BTC Flow Analysis — April 17, 2025 CHOP
Thursday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 2,003,405 trades
Summary
Bitcoin closed at $84,948 on April 17, 2025 after ticked up 1.09%. Aggressor-side flow netted -880 BTC, favoring sellers.
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
Aggressor-side sellers pushed flow negative throughout the day (flow-price correlation: -0.65), yet price finished up +1.09%. Passive buyers on the bid absorbed the selling without showing up in aggressor-side data.
The big players were active all day. 37 bars of outsized trades (10.7σ peak) from 00:12–23:58 UTC, adding 173 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.
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 69% of the day's directional flow, with 641 BTC of net selling. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.
The Asia session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia +0.76%, Europe -0.23%, US +0.56%.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | 0.76% | 21 BTC | 2% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | -0.23% | -260 BTC | 28% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | 0.56% | -641 BTC | 69% |
Per-minute volume split by aggressor side. Green = actively bought at the asking price. Red = actively sold at the bid price.
Regime Context
This day sat within a chop regime. The +1.09% return tracked the regime average of +0.10%.
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