Open
$47,800
Close
$47,069
Return
-1.53%
Net Flow
-115 BTC
Volume
46,114 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.00

Summary

Bitcoin gave back 1.53% on Saturday, August 14, 2021, closing at $47,069 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 115 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for August 14, 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

Large-player activity detected: 20 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.8σ) between 00:41–20:13 UTC. Whale flow netted 469 BTC of buying.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to buyers (+481 BTC), but sellers erased that and then some (-597 BTC) in the back half.

Cumulative flow vs return for August 14, 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

US traders set the tone. 81% of directional flow — 152 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -0.38%, Europe -2.34%, US +1.22%. Europe led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.38% 13 BTC 7%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -2.34% 24 BTC 13%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.22% -152 BTC 81%
Buy vs sell volume for August 14, 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 -1.53% return tracked the regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal us-dominated

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