Open
$94,270
Close
$86,221
Return
-8.54%
Net Flow
-3,340 BTC
Volume
59,171 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.89

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $86,221 on March 03, 2025 after dropped 8.5% in a sharp selloff. Aggressor-side flow netted -3,340 BTC, favoring sellers.

BTC price and volume for March 03, 2025

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. 22 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 7.9σ), spread across 00:29–22:43 UTC. The 521 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's selling bias.

A volatile day: 9.9% range from $85,117 to $94,416. Wide ranges like this create opportunities but also traps for directional traders.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.97). When you see this level of alignment, it means one side is in control and the other isn't even fighting.

Cumulative flow vs return for March 03, 2025

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

The US session drove 76% of the day's directional flow, with 3,136 BTC of net selling. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.

The US session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia -2.02%, Europe +1.32%, US -7.87%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -2.02% -587 BTC 14%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 1.32% 382 BTC 9%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -7.87% -3136 BTC 76%
Buy vs sell volume for March 03, 2025

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

Regime Context

Even by bear-regime standards, -8.54% was extreme — -2.3σ from the -0.27% average. This wasn't a normal bear day.

Patterns: bear whale-activity us-dominated outlier-return high-volatility

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