Open
$33,892
Close
$34,081
Return
+0.56%
Net Flow
-254 BTC
Volume
16,880 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.97

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $34,081 on October 28, 2023 after ground out a 0.56% gain. Aggressor-side flow netted -254 BTC, favoring sellers.

BTC price and volume for October 28, 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

Large-player activity detected: 22 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 8.1σ) between 01:03–18:09 UTC. Whale flow netted 152 BTC of buying.

Net selling for 5 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

Cumulative flow vs return for October 28, 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 Europe session drove 70% of the day's directional flow, with 187 BTC of net selling. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.

Session returns were muted across the board: Asia +0.45%, Europe +0.25%, US -0.14%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.45% -74 BTC 27%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.25% -187 BTC 70%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.14% 8 BTC 3%
Buy vs sell volume for October 28, 2023

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

Regime Context

This day sat within a bull regime. The +0.56% return tracked the regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity europe-dominated flow-streak

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