BTC Flow Analysis — March 04, 2023 CHOP
Saturday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 4,169,260 trades
Summary
Bitcoin traded flat on Saturday, March 04, 2023, closing at $22,347 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 1,171 BTC of net pressure.
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
17 bars of outsized trades (peak 5.6σ) appeared between 01:05–23:58 UTC, with whale flow netting 160 BTC of buying.
Day 3 of unbroken net selling. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.
Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.84). Aggressor-side selling translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.
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
US traders set the tone. 79% of directional flow — 1,036 BTC of selling — came from that single session.
No single session dominated price action: Asia +0.02%, Europe -0.02%, US -0.04%.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 0.02% | 73 BTC | 6% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -0.02% | -207 BTC | 16% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -0.04% | -1036 BTC | 79% |
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 -0.03% return against a regime average of +0.10%.
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