Open
$20,772
Close
$20,295
Return
-2.29%
Net Flow
-2,365 BTC
Volume
328,644 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.99

Summary

On Thursday, October 27, 2022, Bitcoin fell 2.3% to $20,295. Net flow: -2,365 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for October 27, 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. 23 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 8.8σ), spread across 00:55–22:41 UTC. The 928 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.88 correlation between cumulative flow and price means selling pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for October 27, 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

Across sessions: Asia -0.30%, Europe -0.90%, US -1.12% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.30% -525 BTC 22%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.90% -483 BTC 20%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.12% -1356 BTC 57%
Buy vs sell volume for October 27, 2022

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

Regime Context

With -2,365 BTC of net flow (-1.6σ), selling pressure ran above the chop-regime baseline of -670 BTC.

Volume ran hot: 328,644 BTC traded, +3.1σ above the chop-regime average. High volume days tend to carry more signal.

Patterns: chop whale-activity volume-spike

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