Open
$19,629
Close
$20,338
Return
+3.61%
Net Flow
+4,281 BTC
Volume
327,012 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.03

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $20,338 on October 04, 2022 after climbed 3.6%. Aggressor-side flow netted +4,281 BTC, favoring buyers.

BTC price and volume for October 04, 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: 18 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 5.2σ) between 01:12–23:48 UTC. Whale flow netted 277 BTC of selling.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.96 correlation between cumulative flow and price means buying pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for October 04, 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 Asia session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia +1.73%, Europe +0.66%, US +1.19%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 1.73% 1837 BTC 43%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.66% 622 BTC 15%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.19% 1822 BTC 43%
Buy vs sell volume for October 04, 2022

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

Regime Context

Flow conviction was unusually strong: 4,281 BTC net buying, registering at +2.8σ relative to other chop-regime days. This wasn't noise — it was a directional statement.

Unusually heavy volume at 327,012 BTC — +3.0σ above the chop-regime baseline. The market was paying attention.

Patterns: chop extreme-flow whale-activity volume-spike

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