Open
$44,171
Close
$43,714
Return
-1.04%
Net Flow
-1,730 BTC
Volume
24,926 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.87

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $43,714 on December 09, 2023 after gave back 1.04%. Aggressor-side flow netted -1,730 BTC, favoring sellers.

BTC price and volume for December 09, 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. 13 bars of outsized trades (8.4σ peak) from 00:17–23:56 UTC, adding 166 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 09, 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

The US session drove 63% of the day's directional flow, with 1,087 BTC of net selling. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.

The US session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia +0.02%, Europe -0.42%, US -0.64%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.02% -318 BTC 18%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.42% -325 BTC 19%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.64% -1087 BTC 63%
Buy vs sell volume for December 09, 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 4 days. Streaks this long suggest a structural flow, not just intraday traders flipping positions.

Patterns: bull whale-activity us-dominated flow-streak

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