Open
$90,628
Close
$91,530
Return
+0.99%
Net Flow
+215 BTC
Volume
10,427 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.04

Summary

Bitcoin closed at $91,530 on January 04, 2026 after ground out a 0.99% gain. Aggressor-side flow netted +215 BTC, favoring buyers.

BTC price and volume for January 04, 2026

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

Large-player activity detected: 28 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 11.4σ) between 02:11–23:56 UTC. Whale flow netted 49 BTC of selling.

Net buying for 3 straight days. Whether it's institutional positioning or sentiment-driven, the directional bias was persistent.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 04, 2026

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 Asia session drove 63% of the day's directional flow, with 268 BTC of net buying. The other two sessions were comparatively quiet.

The Asia session posted the largest move. Full breakdown: Asia +1.00%, Europe -0.29%, US +0.29%.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 1.00% 268 BTC 63%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.29% -106 BTC 25%
US 14:00 - 00:00 0.29% 54 BTC 13%
Buy vs sell volume for January 04, 2026

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

Regime Context

Nothing unusual for a chop-regime day. The +0.99% return was consistent with the period's average of +0.10%.

Patterns: chop whale-activity asia-dominated flow-streak

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