BTC Flow Analysis — December 18, 2022 CHOP
Sunday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 3,369,193 trades
Summary
Bitcoin closed at $16,738 on December 18, 2022 after finished near unchanged (0.23%). Aggressor-side flow netted -1,541 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).
Flow Analysis
Someone was moving size. 10 bars between 00:13–22:36 UTC registered trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 7.3σ), pushing 313 BTC net selling.
Day 5 of unbroken net selling. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.
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 Europe session drove 63% of the day's directional flow, with 970 BTC of net selling. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.
Session returns were muted across the board: Asia -0.16%, Europe -0.24%, US +0.17%.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.16% | -422 BTC | 27% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -0.24% | -970 BTC | 63% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 0.17% | -149 BTC | 10% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
This day sat within a chop regime. The -0.23% return tracked the regime average of +0.10%.
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