Open
$101,420
Close
$104,464
Return
+3.00%
Net Flow
+3,109 BTC
Volume
22,229 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.33

Summary

December 15, 2024: Bitcoin rallied +3.0%. The 3,109 BTC of net buying flow at $104,464 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for December 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

Sustained large-player buying throughout the day. 23 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.3σ), spread across 00:17–23:48 UTC. The 764 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.85). Aggressor-side buying translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 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

Breaking it down by session: Asia +0.31%, Europe +1.03%, US +1.63%. US stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.31% 1351 BTC 43%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 1.03% 480 BTC 15%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.63% 1278 BTC 41%
Buy vs sell volume for December 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

In retrospect, the bull regime was ending. CHOP conditions were 3 day(s) away.

Net flow of +3,109 BTC was elevated at +1.8σ vs the bull-regime average of -386 BTC.

Patterns: bull whale-activity regime-end

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