Open
$42,147
Close
$41,027
Return
-2.66%
Net Flow
-1,952 BTC
Volume
43,372 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.91

Summary

Bitcoin fell 2.7% on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, closing at $41,027 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 1,952 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for September 28, 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

13 bars of outsized trades (peak 11.5σ) appeared between 00:20–22:34 UTC, with whale flow netting 9 BTC of buying.

Net selling for 5 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.87 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 September 28, 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 -0.88%, Europe +0.53%, US -2.32%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.88% -804 BTC 41%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.53% -508 BTC 26%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -2.32% -640 BTC 33%
Buy vs sell volume for September 28, 2021

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

Regime Context

Nothing unusual for a bear-regime day. The -2.66% return was consistent with the period's average of -0.27%.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-streak

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