Open
$59,132
Close
$58,214
Return
-1.55%
Net Flow
-758 BTC
Volume
26,478 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.94

Summary

September 16, 2024: Bitcoin slipped 1.55%. The 758 BTC of net selling flow at $58,214 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for September 16, 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. 26 bars of outsized trades (9.3σ peak) from 02:49–23:41 UTC, adding 103 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

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 September 16, 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

Breaking it down by session: Asia -0.37%, Europe -0.70%, US -0.48%. Europe stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.37% -374 BTC 49%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.70% -124 BTC 16%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.48% -260 BTC 34%
Buy vs sell volume for September 16, 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 selling streak extended to 3 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-streak

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