Open
$25,805
Close
$25,870
Return
+0.25%
Net Flow
-981 BTC
Volume
16,251 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.89

Summary

September 02, 2023: Bitcoin finished near unchanged (+0.25%). The 981 BTC of net selling flow at $25,870 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for September 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. 22 bars of outsized trades (7.0σ peak) from 00:15–23:22 UTC, adding 65 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

A disconnect between flow and price (correlation: -0.51). Neither buyers nor sellers could convert aggressor-side pressure into directional movement.

Day 4 of unbroken net selling. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.

Price was pinned — only 0.91% separated the day's high and low. Periods of compression often precede expansion.

Cumulative flow vs return for September 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

No single session dominated price action: Asia -0.04%, Europe +0.11%, US +0.17%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.04% -23 BTC 2%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.11% -426 BTC 43%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.17% -532 BTC 54%
Buy vs sell volume for September 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 bear — and this day didn't deviate. A +0.25% return against a regime average of -0.27%.

Patterns: bear whale-activity flow-divergence compression flow-streak

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