Open
$16,837
Close
$17,224
Return
+2.30%
Net Flow
-1,940 BTC
Volume
236,418 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.98

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $17,224 on December 08, 2022 after pushed 2.3% higher. Aggressor-side flow netted -1,940 BTC, favoring sellers.

BTC price and volume for December 08, 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

The big players were active all day. 17 bars of outsized trades (5.6σ peak) from 00:13–23:56 UTC, adding 529 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 08, 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 US session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia -0.07%, Europe +0.18%, US +2.18%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.07% -935 BTC 48%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.18% -755 BTC 39%
US 14:00 - 00:00 2.18% -250 BTC 13%
Buy vs sell volume for December 08, 2022

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

Regime Context

The market was 1 day(s) into a new chop regime, having transitioned from bear. Early-regime days often carry residual momentum from the prior period.

Volume ran hot: 236,418 BTC traded, +2.0σ above the chop-regime average. High volume days tend to carry more signal.

The selling streak extended to 4 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: chop whale-activity regime-start volume-spike flow-streak

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