Open
$28,349
Close
$28,029
Return
-1.13%
Net Flow
-665 BTC
Volume
98,865 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.99

Summary

Bitcoin gave back 1.13% on Thursday, March 30, 2023, closing at $28,029 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 665 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for March 30, 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

Large-player activity detected: 32 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 8.0σ) between 00:22–23:24 UTC. Whale flow netted 152 BTC of buying.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to buyers (+889 BTC), but sellers erased that and then some (-1,554 BTC) in the back half.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.94). 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 March 30, 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

Session returns: Asia +1.33%, Europe -0.72%, US -1.72%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 1.33% 1389 BTC 40%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.72% -1020 BTC 30%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.72% -1034 BTC 30%
Buy vs sell volume for March 30, 2023

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 bull regime. The -1.13% return tracked the regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal

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