Open
$23,223
Close
$23,152
Return
-0.31%
Net Flow
+1,100 BTC
Volume
184,818 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.01

Summary

July 21, 2022: Bitcoin drifted lower (-0.31%). The 1,100 BTC of net buying flow at $23,152 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for July 21, 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

26 bars of outsized trades (peak 8.8σ) appeared between 01:12–20:25 UTC, with whale flow netting 722 BTC of selling.

Net buying for 6 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

Cumulative flow vs return for July 21, 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

Most of the action happened during Europe hours, which accounted for 80% of the day's net flow (1,215 BTC buying). The rest of the day was a footnote.

Breaking it down by session: Asia -1.26%, Europe -0.98%, US +1.98%. US stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -1.26% -213 BTC 14%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.98% 1215 BTC 80%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.98% 98 BTC 6%
Buy vs sell volume for July 21, 2022

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

Regime Context

Market conditions were bull — and this day didn't deviate. A -0.31% return against a regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity europe-dominated flow-streak

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