How Bittensor reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 3 July 2024

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Bittensor's price swung 1.64 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.41 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.73% higher.

1.64x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
2.01x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.82x
Price at 8:30 AM
$233.20
15 minutes later
−0.86%
One hour later
+0.73%
range 2.79%, hour before 2.10%
TAO/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
238.80
Close
237.90
24h change
-0.38%
24h high
243.20
24h low
225.80
24h volume
130,057 TAO

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.

How Bittensor moved

Bittensor was at $233.20 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.86% lower, and an hour later 0.73% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.79% of its price, against 2.1% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

Bittensor's volatility ratio was 1.64x, against 1.41x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.01x, against a typical 1.82x. That is about 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.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Bittensor more than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.60x across 40, against 1.26x across 86. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.64x compares with 1.26x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 126 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Bittensor's median volatility ratio is 1.41x.

How it compares

Across 126 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Bittensor's usual price swing is 1.41x. This one was 1.17 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.41x. Thick line: this release, 1.64x.

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 233.30 233.00 233.20 0.00% 0.13% 0.17% 41 TAO
5 minutes 233.30 230.70 230.90 -1.00% 1.11% 0.64% 525 TAO
10 minutes 233.30 229.20 230.00 -1.39% 1.76% 0.72% 1,303 TAO
15 minutes 233.30 229.00 231.20 -0.87% 1.84% 1.19% 2,211 TAO
30 minutes 233.30 228.60 230.60 -1.13% 2.01% 1.90% 3,841 TAO
1 hour 235.10 228.60 234.90 0.72% 2.76% 2.06% 6,164 TAO
2 hours 235.60 228.60 233.10 -0.04% 2.97% 2.82% 10,038 TAO
4 hours 236.50 228.60 233.90 0.30% 3.34% 4.39% 16,061 TAO
6 hours 237.20 228.60 232.30 -0.39% 3.63% 4.98% 25,163 TAO
8 hours 241.70 228.60 233.90 -2.69% 5.42% 7.15% 36,602 TAO
12 hours 239.40 228.60 237.90 1.98% 4.51% 7.15% 47,296 TAO

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 Bittensor

Questions about this page

Is 1.64x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.41x. 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 Bittensor 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.

More questions · Glossary

Disclaimer

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