BTC Flow Analysis — January 07, 2023 CHOP
Saturday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 3,227,161 trades
Summary
January 07, 2023: Bitcoin finished near unchanged (-0.04%). The 1,277 BTC of net selling flow at $16,944 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.
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. 14 bars of outsized trades (7.6σ peak) from 00:46–23:26 UTC, adding 50 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.
Net selling for 6 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.
An unusually tight range: 0.44% from high to low. Compression days like this tend to resolve with a larger move in the days that follow.
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
Session returns were muted across the board: Asia -0.01%, Europe -0.17%, US +0.14%.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.01% | -441 BTC | 35% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -0.17% | -343 BTC | 27% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 0.14% | -493 BTC | 39% |
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 -0.04% return tracked the regime average of +0.10%.
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