Open
$96,952
Close
$95,605
Return
-1.39%
Net Flow
-43 BTC
Volume
21,726 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.00

Summary

On Thursday, January 15, 2026, Bitcoin drifted lower (-1.39%) to $95,605. Net flow: -43 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for January 15, 2026

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

20 bars of outsized trades (peak 17.4σ) appeared between 00:25–23:07 UTC, with whale flow netting 130 BTC of buying.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 15, 2026

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

Morning and afternoon traded like two different markets. Sellers led early (-160 BTC), buyers dominated late (+117 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia -0.33%, Europe +0.22%, US -1.28% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.33% -244 BTC 55%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.22% 167 BTC 38%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.28% 33 BTC 7%
Buy vs sell volume for January 15, 2026

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 bull regime (day 2), with the chop regime barely in the rearview mirror.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal regime-start

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