BTC Flow Analysis — August 12, 2022 BULL
Friday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 6,134,163 trades
Summary
Bitcoin edged higher (+1.97%) on Friday, August 12, 2022, closing at $24,404 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 359 BTC of net pressure.
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
19 bars of outsized trades (peak 7.6σ) appeared between 00:12–23:51 UTC, with whale flow netting 210 BTC of selling.
Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to sellers (-1,232 BTC), but buyers erased that and then some (+1,591 BTC) in the back half.
Net buying for 3 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.
Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.85). Aggressor-side buying translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.
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
US traders set the tone. 60% of directional flow — 1,057 BTC of buying — came from that single session.
Session returns: Asia +0.12%, Europe -0.55%, US +2.41%. US led the move.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 0.12% | -286 BTC | 16% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -0.55% | -413 BTC | 23% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 2.41% | 1057 BTC | 60% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
Nothing unusual for a bull-regime day. The +1.97% return was consistent with the period's average of +0.34%.
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