Open
$50,471
Close
$47,546
Return
-5.80%
Net Flow
-1,499 BTC
Volume
37,693 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.92

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $47,546 on December 09, 2021 after plunged 5.8%. Aggressor-side flow netted -1,499 BTC, favoring sellers.

BTC price and volume for December 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

23 bars of outsized trades (peak 7.0σ) appeared between 02:18–22:28 UTC, with whale flow netting 127 BTC of buying.

Day 11 of unbroken net selling. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.97 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 December 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

The US session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia -0.90%, Europe -1.36%, US -3.63%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.90% -388 BTC 26%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -1.36% -445 BTC 30%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -3.63% -665 BTC 44%
Buy vs sell volume for December 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

This day sat within a bear regime. The -5.80% return tracked the regime average of -0.27%.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-streak

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