Open
$43,273
Close
$44,171
Return
+2.07%
Net Flow
-1,263 BTC
Volume
42,900 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.94

Summary

December 08, 2023: Bitcoin rallied +2.1%. The 1,263 BTC of net selling flow at $44,171 told a clear story — sellers were in charge.

BTC price and volume for December 08, 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

A textbook absorption day. Sellers hit the bid aggressively (correlation between cumulative flow and price: -0.66), but price still climbed +2.07%. The buying was passive — limit orders soaking up the supply.

Sustained large-player selling throughout the day. 19 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 7.5σ), spread across 00:10–15:36 UTC. The 627 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 08, 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 -0.25%, Europe +0.94%, US +1.38%. US stood out.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.25% -601 BTC 43%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.94% 72 BTC 5%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.38% -734 BTC 52%
Buy vs sell volume for December 08, 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 selling streak extended to 3 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-divergence flow-streak

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