Open
$50,744
Close
$51,568
Return
+1.62%
Net Flow
+364 BTC
Volume
16,560 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.04

Summary

Bitcoin edged higher (+1.62%) on Saturday, February 24, 2024, closing at $51,568 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 364 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for February 24, 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. 20 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 5.9σ), spread across 02:10–22:40 UTC. The 176 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.

Flow and price moved in lockstep (correlation: 0.94). Aggressor-side buying translated directly into price movement with minimal resistance.

Cumulative flow vs return for February 24, 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

US traders set the tone. 70% of directional flow — 254 BTC of buying — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia +0.64%, Europe +0.14%, US +0.84%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.64% 1 BTC 0%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.14% 109 BTC 30%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.84% 254 BTC 70%
Buy vs sell volume for February 24, 2024

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

Regime Context

Nothing unusual for a bull-regime day. The +1.62% return was consistent with the period's average of +0.34%.

Patterns: bull whale-activity us-dominated

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