Open
$68,830
Close
$68,338
Return
-0.71%
Net Flow
-309 BTC
Volume
24,972 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.98

Summary

March 03, 2026: Bitcoin gave back 0.71%. The 309 BTC of net selling flow at $68,338 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for March 03, 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

The big players were active all day. 30 bars of outsized trades (14.3σ peak) from 00:36–23:59 UTC, adding 509 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.89). 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 March 03, 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

A tale of two halves — sellers pushed 637 BTC through the morning, then buyers flipped the script with 328 BTC in the afternoon.

Breaking it down by session: Asia -0.95%, Europe -1.82%, US +2.10%. US stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.95% -492 BTC 40%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -1.82% -279 BTC 23%
US 14:00 - 00:00 2.10% 462 BTC 37%
Buy vs sell volume for March 03, 2026

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

Regime Context

The bear regime was running out of road — 0 day(s) before the market shifted to chop. The transition was already underway in hindsight.

The selling streak extended to 3 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-reversal regime-end flow-streak

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