BTC Flow Analysis — August 20, 2023 BEAR
Sunday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 451,543 trades
Summary
August 20, 2023: Bitcoin ticked up +0.34%. The 761 BTC of net buying flow at $26,190 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.
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. 34 bars of outsized trades (6.1σ peak) from 00:24–23:21 UTC, adding 307 BTC of buying pressure on top of the broader buying flow.
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
Most of the action happened during Asia hours, which accounted for 91% of the day's net flow (693 BTC buying). The rest of the day was a footnote.
A tale of two halves — buyers pushed 790 BTC through the morning, then sellers flipped the script with 29 BTC in the afternoon.
No single session dominated price action: Asia -0.04%, Europe +0.18%, US +0.21%.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.04% | 693 BTC | 91% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.18% | 38 BTC | 5% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 0.21% | 31 BTC | 4% |
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 bear — and this day didn't deviate. A +0.34% return against a regime average of -0.27%.
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