BTC Flow Analysis — August 20, 2022 BULL
Saturday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 5,723,362 trades
Summary
Bitcoin closed at $21,140 on August 20, 2022 after ticked up 1.47%. Aggressor-side flow netted +684 BTC, favoring buyers.
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. 21 bars of outsized trades (9.4σ peak) from 00:40–22:43 UTC, adding 397 BTC of buying pressure on top of the broader buying flow.
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 drove 87% of the day's directional flow, with 806 BTC of net buying. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.
The Asia session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia +2.27%, Europe +0.06%, US -0.85%.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 2.27% | 806 BTC | 87% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.06% | -16 BTC | 2% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -0.85% | -106 BTC | 11% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
The bull regime was running out of road — 1 day(s) before the market shifted to chop. The transition was already underway in hindsight.
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