How Bitcoin Cash reacted to the Durable Goods Orders Excluding Transportation on 26 August 2026

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Bitcoin Cash's price swung 2.58 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Durable Orders Ex Transportation release, 1.31 times is usual. An hour later the price was 1.79% lower.

2.58x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
2.45x
usual for Durable Orders Ex Transportation: 1.86x
Price at 8:30 AM
$268.00
15 minutes later
−0.52%
One hour later
−1.79%
range 1.79%, hour before 0.97%
BCH/USDT, 1 minute candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

The dashed orange line is the release. Chart data from Binance.

Open
266.70
Close
268.30
24h change
0.60%
24h high
270.80
24h low
257.90
24h volume
21,915 BCH

Measured by Clometrix

Bitcoin Cash's volatility ratio was 2.58x, against 1.31x for a typical Durable Orders Ex Transportation release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.45x, against a typical 1.86x. That is a strong reaction by this release's own standard. Both compare the quarter hour of the release with an ordinary quarter hour that same day, where 1.00x is no change: volatility is how far the price ranged, volume how much traded.

How Bitcoin Cash moved

Bitcoin Cash was at $268.00 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.52% lower, and an hour later 1.79% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.79% of its price, against 0.97% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Bureau of Census on 26 August 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Durable Goods Orders Excluding Transportation came in at 0.4% for July 2026, against 0.6% in June 2026. Durable goods orders excluding transportation are still rising, but more slowly than before.

It arrived at the same moment as Durable Goods Orders, Gross Domestic Product Report, Personal Income and Outlays, Personal Consumption Expenditures and Core Personal Consumption Expenditures, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Durable Orders Ex Transportation releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Bitcoin Cash about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.40x across 20, against 1.26x across 49. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 2.58x compares with 1.26x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 69 Durable Orders Ex Transportation releases since 2021, Bitcoin Cash's median volatility ratio is 1.31x.

How it compares

Across 69 Durable Orders Ex Transportation releases since 2021, Bitcoin Cash's usual price swing is 1.31x. This one was 1.97 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Durable Orders Ex Transportation's usual, 1.31x. Thick line: this release, 2.58x.

Minute by minute

Each row is the time after the release, with the same length of time before it for comparison.

After High Low Close Change Range Range before Volume
1 minute 268.00 264.70 266.30 -0.64% 1.23% 0.04% 245 BCH
5 minutes 268.00 264.70 267.30 -0.26% 1.23% 0.19% 336 BCH
10 minutes 268.00 264.70 266.90 -0.41% 1.23% 0.56% 363 BCH
15 minutes 268.00 264.70 266.60 -0.53% 1.23% 0.78% 377 BCH
30 minutes 268.00 264.70 266.60 -0.53% 1.23% 0.78% 464 BCH
1 hour 268.00 263.20 263.20 -1.82% 1.79% 0.97% 1,145 BCH
2 hours 268.00 263.20 263.50 -1.71% 1.79% 0.97% 2,365 BCH
4 hours 268.00 259.40 260.40 -2.92% 3.21% 1.79% 5,315 BCH
6 hours 268.00 257.90 261.30 -2.56% 3.77% 1.79% 9,958 BCH
8 hours 268.10 259.40 260.40 -1.96% 3.25% 2.44% 8,504 BCH
12 hours 269.20 257.90 268.30 0.11% 4.20% 2.77% 12,797 BCH

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Durable Orders Ex Transportation Reaction
Bitcoin 3.94x 1.44x Exceptional
Ethereum 3.27x 1.38x Exceptional
XRP 2.01x 1.13x Strong
BNB 3.15x 1.28x Exceptional
Solana 3.18x 1.32x Exceptional
Dogecoin 3.07x 1.49x Exceptional
TRON 1.50x 1.33x Ordinary
Cardano 3.11x 1.33x Exceptional
Chainlink 3.60x 1.48x Exceptional
Sui 3.19x 1.36x Exceptional
Bitcoin Cash 2.58x 1.31x Strong
Hedera 2.68x 1.32x Exceptional
Avalanche 3.69x 1.44x Exceptional
Litecoin 2.95x 1.34x Exceptional
Gram 1.01x 1.01x Quiet
Shiba Inu 2.35x 1.30x Strong
Uniswap 2.34x 1.26x Strong
Polkadot 2.43x 1.27x Strong
Aave 2.38x 1.37x Strong
Bittensor 2.38x 1.33x Strong
NEAR Protocol 2.00x 1.29x Strong
Aptos 2.66x 1.34x Strong
Internet Computer 3.97x 1.11x Exceptional
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.07x 1.29x Quiet
Filecoin 3.07x 1.34x Exceptional

What is the Durable Goods Orders Excluding Transportation?

The U.S. Census Bureau publishes the Durable Goods Orders report every month. Durable goods orders ex transportation reflect new orders placed with domestic manufacturers for delivery of long-lasting manufactured goods (durable goods) excluding transportation equipment in the near term or future. The change in the total value of new orders is measured and shared with the public in two releases per month: the advance report on durable goods and the manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders.

Every Durable Orders Ex Transportation release for Bitcoin Cash

Questions about this page

Is 2.58x a lot?

For a Durable Orders Ex Transportation release it is strong: the usual is 1.31x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.

Will the next Durable Orders Ex Transportation do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Bitcoin Cash moved in after past Durable Orders Ex Transportation releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

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Disclaimer

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