Open
$35,381
Close
$37,238
Return
+5.25%
Net Flow
+1,930 BTC
Volume
152,453 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.03

Summary

Bitcoin surged +5.2% on Monday, July 26, 2021, closing at $37,238 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 1,930 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for July 26, 2021

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 buying throughout the day. 16 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 9.3σ), spread across 00:58–22:53 UTC. The 223 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to buyers (+2,976 BTC), but sellers erased that and then some (-1,046 BTC) in the back half.

The 15.1% intraday range ($35,206 – $40,550) tells the story of a market in flux. Both sides had their moments.

Cumulative flow vs return for July 26, 2021

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. 66% of directional flow — 3,934 BTC of buying — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia +7.83%, Europe +0.45%, US -2.83%. Asia led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 7.83% 3934 BTC 66%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.45% -1610 BTC 27%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -2.83% -394 BTC 7%
Buy vs sell volume for July 26, 2021

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

Regime Context

Among the final days of this bear period. Within 0 day(s), the market would flip to bull.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-reversal asia-dominated regime-end high-volatility

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