drove 83% of the day's directional flow, with 2,296 BTC of net selling. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.

The Europe session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia +0.28%, Europe -3.39%, US +0.35%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.28% -88 BTC 3%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -3.39% -2296 BTC 83%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.35% 399 BTC 14%
Buy vs sell volume for August 09, 2022

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

Regime Context

Day 2 of a fresh bull regime. The market had just flipped from chop, and the new character was still establishing itself.

Patterns: bull whale-activity europe-dominated regime-start

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