Open
$50,820
Close
$50,400
Return
-0.83%
Net Flow
+721 BTC
Volume
19,136 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.08

Summary

On Saturday, December 25, 2021, Bitcoin drifted lower (-0.83%) to $50,400. Net flow: +721 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for December 25, 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 -0.39 flow-price correlation reveals a mismatch — buyers crossed the spread aggressively, but price still fell -0.83%. Passive supply overwhelmed active demand.

Sustained large-player buying throughout the day. 35 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 9.5σ), spread across 00:11–23:52 UTC. The 444 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 25, 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

Across sessions: Asia +0.20%, Europe -0.14%, US -0.88% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.20% 333 BTC 46%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.14% 231 BTC 32%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.88% 157 BTC 22%
Buy vs sell volume for December 25, 2021

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

Regime Context

In retrospect, the bear regime was ending. CHOP conditions were 0 day(s) away.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-divergence regime-end

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