BTC Flow Analysis — April 30, 2021 BEAR
Friday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 2,267,648 trades
Summary
April 30, 2021: Bitcoin ripped +7.7% to the upside. The 2,689 BTC of net buying flow at $57,694 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.
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
Large-player activity detected: 17 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 7.5σ) between 00:20–23:50 UTC. Whale flow netted 188 BTC of selling.
The 9.2% intraday range ($53,013 – $57,963) tells the story of a market in flux. Both sides had their moments.
Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.99). When you see this level of alignment, it means one side is in control and the other isn't even fighting.
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
Breaking it down by session: Asia +1.47%, Europe +3.03%, US +3.05%. US stood out.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 1.47% | 456 BTC | 17% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 3.03% | 983 BTC | 37% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 3.05% | 1250 BTC | 46% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
A statistical outlier: +7.73% return sits at +2.2σ from the bear-regime average of -0.27%. Days like this are rare within this regime.
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