Open
$34,496
Close
$34,152
Return
-1.00%
Net Flow
-2,688 BTC
Volume
39,745 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.87

Summary

October 26, 2023: Bitcoin slipped 1.00%. The 2,688 BTC of net selling flow at $34,152 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for October 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. 23 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 11.1σ), spread across 00:20–22:39 UTC. The 11 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.91 correlation between cumulative flow and price means selling pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for October 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

Breaking it down by session: Asia +0.44%, Europe -1.36%, US -0.07%. Europe stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.44% -608 BTC 23%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -1.36% -958 BTC 36%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.07% -1122 BTC 42%
Buy vs sell volume for October 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

With -2,688 BTC of net flow (-1.6σ), selling pressure ran above the bull-regime baseline of -386 BTC.

The selling streak extended to 3 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-streak

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