Open
$27,973
Close
$27,717
Return
-0.91%
Net Flow
+2,152 BTC
Volume
477,378 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.01

Summary

On Monday, March 20, 2023, Bitcoin slipped 0.91% to $27,717. Net flow: +2,152 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for March 20, 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

Someone was moving size. 9 bars between 01:02–08:18 UTC registered trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 6.3σ), pushing 39 BTC net buying.

This was day 9 of consecutive net buying. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.81 correlation between cumulative flow and price means buying pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for March 20, 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

Morning and afternoon traded like two different markets. Buyers led early (+2,361 BTC), sellers dominated late (-209 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia +0.75%, Europe -1.28%, US -0.37% — with Europe doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.75% 1179 BTC 55%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -1.28% 424 BTC 20%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.37% 548 BTC 25%
Buy vs sell volume for March 20, 2023

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

Regime Context

The bear regime was running out of road — 2 day(s) before the market shifted to bull. The transition was already underway in hindsight.

Unusually heavy volume at 477,378 BTC — +3.5σ above the bear-regime baseline. The market was paying attention.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-reversal regime-end volume-spike flow-streak

Related Days

Days with similar flow patterns and market conditions.

Sep 06, 2022BEAR
-5.08%
whale-activity flow-reversal us-dominated regime-end volume-spike flow-streak
Mar 21, 2023BEAR
+1.40%
whale-activity flow-reversal regime-end volume-spike flow-streak
Sep 10, 2022CHOP
+1.34%
whale-activity flow-reversal regime-start regime-end volume-spike flow-streak
Nov 05, 2022CHOP
+0.71%
whale-activity flow-reversal regime-end volume-spike flow-streak
Jan 09, 2023CHOP
+0.29%
whale-activity flow-reversal us-dominated regime-end volume-spike flow-streak

Explore this day's minute-level flow data interactively on the dashboard.

Open Dashboard