Open
$49,247
Close
$49,999
Return
+1.53%
Net Flow
+225 BTC
Volume
59,026 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.01

Summary

Bitcoin ticked up +1.53% on Friday, September 03, 2021, closing at $49,999 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 225 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for September 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

The big players were active all day. 25 bars of outsized trades (7.8σ peak) from 01:04–22:56 UTC, adding 161 BTC of buying pressure on top of the broader buying flow.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to buyers (+306 BTC), but sellers erased that and then some (-81 BTC) in the back half.

This was day 4 of consecutive net buying. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.89). When you see this level of alignment, it means one side is in control and the other isn't even fighting.

Cumulative flow vs return for September 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

Session returns: Asia +0.12%, Europe +2.86%, US -1.41%. Europe led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.12% -738 BTC 21%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 2.86% 1854 BTC 53%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.41% -891 BTC 26%
Buy vs sell volume for September 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

Among the final days of this bull period. Within 3 day(s), the market would flip to chop.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal regime-end flow-streak

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