Open
$28,029
Close
$28,465
Return
+1.56%
Net Flow
+1,075 BTC
Volume
78,198 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.03

Summary

On Friday, March 31, 2023, Bitcoin ground out a +1.56% gain to $28,465. Net flow: +1,075 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for March 31, 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

The big players were active all day. 22 bars of outsized trades (7.9σ peak) from 01:39–19:50 UTC, adding 584 BTC of buying pressure on top of the broader buying flow.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.87 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 31, 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. Sellers led early (-764 BTC), buyers dominated late (+1,839 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia -1.03%, Europe +2.28%, US +0.33% — with Europe doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -1.03% -526 BTC 25%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 2.28% 604 BTC 28%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.33% 997 BTC 47%
Buy vs sell volume for March 31, 2023

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

Regime Context

Nothing unusual for a bull-regime day. The +1.56% return was consistent with the period's average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal

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