Open
$39,568
Close
$39,898
Return
+0.83%
Net Flow
+3,871 BTC
Volume
57,957 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.14

Summary

On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, Bitcoin edged higher (+0.83%) to $39,898. Net flow: +3,871 BTC — buyers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for January 23, 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

Sustained large-player buying throughout the day. 17 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 12.0σ), spread across 01:20–23:51 UTC. The 2,536 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 23, 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 US and the day would look flat. That session alone contributed 89% of the net flow (3,542 BTC buying).

Morning and afternoon traded like two different markets. Sellers led early (-97 BTC), buyers dominated late (+3,968 BTC).

Across sessions: Asia +0.54%, Europe -2.30%, US +2.66% — with US doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.54% 390 BTC 10%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -2.30% -61 BTC 2%
US 14:00 - 00:00 2.66% 3542 BTC 89%
Buy vs sell volume for January 23, 2024

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

Regime Context

Net buying hit 3,871 BTC, landing +2.5σ outside the chop-regime norm. Days with this level of one-sided flow have historically marked inflection points within the regime.

Patterns: chop extreme-flow whale-activity flow-reversal us-dominated

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