BTC Flow Analysis — January 05, 2023 CHOP
Thursday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 4,842,014 trades
Summary
On Thursday, January 05, 2023, Bitcoin traded flat to $16,832. Net flow: -1,554 BTC — sellers 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).
Flow Analysis
The big players were active all day. 32 bars of outsized trades (5.7σ peak) from 00:55–23:22 UTC, adding 360 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.
Net selling for 4 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.
Price was pinned — only 0.75% separated the day's high and low. Periods of compression often precede expansion.
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
No single session dominated price action: Asia -0.16%, Europe -0.25%, US +0.30%.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.16% | -545 BTC | 35% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -0.25% | -247 BTC | 16% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 0.30% | -762 BTC | 49% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
Market conditions were chop — and this day didn't deviate. A -0.11% return against a regime average of +0.10%.
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