How Dogecoin reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 11 January 2024

The short answer

An exceptional reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Dogecoin's price swung 2.92 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.39 times is usual. An hour later the price was unchanged.

2.92x

Exceptional

Trading (volume ratio)
4.12x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.53x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.085950
15 minutes later
−0.55%
One hour later
+0.02%
range 2.98%, hour before 1.70%
DOGE/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
0.083610
Close
0.083330
24h change
-0.34%
24h high
0.088000
24h low
0.081970
24h volume
1.453B DOGE

Measured by Clometrix

Dogecoin's volatility ratio was 2.92x, against 1.39x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 4.12x, against a typical 1.53x. That is more than twice what this release usually does. 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 $0.085950 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.55% lower, and an hour later unchanged. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.98% of its price, against 1.7% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 11 January 2024 at 8:30 AM EST. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 199K for the week ending 6th Jan, from 200K in the week ending 30th Dec.

It arrived at the same moment as Consumer Price Index, Core Consumer Price Index, Core Inflation Rate 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 1.51x across 92, against 1.34x across 204. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 2.92x compares with 1.34x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 296 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Dogecoin's median volatility ratio is 1.39x.

How it compares

Across 296 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Dogecoin's usual price swing is 1.39x. This one was 2.11 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.39x. Thick line: this release, 2.92x.

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 0.08607 0.08572 0.08578 -0.20% 0.41% 0.31% 3.834M DOGE
5 minutes 0.08607 0.08455 0.08543 -0.61% 1.77% 0.69% 23.168M DOGE
10 minutes 0.08607 0.08455 0.08544 -0.60% 1.77% 1.22% 30.44M DOGE
15 minutes 0.08607 0.08455 0.08548 -0.55% 1.77% 1.28% 39.401M DOGE
30 minutes 0.08616 0.08455 0.08589 -0.07% 1.87% 1.41% 54.924M DOGE
1 hour 0.08711 0.08455 0.08597 0.02% 2.94% 1.68% 130.335M DOGE
2 hours 0.088 0.08455 0.08603 0.09% 3.92% 2.86% 313.792M DOGE
4 hours 0.088 0.08295 0.08395 -2.38% 5.74% 3.58% 556.384M DOGE
6 hours 0.088 0.08295 0.08474 -1.43% 5.74% 3.91% 606.865M DOGE
8 hours 0.088 0.08295 0.08395 -0.45% 5.74% 3.20% 865.492M DOGE
12 hours 0.088 0.08295 0.08333 -3.14% 5.74% 5.71% 764.306M DOGE

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 2.08x 1.52x Strong
Ethereum 2.03x 1.47x Strong
XRP 3.20x 1.18x Exceptional
BNB 2.23x 1.42x Strong
Solana 2.63x 1.39x Strong
Dogecoin 2.92x 1.39x Exceptional
TRON 3.34x 1.33x Exceptional
Cardano 2.48x 1.35x Strong
Chainlink 2.99x 1.43x Exceptional
Sui 1.50x 1.24x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.80x 1.34x Strong
Hedera 2.30x 1.32x Strong
Avalanche 1.98x 1.42x Strong
Litecoin 2.77x 1.38x Exceptional
Shiba Inu 2.21x 1.34x Strong
Uniswap 3.58x 1.35x Exceptional
Polkadot 2.49x 1.31x Strong
Aave 2.06x 1.38x Strong
NEAR Protocol 2.68x 1.24x Exceptional
Aptos 2.29x 1.41x Strong
Internet Computer 1.86x 1.46x Ordinary
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.77x 1.42x Strong
Filecoin 2.19x 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 2.92x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is exceptional: the usual is 1.39x. 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.

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Disclaimer

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