Open
$46,217
Close
$47,723
Return
+3.26%
Net Flow
+280 BTC
Volume
19,604 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.03

Summary

On Saturday, January 01, 2022, Bitcoin rallied +3.3% to $47,723. Net flow: +280 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for January 01, 2022

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

Sustained large-player buying throughout the day. 21 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 8.4σ), spread across 00:28–21:57 UTC. The 10 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 01, 2022

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 US and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 76% of the net flow (364 BTC buying).

Morning and afternoon traded like two different markets. Sellers led early (-92 BTC), buyers dominated late (+372 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia +2.12%, Europe -0.36%, US +1.49% — with Asia doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 2.12% 15 BTC 3%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.36% -99 BTC 21%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.49% 364 BTC 76%
Buy vs sell volume for January 01, 2022

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 +3.26% return was consistent with the period's average of -0.27%.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-reversal us-dominated

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