Open
$29,430
Close
$29,304
Return
-0.43%
Net Flow
-588 BTC
Volume
11,102 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.90

Summary

August 13, 2023: Bitcoin gave back 0.43%. The 588 BTC of net selling flow at $29,304 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for August 13, 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: 35 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 11.8σ) between 00:12–22:47 UTC. Whale flow netted 77 BTC of buying.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.88). 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 August 13, 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 -0.11%, Europe -0.07%, US -0.25%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.11% -260 BTC 44%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.07% -17 BTC 3%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.25% -311 BTC 53%
Buy vs sell volume for August 13, 2023

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

Regime Context

Among the final days of this chop period. Within 3 day(s), the market would flip to bear.

The selling streak extended to 5 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: chop whale-activity regime-end flow-streak

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