Open
$110,763
Close
$108,194
Return
-2.32%
Net Flow
-3,603 BTC
Volume
29,857 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.78

Summary

Bitcoin fell 2.3% on Thursday, October 16, 2025, closing at $108,194 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 3,603 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for October 16, 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

The big players were active all day. 35 bars of outsized trades (9.6σ peak) from 00:48–21:57 UTC, adding 1,105 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

This was day 4 of consecutive net selling. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.92 correlation between cumulative flow and price means selling pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for October 16, 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

Session returns: Asia -0.16%, Europe +0.25%, US -2.40%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.16% -435 BTC 12%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.25% -1110 BTC 31%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -2.40% -2058 BTC 57%
Buy vs sell volume for October 16, 2025

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

Regime Context

The 3,603 BTC of net selling was extreme by any measure (-2.1σ vs bull-regime average). The market's typical flow balance broke down.

The bull regime was running out of road — 1 day(s) before the market shifted to chop. The transition was already underway in hindsight.

Patterns: bull extreme-flow whale-activity regime-end flow-streak

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