Open
$58,683
Close
$57,541
Return
-1.95%
Net Flow
-3,176 BTC
Volume
37,686 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.84

Summary

On Thursday, August 15, 2024, Bitcoin slipped 1.95% to $57,541. Net flow: -3,176 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for August 15, 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. 28 bars of outsized trades (9.6σ peak) from 00:35–23:47 UTC, adding 36 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Cumulative flow vs return for August 15, 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

Across sessions: Asia -1.06%, Europe +2.40%, US -3.21% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -1.06% -1190 BTC 28%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 2.40% 508 BTC 12%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -3.21% -2494 BTC 60%
Buy vs sell volume for August 15, 2024

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

Regime Context

Day 1 of a fresh bear regime. The market had just flipped from chop, and the new character was still establishing itself.

The selling streak extended to 7 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: bear whale-activity regime-start flow-streak

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