How Bitcoin Cash reacted to Durable Goods Orders on 25 January 2024

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Bitcoin Cash's price swung 1.50 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Durable Orders release, 1.31 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.64% higher.

1.50x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
2.01x
usual for Durable Orders: 1.86x
Price at 8:30 AM
$235.60
15 minutes later
+0.13%
One hour later
+0.64%
range 1.49%, hour before 0.68%
BCH/USDT, 10 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
235.20
Close
235.80
24h change
0.25%
24h high
238.70
24h low
234.40
24h volume
45,969 BCH

The release

Released by the Bureau of Census on 25 January 2024 at 8:30 AM EST. Durable Goods Orders came in at 1.9% for December 2023, against 4.4% in November 2023. Durable goods orders are still rising, but more slowly than before.

It arrived at the same moment as Durable Goods Orders Excluding Transportation, Gross Domestic Product Report, Initial Jobless Claims and Continued Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

Measured by Clometrix

Bitcoin Cash's volatility ratio was 1.50x, against 1.31x for a typical Durable Orders release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.01x, against a typical 1.86x. Under 1.5x is not a reaction at all: the market barely noticed this release. 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 $235.60 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.13% higher, and an hour later 0.64% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.49% of its price, against 0.68% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Durable Orders 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 came out 6 days before the Federal Reserve's 31 January rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.50x compares with 1.40x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 69 Durable Orders releases since 2021, Bitcoin Cash's usual price swing is 1.31x. This one was 1.14 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Durable Orders's usual, 1.31x. Thick line: this release, 1.50x. Under 1.5x counts as no reaction at all.

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 236.10 235.60 236.10 0.21% 0.21% 0.00% 43 BCH
5 minutes 236.30 235.60 236.10 0.21% 0.30% 0.25% 112 BCH
10 minutes 236.40 235.60 236.40 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 402 BCH
15 minutes 236.80 235.60 235.90 0.13% 0.51% 0.34% 614 BCH
30 minutes 236.80 235.20 236.40 0.34% 0.68% 0.42% 921 BCH
1 hour 238.70 235.20 237.10 0.63% 1.47% 0.68% 3,773 BCH
2 hours 238.70 235.20 236.30 0.30% 1.47% 1.22% 6,424 BCH
4 hours 238.70 234.40 236.10 0.21% 1.80% 1.22% 10,681 BCH
6 hours 238.70 234.40 237.10 0.63% 1.80% 1.22% 14,199 BCH
8 hours 238.70 234.40 236.10 -0.17% 1.80% 1.51% 17,011 BCH
12 hours 238.70 234.40 235.80 0.08% 1.80% 1.51% 18,858 BCH

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Durable Orders Reaction
Bitcoin 1.86x 1.44x Ordinary
Ethereum 2.02x 1.38x Strong
XRP 1.86x 1.13x Strong
BNB 1.72x 1.28x Strong
Solana 1.28x 1.32x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.75x 1.49x Ordinary
TRON 2.26x 1.33x Strong
Cardano 1.89x 1.33x Strong
Chainlink 2.35x 1.48x Strong
Sui 1.98x 1.36x Strong
Bitcoin Cash 1.50x 1.31x Quiet
Hedera 1.78x 1.32x Strong
Avalanche 1.59x 1.44x Ordinary
Litecoin 1.51x 1.34x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 1.66x 1.30x Ordinary
Uniswap 3.00x 1.26x Exceptional
Polkadot 2.33x 1.27x Strong
Aave 1.45x 1.37x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.51x 1.29x Ordinary
Aptos 2.77x 1.34x Exceptional
Internet Computer 1.87x 1.11x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.40x 1.29x Strong
Filecoin 1.70x 1.34x Ordinary

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 Bitcoin Cash

Questions about this page

Is 1.50x a lot?

No. Under 1.5x the market barely noticed the release.

Will the next Durable Orders do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Bitcoin Cash 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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