BTC Flow Analysis — April 23, 2022 BEAR
Saturday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 724,132 trades
Summary
Bitcoin slipped 0.67% on Saturday, April 23, 2022, closing at $39,442 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 143 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. 23 bars of outsized trades (18.1σ peak) from 00:33–20:55 UTC, adding 459 BTC of buying pressure on top of the broader buying flow.
A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.81 correlation between cumulative flow and price means buying 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
Session returns: Asia -0.27%, Europe +0.26%, US -0.66%. US led the move.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.27% | 110 BTC | 15% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.26% | 335 BTC | 45% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -0.66% | -302 BTC | 40% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
This was near the start of a bear regime (day 1), with the chop regime barely in the rearview mirror.
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