Open
$26,580
Close
$26,576
Return
-0.02%
Net Flow
-666 BTC
Volume
9,441 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.87

Summary

Bitcoin finished near unchanged (-0.02%) on Saturday, September 23, 2023, closing at $26,576 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 666 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for September 23, 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

33 bars of outsized trades (peak 6.9σ) appeared between 00:13–22:40 UTC, with whale flow netting 84 BTC of buying.

Net selling for 5 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

An unusually tight range: 0.47% from high to low. Compression days like this tend to resolve with a larger move in the days that follow.

Cumulative flow vs return for September 23, 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

Session returns were muted across the board: Asia +0.02%, Europe -0.04%, US +0.00%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.02% -215 BTC 32%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.04% -286 BTC 43%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.00% -165 BTC 25%
Buy vs sell volume for September 23, 2023

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

Regime Context

This day sat within a chop regime. The -0.02% return tracked the regime average of +0.10%.

Patterns: chop whale-activity compression flow-streak

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