Open
$28,453
Close
$28,172
Return
-0.99%
Net Flow
-1,572 BTC
Volume
37,366 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.92

Summary

Bitcoin drifted lower (-0.99%) on Sunday, April 02, 2023, closing at $28,172 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 1,572 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for April 02, 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. 35 bars of outsized trades (7.9σ peak) from 00:24–23:05 UTC, adding 78 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.94). Aggressor-side selling translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for April 02, 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

US traders set the tone. 62% of directional flow — 975 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

No single session dominated price action: Asia -0.13%, Europe -0.48%, US -0.38%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.13% -307 BTC 20%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.48% -290 BTC 18%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.38% -975 BTC 62%
Buy vs sell volume for April 02, 2023

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

Regime Context

Market conditions were bull — and this day didn't deviate. A -0.99% return against a regime average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity us-dominated

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