Open
$16,832
Close
$16,951
Return
+0.71%
Net Flow
-761 BTC
Volume
207,401 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.99

Summary

On Friday, January 06, 2023, Bitcoin ticked up +0.71% to $16,951. Net flow: -761 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for January 06, 2023

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. 35 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.1σ), spread across 00:49–21:39 UTC. The 709 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 06, 2023

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

Morning and afternoon traded like two different markets. Sellers led early (-1,496 BTC), buyers dominated late (+736 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia -0.22%, Europe -0.12%, US +1.05% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.22% -632 BTC 30%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.12% -796 BTC 38%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.05% 667 BTC 32%
Buy vs sell volume for January 06, 2023

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

Regime Context

The selling streak extended to 5 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: chop whale-activity flow-reversal flow-streak

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