BTC Flow Analysis — December 27, 2022 CHOP
Tuesday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 5,047,628 trades
Summary
On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, Bitcoin drifted lower (-1.26%) to $16,706. Net flow: -1,556 BTC — sellers had the edge.
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. 12 bars of outsized trades (6.5σ peak) from 07:40–21:55 UTC, adding 566 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.
Net selling for 4 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.
Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.86). 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.
Session Breakdown
Across sessions: Asia -0.30%, Europe -0.30%, US -0.67% — with US doing the heavy lifting.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.30% | -303 BTC | 19% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -0.30% | -870 BTC | 56% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -0.67% | -383 BTC | 25% |
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 chop — and this day didn't deviate. A -1.26% return against a regime average of +0.10%.
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