Open
$106,432
Close
$107,185
Return
+0.71%
Net Flow
-1,431 BTC
Volume
11,123 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.77

Summary

Bitcoin ground out a +0.71% gain on Saturday, October 18, 2025, closing at $107,185 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 1,431 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for October 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

31 bars of outsized trades (peak 8.6σ) appeared between 00:45–23:26 UTC, with whale flow netting 22 BTC of buying.

Cumulative flow vs return for October 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

Asia traders set the tone. 63% of directional flow — 896 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

All three sessions posted small moves: Asia +0.22%, Europe +0.21%, US +0.28% — a balanced day with no clear regional driver.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.22% -896 BTC 63%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.21% -358 BTC 25%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.28% -177 BTC 12%
Buy vs sell volume for October 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

This was near the start of a chop regime (day 1), with the bull regime barely in the rearview mirror.

The selling streak extended to 6 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

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

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