Open
$22,200
Close
$24,324
Return
+9.57%
Net Flow
+5,927 BTC
Volume
375,669 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.03

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $24,324 on February 15, 2023 after ripped 9.6% to the upside. Aggressor-side flow netted +5,927 BTC, favoring buyers.

BTC price and volume for February 15, 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

19 bars of outsized trades (peak 4.2σ) appeared between 01:30–14:54 UTC, with whale flow netting 501 BTC of selling.

The 10.5% intraday range ($22,047 – $24,380) tells the story of a market in flux. Both sides had their moments.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.95). When you see this level of alignment, it means one side is in control and the other isn't even fighting.

Cumulative flow vs return for February 15, 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

The US session drove 79% of the day's directional flow, with 6,020 BTC of net buying. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.

The US session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia -0.41%, Europe +2.66%, US +7.16%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.41% -835 BTC 11%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 2.66% 742 BTC 10%
US 14:00 - 00:00 7.16% 6020 BTC 79%
Buy vs sell volume for February 15, 2023

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

Regime Context

Among the heaviest buying days in this bull regime. Net flow of +5,927 BTC placed this day at +3.5σ from the regime mean.

A statistical outlier: +9.57% return sits at +3.3σ from the bull-regime average of +0.34%. Days like this are rare within this regime.

The market was 1 day(s) into a new bull regime, having transitioned from chop. Early-regime days often carry residual momentum from the prior period.

Volume ran hot: 375,669 BTC traded, +3.9σ above the bull-regime average. High volume days tend to carry more signal.

Patterns: bull extreme-flow whale-activity us-dominated outlier-return regime-start volume-spike high-volatility

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