How Dogecoin reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 25 April 2024

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Dogecoin's price swung 2.08 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.38 times is usual. An hour later the price was 1.00% lower.

2.08x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
1.69x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.51x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.150590
15 minutes later
−0.63%
One hour later
−1.00%
range 2.44%, hour before 1.12%
DOGE/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
0.152170
Close
0.150490
24h change
-1.12%
24h high
0.154460
24h low
0.147430
24h volume
1.161B DOGE

Measured by Clometrix

Dogecoin's volatility ratio was 2.08x, against 1.38x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.69x, against a typical 1.51x. 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 Dogecoin moved

Dogecoin was at $0.150590 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.63% lower, and an hour later 1% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.44% of its price, against 1.12% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 25 April 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 209K for the week ending 20th Apr, from 211K in the week ending 13th Apr.

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

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Dogecoin about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.47x across 94, against 1.35x across 209. This one came out 6 days before the Federal Reserve's 1 May rate decision. Its own ratio of 2.08x compares with 1.47x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 303 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Dogecoin's median volatility ratio is 1.38x.

How it compares

Across 303 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Dogecoin's usual price swing is 1.38x. This one was 1.51 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.38x. Thick line: this release, 2.08x.

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 0.15129 0.15057 0.15086 0.18% 0.48% 0.05% 2.569M DOGE
5 minutes 0.15129 0.1497 0.1499 -0.46% 1.05% 0.18% 8.197M DOGE
10 minutes 0.15129 0.1497 0.14995 -0.43% 1.05% 0.36% 13.301M DOGE
15 minutes 0.15129 0.14952 0.14964 -0.63% 1.17% 0.44% 18.487M DOGE
30 minutes 0.15129 0.14848 0.14889 -1.14% 1.86% 1.05% 41.915M DOGE
1 hour 0.15129 0.14762 0.14909 -1.01% 2.43% 1.12% 99.882M DOGE
2 hours 0.15129 0.14762 0.15049 -0.07% 2.43% 2.41% 158.44M DOGE
4 hours 0.15286 0.14762 0.15172 0.74% 3.43% 2.47% 295.261M DOGE
6 hours 0.15291 0.14762 0.15208 0.98% 3.46% 3.03% 414.437M DOGE
8 hours 0.15286 0.14743 0.15172 1.21% 3.55% 3.14% 502.179M DOGE
12 hours 0.15446 0.14762 0.15049 -0.07% 4.43% 3.66% 619.842M DOGE

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 2.86x 1.50x Strong
Ethereum 2.85x 1.46x Strong
XRP 2.88x 1.18x Exceptional
BNB 1.80x 1.42x Ordinary
Solana 2.17x 1.38x Strong
Dogecoin 2.08x 1.38x Strong
TRON 2.58x 1.33x Strong
Cardano 2.53x 1.35x Strong
Chainlink 1.90x 1.43x Strong
Sui 1.02x 1.24x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 2.15x 1.34x Strong
Hedera 1.51x 1.32x Ordinary
Avalanche 2.12x 1.42x Strong
Litecoin 1.61x 1.39x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 1.92x 1.33x Strong
Uniswap 2.62x 1.34x Strong
Polkadot 2.56x 1.32x Strong
Aave 2.31x 1.38x Strong
Bittensor 1.46x 1.40x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.70x 1.24x Strong
Aptos 1.86x 1.41x Strong
Internet Computer 1.90x 1.45x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.03x 1.40x Strong
Filecoin 2.32x 1.27x Strong

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 Dogecoin

Questions about this page

Is 2.08x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is strong: the usual is 1.38x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.

Will the next Initial Claims do the same?

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

More questions · Glossary

Disclaimer

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