Open
$87,877
Close
$87,953
Return
+0.09%
Net Flow
+15 BTC
Volume
4,446 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.01

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $87,953 on December 28, 2025 after finished near unchanged (0.09%). Aggressor-side flow netted +15 BTC, favoring buyers.

BTC price and volume for December 28, 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

23 bars of outsized trades (peak 8.4σ) appeared between 00:36–22:26 UTC, with whale flow netting 45 BTC of selling.

The day split in half. Sellers controlled the first 12 hours (-11 BTC), then buyers took over (+27 BTC). The reversal changed the character of the day.

An unusually tight range: 0.74% from high to low. Compression days like this tend to resolve with a larger move in the days that follow.

Cumulative flow vs return for December 28, 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 were muted across the board: Asia -0.17%, Europe +0.19%, US +0.06%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.17% -43 BTC 42%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.19% 1 BTC 1%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.06% 57 BTC 56%
Buy vs sell volume for December 28, 2025

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 +0.09% return tracked the regime average of +0.10%.

Patterns: chop whale-activity flow-reversal compression

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