Open
$29,669
Close
$29,910
Return
+0.81%
Net Flow
+155 BTC
Volume
27,518 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.01

Summary

Bitcoin ticked up +0.81% on Saturday, October 21, 2023, closing at $29,910 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 155 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for October 21, 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: 16 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 9.6σ) between 02:23–18:45 UTC. Whale flow netted 158 BTC of selling.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to buyers (+169 BTC), but sellers erased that and then some (-15 BTC) in the back half.

Cumulative flow vs return for October 21, 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 +0.09%, Europe +0.27%, US +0.45%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.09% 254 BTC 32%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.27% -324 BTC 40%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.45% 226 BTC 28%
Buy vs sell volume for October 21, 2023

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

Regime Context

The market was 1 day(s) into a new bull regime, having transitioned from chop. Early-regime days often carry residual momentum from the prior period.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal regime-start

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