Open
$42,509
Close
$43,429
Return
+2.16%
Net Flow
+1,774 BTC
Volume
36,191 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.10

Summary

Bitcoin rallied +2.2% on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, closing at $43,429 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 1,774 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for December 27, 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

Sustained large-player buying throughout the day. 22 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 14.4σ), spread across 00:13–23:39 UTC. The 1,047 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.

Net buying for 3 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.97). Aggressor-side buying translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 27, 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

Session returns: Asia -0.12%, Europe +1.08%, US +1.20%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.12% 83 BTC 5%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 1.08% 997 BTC 56%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.20% 694 BTC 39%
Buy vs sell volume for December 27, 2023

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

Regime Context

In retrospect, the bull regime was ending. CHOP conditions were 3 day(s) away.

Patterns: bull whale-activity regime-end flow-streak

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