How Cardano reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 20 September 2018

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Cardano's price swung 1.21 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.35 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.31% higher.

1.21x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
0.98x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.63x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.0736
15 minutes later
+0.03%
One hour later
+0.31%
range 1.17%, hour before 2.55%
ADA/USDT, 1 hour candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.0722
Close
0.0827
24h change
12.65%
24h high
0.0866
24h low
0.0711
24h volume
353.767M ADA

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 20 September 2018 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims rose to 206K for the week ending 15th Sep, from 204K in the week ending 8th Sep.

It arrived at the same moment as Continued Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

Measured by Clometrix

Cardano's volatility ratio was 1.21x, against 1.35x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 0.98x, against a typical 1.63x. 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 Cardano moved

Cardano was at $0.0736 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was unchanged, and an hour later 0.31% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.17% of its price, against 2.55% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Cardano about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.30x across 94, against 1.35x across 207. This one came out 6 days before the Federal Reserve's 26 September rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.21x compares with 1.30x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 301 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Cardano's usual price swing is 1.35x. This one was 0.90 times the usual.

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Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.35x. Thick line: this release, 1.21x. 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 0.07362 0.07352 0.07353 -0.12% 0.14% 0.26% 75,840 ADA
5 minutes 0.0737 0.07335 0.07354 -0.11% 0.47% 0.49% 464,293 ADA
10 minutes 0.07402 0.07335 0.07376 0.19% 0.91% 0.85% 1.305M ADA
15 minutes 0.07402 0.07335 0.07364 0.03% 0.91% 1.25% 1.976M ADA
30 minutes 0.07407 0.07335 0.07378 0.22% 0.97% 2.08% 3.569M ADA
1 hour 0.07416 0.0733 0.07385 0.31% 1.16% 2.51% 9.829M ADA
2 hours 0.07642 0.0733 0.07513 2.01% 4.08% 4.50% 31.342M ADA
4 hours 0.07642 0.0733 0.07459 1.30% 4.08% 4.96% 55.756M ADA
6 hours 0.07642 0.0733 0.07409 0.63% 4.08% 4.96% 74.149M ADA
8 hours 0.07642 0.07122 0.07459 3.55% 6.80% 3.47% 104.7M ADA
12 hours 0.08659 0.07258 0.08269 10.97% 16.18% 5.11% 247.436M ADA

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 1.22x 1.50x Quiet
Ethereum 1.16x 1.46x Quiet
XRP 1.44x 1.18x Quiet
BNB 1.49x 1.42x Quiet
TRON 1.29x 1.33x Quiet
Cardano 1.21x 1.35x Quiet
Litecoin 0.88x 1.39x Quiet

What is Initial Jobless Claims?

The weekly claims report is released Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. ET by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Initial claims are new jobless claims filed by U.S. workers seeking unemployment compensation, included in the unemployment insurance weekly claims report. The report, published since 1967, includes a separate count of workers receiving unemployment insurance benefits, known as continuing claims.

Every Initial Claims release for Cardano

Questions about this page

Is 1.21x a lot?

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

Will the next Initial Claims do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Cardano moved in after past Initial Claims releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

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Disclaimer

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