BTC Flow Analysis — January 18, 2026 BULL
Sunday · Minute-level BTC order flow from Binance · 1,488,785 trades
Summary
Bitcoin drifted lower (-1.55%) on Sunday, January 18, 2026, closing at $93,673 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 680 BTC of net pressure.
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: 44 bars with trade sizes 3σ+ above normal (peak: 9.0σ) between 00:14–22:51 UTC. Whale flow netted 44 BTC of buying.
This was day 4 of consecutive net selling. Multi-day streaks reflect sustained conviction, not noise.
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. 72% of directional flow — 489 BTC of selling — came from that single session.
Session returns: Asia -0.13%, Europe +0.12%, US -1.55%. US led the move.
| Session | Hours (UTC) | Return | Net Flow | Flow Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 00:00 - 08:00 | -0.13% | -159 BTC | 23% |
| Europe | 08:00 - 14:00 | 0.12% | -32 BTC | 5% |
| US | 14:00 - 00:00 | -1.55% | -489 BTC | 72% |
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 bull-regime day. The -1.55% return was consistent with the period's average of +0.34%.
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