Open
$42,276
Close
$43,669
Return
+3.29%
Net Flow
-886 BTC
Volume
48,710 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.96

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $43,669 on December 20, 2023 after climbed 3.3%. Aggressor-side flow netted -886 BTC, favoring sellers.

BTC price and volume for December 20, 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

25 bars of outsized trades (peak 10.9σ) appeared between 00:19–23:09 UTC, with whale flow netting 537 BTC of buying.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 20, 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 74% of the day's directional flow, with 1,002 BTC of net selling. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.

The Europe session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia +1.53%, Europe +1.97%, US -0.23%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 1.53% -119 BTC 9%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 1.97% 236 BTC 17%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -0.23% -1002 BTC 74%
Buy vs sell volume for December 20, 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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