How Filecoin reacted to Durable Goods Orders on 27 May 2025

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Filecoin's price swung 1.94 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Durable Orders release, 1.34 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.34% higher.

1.94x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
1.00x
usual for Durable Orders: 1.56x
Price at 8:30 AM
$2.900
15 minutes later
−0.69%
One hour later
+0.34%
range 1.38%, hour before 1.03%
FIL/USDT, 30 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
2.800
Close
2.880
24h change
2.78%
24h high
2.920
24h low
2.730
24h volume
4.393M FIL

Measured by Clometrix

Filecoin's volatility ratio was 1.94x, against 1.34x for a typical Durable Orders release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.00x, against a typical 1.56x. 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 Filecoin moved

Filecoin was at $2.900 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.69% lower, and an hour later 0.34% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.38% of its price, against 1.03% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Bureau of Census on 27 May 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT. Durable Goods Orders came in at -6.6% for April 2025, against 7.6% in March 2025. Durable goods orders are falling, after a rise.

It arrived at the same moment as Durable Goods Orders Excluding Transportation, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Durable Orders releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Filecoin less than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.14x across 20, against 1.38x across 49. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.94x compares with 1.38x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 69 Durable Orders releases since 2021, Filecoin's median volatility ratio is 1.34x.

How it compares

Across 69 Durable Orders releases since 2021, Filecoin's usual price swing is 1.34x. This one was 1.45 times the usual.

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Thin line: Durable Orders's usual, 1.34x. Thick line: this release, 1.94x.

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 2.90 2.90 2.90 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 631 FIL
5 minutes 2.90 2.89 2.89 -0.35% 0.34% 0.34% 5,588 FIL
10 minutes 2.90 2.89 2.89 -0.35% 0.34% 0.69% 12,985 FIL
15 minutes 2.90 2.88 2.88 -0.69% 0.69% 0.69% 33,701 FIL
30 minutes 2.90 2.88 2.89 -0.35% 0.69% 0.69% 48,584 FIL
1 hour 2.92 2.88 2.91 0.34% 1.37% 1.03% 247,314 FIL
2 hours 2.92 2.88 2.88 -0.69% 1.37% 1.03% 520,664 FIL
4 hours 2.92 2.86 2.89 -0.35% 2.05% 1.03% 937,721 FIL
6 hours 2.92 2.86 2.89 -0.35% 2.05% 2.07% 1.278M FIL
8 hours 2.92 2.86 2.89 0.35% 2.05% 5.21% 1.563M FIL
12 hours 2.92 2.86 2.88 -0.69% 2.05% 5.86% 1.921M FIL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Durable Orders Reaction
Bitcoin 1.41x 1.44x Quiet
Ethereum 0.92x 1.38x Quiet
XRP 1.00x 1.13x Quiet
BNB 0.41x 1.28x Quiet
Solana 1.16x 1.32x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.27x 1.49x Quiet
TRON 1.84x 1.33x Strong
Cardano 1.56x 1.33x Ordinary
Chainlink 1.50x 1.48x Ordinary
Sui 0.96x 1.36x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 1.07x 1.31x Quiet
Hedera 0.91x 1.32x Quiet
Avalanche 1.37x 1.44x Quiet
Litecoin 0.54x 1.34x Quiet
Gram 1.00x 1.01x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.15x 1.30x Quiet
Uniswap 1.80x 1.26x Strong
Polkadot 1.49x 1.27x Quiet
Aave 1.03x 1.37x Quiet
Bittensor 1.31x 1.33x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.00x 1.29x Quiet
Aptos 1.33x 1.34x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.00x 1.11x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 0.79x 1.29x Quiet
Filecoin 1.94x 1.34x Strong

What is Durable Goods Orders?

The U.S. Census Bureau publishes the Durable Goods Orders report every month. Durable goods orders reflect new orders placed with domestic manufacturers for delivery of long-lasting manufactured goods (durable goods) 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 release for Filecoin

Questions about this page

Is 1.94x a lot?

For a Durable Orders release it is strong: the usual is 1.34x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.

Will the next Durable Orders do the same?

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

More questions · Glossary

Disclaimer

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