How Filecoin reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 3 July 2024

The short answer

An exceptional reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Filecoin's price swung 3.03 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 0.48% higher.

3.03x

Exceptional

Trading (volume ratio)
3.85x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.43x
Price at 8:30 AM
$4.180
15 minutes later
−0.48%
One hour later
+0.48%
range 1.67%, hour before 0.96%
FIL/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
4.430
Close
4.120
24h change
-7.52%
24h high
4.440
24h low
4.020
24h volume
5.387M FIL

Measured by Clometrix

Filecoin's volatility ratio was 3.03x, against 1.27x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 3.85x, 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 $4.180 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.48% lower, and an hour later 0.48% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.67% of its price, against 0.96% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 3 July 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims rose to 238K for the week ending 29th Jun, from 233K in the week ending 22nd Jun.

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 was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 3.03x compares with 1.26x 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 2.38 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.27x. Thick line: this release, 3.03x.

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 4.19 4.18 4.19 0.24% 0.24% 0.00% 2,333 FIL
5 minutes 4.19 4.14 4.15 -0.72% 1.19% 0.24% 53,622 FIL
10 minutes 4.19 4.13 4.14 -0.97% 1.43% 0.48% 117,451 FIL
15 minutes 4.19 4.13 4.16 -0.48% 1.43% 0.48% 137,224 FIL
30 minutes 4.19 4.13 4.17 -0.24% 1.43% 0.95% 233,986 FIL
1 hour 4.20 4.13 4.20 0.48% 1.67% 0.95% 328,303 FIL
2 hours 4.23 4.13 4.21 0.71% 2.36% 1.65% 483,084 FIL
4 hours 4.23 4.13 4.20 0.48% 2.36% 3.25% 802,286 FIL
6 hours 4.23 4.11 4.14 -0.97% 2.84% 3.25% 1.201M FIL
8 hours 4.31 4.13 4.20 -2.38% 4.18% 4.73% 2.081M FIL
12 hours 4.23 4.02 4.12 -1.46% 4.96% 6.08% 2.357M FIL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 1.84x 1.52x Ordinary
Ethereum 1.95x 1.47x Strong
XRP 2.15x 1.18x Strong
BNB 2.17x 1.42x Strong
Solana 2.22x 1.39x Strong
Dogecoin 2.77x 1.39x Strong
TRON 1.53x 1.33x Ordinary
Cardano 1.86x 1.35x Strong
Chainlink 1.83x 1.43x Ordinary
Sui 2.67x 1.24x Exceptional
Bitcoin Cash 1.85x 1.34x Strong
Hedera 1.28x 1.32x Quiet
Avalanche 1.85x 1.42x Ordinary
Litecoin 2.03x 1.38x Strong
Shiba Inu 1.96x 1.34x Strong
Uniswap 2.31x 1.35x Strong
Polkadot 1.66x 1.31x Ordinary
Aave 1.39x 1.38x Quiet
Bittensor 1.64x 1.41x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 1.62x 1.24x Ordinary
Aptos 2.08x 1.41x Strong
Internet Computer 1.78x 1.46x Ordinary
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.37x 1.42x Strong
Filecoin 3.03x 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 3.03x 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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