Open
$39,147
Close
$38,207
Return
-2.40%
Net Flow
-1,751 BTC
Volume
57,117 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.94

Summary

Bitcoin fell 2.4% on Tuesday, August 03, 2021, closing at $38,207 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 1,751 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for August 03, 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

Someone was moving size. 9 bars between 01:36–22:18 UTC registered trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 8.0σ), pushing 342 BTC net selling.

Net selling for 3 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.83 correlation between cumulative flow and price means selling pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for August 03, 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. 67% of directional flow — 1,169 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -1.41%, Europe -0.32%, US -0.68%. Asia led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -1.41% -1169 BTC 67%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.32% -504 BTC 29%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.68% -78 BTC 4%
Buy vs sell volume for August 03, 2021

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

Regime Context

This day sat within a bull regime. The -2.40% return tracked the regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity asia-dominated flow-streak

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