Open
$117,405
Close
$116,227
Return
-1.00%
Net Flow
-2,451 BTC
Volume
17,746 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.76

Summary

On Monday, August 18, 2025, Bitcoin slipped 1.00% to $116,227. Net flow: -2,451 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for August 18, 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. 34 bars of outsized trades (10.1σ peak) from 00:29–23:52 UTC, adding 159 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

This was day 5 of consecutive net selling. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.

Cumulative flow vs return for August 18, 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

Strip out Asia and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 62% of the net flow (1,510 BTC selling).

Across sessions: Asia -1.87%, Europe -0.32%, US +1.21% — with Asia doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -1.87% -1510 BTC 62%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.32% -573 BTC 23%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.21% -367 BTC 15%
Buy vs sell volume for August 18, 2025

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

Regime Context

With -2,451 BTC of net flow (-1.6σ), selling pressure ran above the chop-regime baseline of -670 BTC.

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

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