Open
$15,781
Close
$16,227
Return
+2.82%
Net Flow
-779 BTC
Volume
239,548 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.99

Summary

Bitcoin pushed +2.8% higher on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, closing at $16,227 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 779 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for November 22, 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. 16 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.6σ), spread across 00:22–23:49 UTC. The 396 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to sellers (-1,732 BTC), but buyers erased that and then some (+953 BTC) in the back half.

Day 11 of unbroken net selling. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.

Cumulative flow vs return for November 22, 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

Asia traders set the tone. 65% of directional flow — 1,683 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -0.13%, Europe +2.61%, US +0.35%. Europe led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.13% -1683 BTC 65%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 2.61% 374 BTC 14%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.35% 531 BTC 21%
Buy vs sell volume for November 22, 2022

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

Regime Context

This day sat within a bear regime. The +2.82% return tracked the regime average of -0.27%.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-reversal asia-dominated flow-streak

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