Open
$43,451
Close
$43,082
Return
-0.85%
Net Flow
-343 BTC
Volume
38,880 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.98

Summary

January 06, 2022: Bitcoin slipped 0.85%. The 343 BTC of net selling flow at $43,082 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for January 06, 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 selling throughout the day. 19 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.9σ), spread across 00:16–23:20 UTC. The 133 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 06, 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

A tale of two halves — sellers pushed 564 BTC through the morning, then buyers flipped the script with 221 BTC in the afternoon.

Session returns were muted across the board: Asia -0.47%, Europe -0.22%, US -0.16%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.47% -158 BTC 19%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.22% -421 BTC 52%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.16% 236 BTC 29%
Buy vs sell volume for January 06, 2022

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

Regime Context

The selling streak extended to 5 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-reversal flow-streak

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