Open
$44,180
Close
$44,947
Return
+1.74%
Net Flow
+2,488 BTC
Volume
65,146 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.08

Summary

On Tuesday, January 02, 2024, Bitcoin ground out a +1.74% gain to $44,947. Net flow: +2,488 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for January 02, 2024

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

22 bars of outsized trades (peak 7.6σ) appeared between 00:33–22:08 UTC, with whale flow netting 236 BTC of selling.

Net buying for 4 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 02, 2024

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

Strip out Asia and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 93% of the net flow (2,307 BTC buying).

Across sessions: Asia +2.89%, Europe +0.40%, US -1.51% — with Asia doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 2.89% 2307 BTC 93%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.40% 4 BTC 0%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.51% 177 BTC 7%
Buy vs sell volume for January 02, 2024

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

Regime Context

This was near the start of a bull regime (day 2), with the chop regime barely in the rearview mirror.

Patterns: bull whale-activity asia-dominated regime-start flow-streak

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