Open
$60,059
Close
$60,345
Return
+0.48%
Net Flow
-1,199 BTC
Volume
46,289 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.95

Summary

On Wednesday, November 17, 2021, Bitcoin ticked up +0.48% to $60,345. Net flow: -1,199 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for November 17, 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. 18 bars of outsized trades (9.1σ peak) from 01:29–23:57 UTC, adding 403 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Cumulative flow vs return for November 17, 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

Strip out Asia and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 85% of the net flow (1,022 BTC selling).

Across sessions: Asia -0.62%, Europe +0.69%, US +0.40% — with Europe doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.62% -1022 BTC 85%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.69% -151 BTC 13%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.40% -25 BTC 2%
Buy vs sell volume for November 17, 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 chop regime was running out of road — 0 day(s) before the market shifted to bear. The transition was already underway in hindsight.

Patterns: chop whale-activity asia-dominated regime-end

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