BTC Flow Analysis — April 12, 2023 BULL
Wednesday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 1,246,556 trades
Summary
Bitcoin slipped 1.03% on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, closing at $29,888 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 223 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
Large-player activity detected: 14 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 7.2σ) between 00:57–19:47 UTC. Whale flow netted 35 BTC of selling.
Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to buyers (+254 BTC), but sellers erased that and then some (-31 BTC) in the back half.
This was day 4 of consecutive net buying. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.
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
Europe traders set the tone. 63% of directional flow — 556 BTC of buying — came from that single session.
Session returns: Asia -0.71%, Europe +0.22%, US -0.55%. Asia led the move.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.71% | -54 BTC | 6% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.22% | 556 BTC | 63% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -0.55% | -279 BTC | 31% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
Nothing unusual for a bull-regime day. The -1.03% return was consistent with the period's average of +0.34%.
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