Open
$53,956
Close
$54,950
Return
+1.84%
Net Flow
+196 BTC
Volume
55,177 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.01

Summary

Bitcoin ticked up +1.84% on Saturday, October 09, 2021, closing at $54,950 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 196 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for October 09, 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

7 bars of outsized trades (peak 7.6σ) appeared between 00:42–08:38 UTC, with whale flow netting 58 BTC of selling.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to buyers (+227 BTC), but sellers erased that and then some (-31 BTC) in the back half.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.81). 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 October 09, 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

Europe traders set the tone. 64% of directional flow — 455 BTC of buying — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia +1.78%, Europe +0.59%, US -0.53%. Asia led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 1.78% -4 BTC 1%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.59% 455 BTC 64%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.53% -254 BTC 36%
Buy vs sell volume for October 09, 2021

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

Regime Context

The market was 3 day(s) into a new bull regime, having transitioned from chop. Early-regime days often carry residual momentum from the prior period.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal europe-dominated regime-start

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