Open
$35,551
Close
$37,858
Return
+6.49%
Net Flow
+2,715 BTC
Volume
53,569 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.11

Summary

November 15, 2023: Bitcoin ripped +6.5% to the upside. The 2,715 BTC of net buying flow at $37,858 told a clear story — buyers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for November 15, 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. 18 bars of outsized trades (9.9σ peak) from 00:19–22:02 UTC, adding 293 BTC of buying pressure on top of the broader buying flow.

Most of the action happened during US hours, which accounted for 68% of the day's net flow (2,132 BTC buying). The rest of the day was a footnote.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.99). 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 November 15, 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

Breaking it down by session: Asia +0.07%, Europe +1.47%, US +4.87%. US stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.07% -216 BTC 7%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 1.47% 799 BTC 25%
US 14:00 - 00:00 4.87% 2132 BTC 68%
Buy vs sell volume for November 15, 2023

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

Regime Context

Even by bull-regime standards, +6.49% was extreme — +2.2σ from the +0.34% average. This wasn't a normal bull day.

A +1.6σ day — buying pressure exceeded the typical bull-regime flow (-386 BTC) by a notable margin.

Patterns: bull whale-activity us-dominated outlier-return

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