Wednesday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 6,389,133 trades
On Wednesday, August 31, 2022, Bitcoin ground out a +1.20% gain to $20,050. Net flow: +4,002 BTC — buyers had the edge.
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).
Sustained large-player buying throughout the day. 27 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 11.5σ), spread across 01:20–22:01 UTC. The 513 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.
Cumulative buying pressure (purple, left axis) vs cumulative price return (yellow, right axis). When these diverge, flow and price are telling different stories.
Strip out Asia and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 65% of the net flow (2,601 BTC buying).
Across sessions: Asia +2.25%, Europe +0.24%, US -1.26% — with Asia doing the heavy lifting.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 2.25% | 2601 BTC | 65% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.24% | 325 BTC | 8% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -1.26% | 1077 BTC | 27% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
With +4,002 BTC of net flow (+1.5σ), buying pressure ran above the bear-regime baseline of -1,189 BTC.
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