Open
$29,114
Close
$29,072
Return
-0.14%
Net Flow
-663 BTC
Volume
11,646 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.89

Summary

Bitcoin traded flat on Saturday, August 05, 2023, closing at $29,072 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 663 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for August 05, 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. 13 bars of outsized trades (8.2σ peak) from 00:15–20:18 UTC, adding 17 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Day 7 of unbroken net selling. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.

Price was pinned — only 0.60% separated the day's high and low. Periods of compression often precede expansion.

Cumulative flow vs return for August 05, 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

No single session dominated price action: Asia -0.21%, Europe -0.09%, US +0.16%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.21% -209 BTC 31%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.09% -357 BTC 54%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.16% -97 BTC 15%
Buy vs sell volume for August 05, 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 chop — and this day didn't deviate. A -0.14% return against a regime average of +0.10%.

Patterns: chop whale-activity compression flow-streak

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