Saturday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 3,739,909 trades
Bitcoin closed at $19,832 on September 03, 2022 after drifted lower (0.60%). Aggressor-side flow netted -1,525 BTC, favoring sellers.
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).
The big players were active all day. 19 bars of outsized trades (10.0σ peak) from 00:35–23:50 UTC, adding 467 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.
The day split in half. Sellers controlled the first 12 hours (-1,844 BTC), then buyers took over (+318 BTC). The reversal changed the character of the day.
Net selling for 3 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.
Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.91). Aggressor-side selling translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.
Cumulative buying pressure (purple, left axis) vs cumulative price return (yellow, right axis). When these diverge, flow and price are telling different stories.
The Asia session drove 96% of the day's directional flow, with 1,460 BTC of net selling. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.
The Asia session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia -0.68%, Europe +0.24%, US -0.16%.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.68% | -1460 BTC | 96% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.24% | 0 BTC | 0% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -0.16% | -66 BTC | 4% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Market conditions were bear — and this day didn't deviate. A -0.60% return against a regime average of -0.27%.
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