Open
$26,305
Close
$26,222
Return
-0.32%
Net Flow
-868 BTC
Volume
18,495 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.91

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $26,222 on September 26, 2023 after gave back 0.32%. Aggressor-side flow netted -868 BTC, favoring sellers.

BTC price and volume for September 26, 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. 18 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 7.5σ), spread across 00:10–16:23 UTC. The 120 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for September 26, 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

The US session drove 64% of the day's directional flow, with 582 BTC of net selling. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.

No single session dominated price action: Asia -0.12%, Europe -0.34%, US +0.15%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.12% 21 BTC 2%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.34% -307 BTC 34%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.15% -582 BTC 64%
Buy vs sell volume for September 26, 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 8 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: chop whale-activity us-dominated flow-streak

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