BTC Flow Analysis — April 17, 2022 CHOP
Sunday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 590,241 trades
Summary
Bitcoin slipped 1.74% on Sunday, April 17, 2022, closing at $39,678 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 831 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
The big players were active all day. 39 bars of outsized trades (6.5σ peak) from 01:58–23:53 UTC, adding 19 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.
Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to buyers (+88 BTC), but sellers erased that and then some (-919 BTC) in the back half.
A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.90 correlation between cumulative flow and price means selling pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.
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
US traders set the tone. 90% of directional flow — 813 BTC of selling — came from that single session.
Session returns: Asia -0.23%, Europe +0.05%, US -1.56%. US led the move.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.23% | -52 BTC | 6% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.05% | 35 BTC | 4% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -1.56% | -813 BTC | 90% |
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 14 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.
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