BTC Flow Analysis — January 04, 2022 BEAR
Tuesday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 1,021,815 trades
Summary
Bitcoin slipped 1.32% on Tuesday, January 04, 2022, closing at $45,832 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 113 BTC of net pressure.
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
27 bars of outsized trades (peak 9.9σ) appeared between 01:02–20:46 UTC, with whale flow netting 619 BTC of buying.
Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to buyers (+537 BTC), but sellers erased that and then some (-650 BTC) in the back half.
Net selling for 3 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.
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
Session returns: Asia +0.22%, Europe +0.87%, US -2.39%. US led the move.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 0.22% | 725 BTC | 46% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.87% | -137 BTC | 9% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -2.39% | -701 BTC | 45% |
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 -1.32% return tracked the regime average of -0.27%.
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