Open
$65,971
Close
$68,432
Return
+3.73%
Net Flow
-694 BTC
Volume
28,897 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.95

Summary

On Monday, March 09, 2026, Bitcoin rallied +3.7% to $68,432. Net flow: -694 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for March 09, 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

Sustained large-player selling throughout the day. 35 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 19.2σ), spread across 00:12–23:14 UTC. The 51 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for March 09, 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

Strip out US and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 80% of the net flow (931 BTC selling).

Morning and afternoon traded like two different markets. Buyers led early (+62 BTC), sellers dominated late (-756 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia +2.40%, Europe +2.10%, US -0.79% — with Asia doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 2.40% 146 BTC 13%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 2.10% 91 BTC 8%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.79% -931 BTC 80%
Buy vs sell volume for March 09, 2026

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

Regime Context

Nothing unusual for a chop-regime day. The +3.73% return was consistent with the period's average of +0.10%.

Patterns: chop whale-activity flow-reversal us-dominated regime-end

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