Open
$88,347
Close
$89,250
Return
+1.02%
Net Flow
+320 BTC
Volume
13,125 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
1.05

Summary

Bitcoin ground out a +1.02% gain on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, closing at $89,250 as buyers controlled aggregate flow with 320 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for January 27, 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

23 bars of outsized trades (peak 10.2σ) appeared between 00:32–23:57 UTC, with whale flow netting 116 BTC of selling.

Flow reversed midday. The first 12 hours belonged to sellers (-79 BTC), but buyers erased that and then some (+399 BTC) in the back half.

Cumulative flow vs return for January 27, 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. 62% of directional flow — 376 BTC of buying — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia -0.03%, Europe -0.38%, US +1.44%. US led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 -0.03% 90 BTC 15%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -0.38% -145 BTC 24%
US 14:00 - 00:00 1.44% 376 BTC 62%
Buy vs sell volume for January 27, 2026

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

Regime Context

The bull regime was running out of road — 0 day(s) before the market shifted to chop. The transition was already underway in hindsight.

Patterns: bull whale-activity flow-reversal us-dominated regime-end

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