Open
$22,584
Close
$20,401
Return
-9.66%
Net Flow
-3,576 BTC
Volume
99,674 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.93

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $20,401 on June 16, 2022 after crashed 9.7%. Aggressor-side flow netted -3,576 BTC, favoring sellers.

BTC price and volume for June 16, 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. 32 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 7.4σ), spread across 00:24–23:55 UTC. The 637 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Day 11 of unbroken net selling. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.

From $20,232 to $22,996 — a 12.2% range that forced both bulls and bears to respect the volatility.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.97). Aggressor-side selling translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for June 16, 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

The Asia session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia -3.63%, Europe -3.41%, US -2.95%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -3.63% -810 BTC 23%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -3.41% -1098 BTC 31%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -2.95% -1668 BTC 47%
Buy vs sell volume for June 16, 2022

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

Regime Context

Even by bear-regime standards, -9.66% was extreme — -2.6σ from the -0.27% average. This wasn't a normal bear day.

Patterns: bear whale-activity outlier-return high-volatility flow-streak

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