Open
$60,587
Close
$58,683
Return
-3.14%
Net Flow
-1,895 BTC
Volume
28,423 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.87

Summary

On Wednesday, August 14, 2024, Bitcoin sold off -3.1% to $58,683. Net flow: -1,895 BTC — sellers had the edge.

BTC price and volume for August 14, 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 selling throughout the day. 25 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 9.7σ), spread across 01:10–23:53 UTC. The 103 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

Day 6 of unbroken net selling. The market had a directional lean and wasn't letting go.

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

Cumulative flow vs return for August 14, 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

Across sessions: Asia +0.54%, Europe -2.14%, US -1.56% — with Europe doing the heavy lifting.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.54% -25 BTC 1%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -2.14% -750 BTC 40%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.56% -1120 BTC 59%
Buy vs sell volume for August 14, 2024

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 chop regime was ending. BEAR conditions were 0 day(s) away.

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

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