Open
$101,110
Close
$97,276
Return
-3.79%
Net Flow
-3,005 BTC
Volume
53,949 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.89

Summary

Bitcoin lost 3.8% on Monday, December 09, 2024, closing at $97,276 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 3,005 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for December 09, 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. 31 bars of outsized trades (6.6σ peak) from 00:17–23:44 UTC, adding 1,082 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

This was day 4 of consecutive net selling. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.86). When you see this level of alignment, it means one side is in control and the other isn't even fighting.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 09, 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

US traders set the tone. 65% of directional flow — 1,963 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -1.52%, Europe -0.57%, US -1.74%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -1.52% -319 BTC 11%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.57% -723 BTC 24%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.74% -1963 BTC 65%
Buy vs sell volume for December 09, 2024

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

Regime Context

A -1.8σ day — selling pressure exceeded the typical bull-regime flow (-386 BTC) by a notable margin.

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

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