How Filecoin reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 6 June 2024

The short answer

An exceptional reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Filecoin's price swung 3.00 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.27 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.50% lower.

3.00x

Exceptional

Trading (volume ratio)
2.46x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.43x
Price at 8:30 AM
$6.060
15 minutes later
−0.50%
One hour later
−0.50%
range 1.16%, hour before 0.66%
FIL/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
6.070
Close
5.960
24h change
-1.85%
24h high
6.090
24h low
5.840
24h volume
4.427M FIL

Measured by Clometrix

Filecoin's volatility ratio was 3.00x, against 1.27x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.46x, against a typical 1.43x. 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 Filecoin moved

Filecoin was at $6.060 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.5% lower, and an hour later 0.5% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.16% of its price, against 0.66% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 6 June 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims rose to 229K for the week ending 1st Jun, from 221K in the week ending 25th May.

It arrived at the same moment as International Trade Balance in Goods and Services, International Imports in Goods and Services, International Exports in Goods and Services 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 Filecoin about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.35x across 92, against 1.26x across 204. This one came out 6 days before the Federal Reserve's 12 June rate decision. Its own ratio of 3.00x compares with 1.35x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 296 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Filecoin's median volatility ratio is 1.27x.

How it compares

Across 296 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Filecoin's usual price swing is 1.27x. This one was 2.36 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.27x. Thick line: this release, 3.00x.

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 6.07 6.06 6.06 0.00% 0.16% 0.00% 20,308 FIL
5 minutes 6.07 6.03 6.03 -0.50% 0.66% 0.00% 39,251 FIL
10 minutes 6.07 6.02 6.03 -0.50% 0.82% 0.33% 57,194 FIL
15 minutes 6.07 6.01 6.03 -0.50% 0.99% 0.33% 89,258 FIL
30 minutes 6.07 6.01 6.03 -0.50% 0.99% 0.66% 116,629 FIL
1 hour 6.07 6.00 6.03 -0.50% 1.15% 0.66% 212,175 FIL
2 hours 6.07 5.99 6.01 -0.83% 1.32% 0.66% 459,066 FIL
4 hours 6.07 5.99 6.01 -0.83% 1.32% 1.15% 825,632 FIL
6 hours 6.07 5.95 5.98 -1.34% 1.98% 1.97% 1.202M FIL
8 hours 6.09 5.99 6.01 -0.17% 1.64% 1.65% 1.693M FIL
12 hours 6.07 5.84 5.96 -1.68% 3.79% 1.97% 2.194M FIL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 2.57x 1.52x Strong
Ethereum 2.80x 1.47x Strong
XRP 2.45x 1.18x Exceptional
BNB 2.11x 1.42x Strong
Solana 1.77x 1.39x Ordinary
Dogecoin 4.87x 1.39x Exceptional
TRON 1.25x 1.33x Quiet
Cardano 2.43x 1.35x Strong
Chainlink 2.20x 1.43x Strong
Sui 1.00x 1.24x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 1.99x 1.34x Strong
Hedera 2.79x 1.32x Exceptional
Avalanche 2.15x 1.42x Strong
Litecoin 2.91x 1.38x Exceptional
Shiba Inu 2.24x 1.34x Strong
Uniswap 1.61x 1.35x Ordinary
Polkadot 3.00x 1.31x Exceptional
Aave 1.77x 1.38x Ordinary
Bittensor 2.02x 1.41x Strong
NEAR Protocol 2.03x 1.24x Strong
Aptos 1.77x 1.41x Ordinary
Internet Computer 2.51x 1.46x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 3.92x 1.42x Exceptional
Filecoin 3.00x 1.27x Exceptional

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 Filecoin

Questions about this page

Is 3.00x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is exceptional: the usual is 1.27x. 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 Filecoin moved in after past Initial Claims releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

Do weekly jobless claims move crypto?

Weekly jobless claims have a median Bitcoin price swing of 1.52x since 2021, which places Initial Claims and Continued Claims in Tier 3. They are released at 8:30 a.m. ET. When a claims release falls on the same minute as a bigger report, such as CPI, the reaction belongs to both. Clometrix measures 296 claims releases in the record since 2021.

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Disclaimer

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