Open
$91,296
Close
$95,414
Return
+4.51%
Net Flow
+1,789 BTC
Volume
23,022 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.17

Summary

Bitcoin pushed +4.5% higher on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, closing at $95,414 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 1,789 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for January 13, 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

Sustained large-player buying throughout the day. 30 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 8.8σ), spread across 00:11–23:44 UTC. The 108 BTC of whale flow reinforced the day's buying bias.

Price followed flow faithfully (correlation: 0.96). 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 January 13, 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

US traders set the tone. 76% of directional flow — 1,448 BTC of buying — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia +0.71%, Europe +0.15%, US +3.63%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.71% -60 BTC 3%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 0.15% 402 BTC 21%
US 14:00 - 00:00 3.63% 1448 BTC 76%
Buy vs sell volume for January 13, 2026

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

Regime Context

Among the final days of this chop period. Within 0 day(s), the market would flip to bull.

Patterns: chop whale-activity us-dominated regime-end

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