Open
$46,283
Close
$45,811
Return
-1.02%
Net Flow
+52 BTC
Volume
37,074 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.00

Summary

April 02, 2022: Bitcoin slipped 1.02%. The 52 BTC of net buying flow at $45,811 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for April 02, 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

Someone was moving size. 9 bars between 00:41–19:51 UTC registered trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 13.3σ), pushing 105 BTC net buying.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.85 correlation between cumulative flow and price means buying pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for April 02, 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 — buyers pushed 533 BTC through the morning, then sellers flipped the script with 481 BTC in the afternoon.

Breaking it down by session: Asia +0.65%, Europe +0.32%, US -1.98%. US stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.65% 748 BTC 52%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.32% -27 BTC 2%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.98% -669 BTC 46%
Buy vs sell volume for April 02, 2022

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 bull regime. The -1.02% return tracked the regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal

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