Open
$98,664
Close
$99,430
Return
+0.78%
Net Flow
-461 BTC
Volume
14,474 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.94

Summary

Bitcoin ticked up +0.78% on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, closing at $99,430 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 461 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for December 25, 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 selling throughout the day. 36 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 7.2σ), spread across 00:44–23:58 UTC. The 432 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to sellers (-543 BTC), but buyers erased that and then some (+82 BTC) in the back half.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 25, 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

Asia traders set the tone. 76% of directional flow — 397 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -0.59%, Europe +0.39%, US +0.98%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.59% -397 BTC 76%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.39% -96 BTC 18%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.98% 32 BTC 6%
Buy vs sell volume for December 25, 2024

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

Regime Context

Market conditions were chop — and this day didn't deviate. A +0.78% return against a regime average of +0.10%.

Patterns: chop whale-activity flow-reversal asia-dominated

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