Open
$97,570
Close
$96,118
Return
-1.49%
Net Flow
-752 BTC
Volume
8,191 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.83

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $96,118 on February 16, 2025 after gave back 1.49%. Aggressor-side flow netted -752 BTC, favoring sellers.

BTC price and volume for February 16, 2025

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. 45 bars of outsized trades (10.8σ peak) from 00:10–23:34 UTC, adding 33 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Net selling for 17 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

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 February 16, 2025

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

The Europe session drove 63% of the day's directional flow, with 474 BTC of net selling. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.

The US session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia -0.33%, Europe -0.42%, US -0.75%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.33% -220 BTC 29%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.42% -474 BTC 63%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.75% -58 BTC 8%
Buy vs sell volume for February 16, 2025

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 -1.49% return against a regime average of +0.10%.

Patterns: chop whale-activity europe-dominated flow-streak

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