BTC Flow Analysis — December 14, 2022 CHOP
Wednesday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 5,743,730 trades
Summary
December 14, 2022: Bitcoin went nowhere. The 65 BTC of net selling flow at $17,803 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.
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. 39 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 7.2σ), spread across 00:15–23:54 UTC. The 365 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.
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
A tale of two halves — sellers pushed 854 BTC through the morning, then buyers flipped the script with 789 BTC in the afternoon.
Breaking it down by session: Asia +0.17%, Europe +0.50%, US -0.51%. US stood out.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 0.17% | -58 BTC | 23% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.50% | -98 BTC | 40% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -0.51% | 91 BTC | 37% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
Unusually heavy volume at 266,681 BTC — +2.4σ above the chop-regime baseline. The market was paying attention.
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