Open
$70,891
Close
$68,114
Return
-3.92%
Net Flow
-1,702 BTC
Volume
22,630 BTC
Buy/Sell Ratio
0.86

Summary

Bitcoin fell 3.9% on Friday, March 06, 2026, closing at $68,114 as sellers controlled aggregate flow with 1,702 BTC of net pressure.

BTC price and volume for March 06, 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

The big players were active all day. 31 bars of outsized trades (16.1σ peak) from 00:11–23:53 UTC, adding 383 BTC of selling pressure on top of the broader selling flow.

A clean, flow-driven day. The 0.98 correlation between cumulative flow and price means selling pressure was the dominant force — no hidden passive flow muddying the signal.

Cumulative flow vs return for March 06, 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

Europe traders set the tone. 63% of directional flow — 1,072 BTC of selling — came from that single session.

Session returns: Asia +0.23%, Europe -2.60%, US -1.59%. Europe led the move.

Session Hours (UTC) Return Net Flow Flow Share
Asia 00:00 - 08:00 0.23% -125 BTC 7%
Europe 08:00 - 14:00 -2.60% -1072 BTC 63%
US 14:00 - 00:00 -1.59% -504 BTC 30%
Buy vs sell volume for March 06, 2026

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

Regime Context

Day 3 of a fresh chop regime. The market had just flipped from bear, and the new character was still establishing itself.

Patterns: chop whale-activity europe-dominated regime-start

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