Open
$54,019
Close
$56,022
Return
+3.71%
Net Flow
-16 BTC
Volume
55,885 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.00

Summary

Bitcoin climbed +3.7% on Tuesday, August 06, 2024, closing at $56,022 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 16 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for August 06, 2024

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. 23 bars of outsized trades (6.9σ peak) from 00:29–23:41 UTC, adding 220 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to sellers (-23 BTC), but buyers erased that and then some (+7 BTC) in the back half.

Net selling for 11 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

Cumulative flow vs return for August 06, 2024

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

Session returns: Asia +3.67%, Europe -1.42%, US +1.48%. Asia led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 3.67% 409 BTC 35%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -1.42% -601 BTC 51%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.48% 175 BTC 15%
Buy vs sell volume for August 06, 2024

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

Regime Context

The bull regime was running out of road — 2 day(s) before the market shifted to chop. The transition was already underway in hindsight.

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

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