Open
$23,010
Close
$23,074
Return
+0.28%
Net Flow
-1,435 BTC
Volume
280,834 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.99

Summary

January 27, 2023: Bitcoin traded flat. The 1,435 BTC of net selling flow at $23,074 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for January 27, 2023

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. 15 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 4.9σ), spread across 00:18–19:55 UTC. The 126 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

This was day 7 of consecutive net selling. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 27, 2023

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

Most of the action happened during Europe hours, which accounted for 72% of the day's net flow (1,150 BTC selling). The rest of the day was a footnote.

Breaking it down by session: Asia +0.27%, Europe -0.75%, US +0.76%. US stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.27% -362 BTC 23%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.75% -1150 BTC 72%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.76% 78 BTC 5%
Buy vs sell volume for January 27, 2023

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

Regime Context

Trading activity surged to +2.7σ above the regime norm (280,834 BTC). When volume spikes like this, the flow data carries more weight.

Patterns: bull whale-activity europe-dominated volume-spike flow-streak

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