Open
$42,067
Close
$42,140
Return
+0.17%
Net Flow
+549 BTC
Volume
22,907 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.05

Summary

December 30, 2023: Bitcoin went nowhere. The 549 BTC of net buying flow at $42,140 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for December 30, 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

The big players were active all day. 22 bars of outsized trades (9.7σ peak) from 01:33–19:25 UTC, adding 363 BTC of buying pressure on top of the broader buying flow.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 30, 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

A tale of two halves — sellers pushed 42 BTC through the morning, then buyers flipped the script with 591 BTC in the afternoon.

All three sessions posted small moves: Asia -0.28%, Europe +0.20%, US +0.26% — a balanced day with no clear regional driver.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.28% 225 BTC 22%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.20% -242 BTC 23%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.26% 566 BTC 55%
Buy vs sell volume for December 30, 2023

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

Regime Context

In retrospect, the bull regime was ending. CHOP conditions were 0 day(s) away.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal regime-end

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