How Dogecoin reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 19 December 2019

The short answer

An exceptional reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Dogecoin's price swung 3.53 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 1.42% lower.

3.53x

Exceptional

Trading (volume ratio)
3.81x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.53x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.002033
15 minutes later
−1.25%
One hour later
−1.42%
range 1.78%, hour before 0.54%
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
0.002027
Close
0.002008
24h change
-0.93%
24h high
0.002180
24h low
0.001993
24h volume
83.564M DOGE

Measured by Clometrix

Dogecoin's volatility ratio was 3.53x, against 1.39x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 3.81x, 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 $0.002033 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 1.25% lower, and an hour later 1.42% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.78% of its price, against 0.54% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 19 December 2019 at 8:30 AM EST. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 236K for the week ending 14th Dec, from 247K in the week ending 7th Dec.

It arrived at the same moment as 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 3.53x 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 2.55 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.39x. Thick line: this release, 3.53x.

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 0.0020333 0.0020333 0.0020333 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% 0 DOGE
5 minutes 0.0020333 0.0020179 0.0020179 -0.76% 0.76% 0.17% 1.118M DOGE
10 minutes 0.0020333 0.0020116 0.0020174 -0.79% 1.07% 0.43% 1.532M DOGE
15 minutes 0.0020333 0.0020079 0.0020079 -1.27% 1.25% 0.43% 1.541M DOGE
30 minutes 0.0020333 0.0019971 0.0020026 -1.53% 1.78% 0.52% 3.442M DOGE
1 hour 0.0020333 0.0019971 0.0020045 -1.44% 1.78% 0.54% 6.293M DOGE
2 hours 0.0020333 0.0019971 0.002013 -1.01% 1.78% 1.06% 8.083M DOGE
4 hours 0.0020333 0.0019971 0.0020072 -1.30% 1.78% 1.80% 9.735M DOGE
6 hours 0.0020333 0.0019925 0.0020219 -0.56% 2.01% 1.80% 15.582M DOGE
8 hours 0.0020335 0.0019969 0.0020072 0.22% 1.80% 8.18% 28.417M DOGE
12 hours 0.00207 0.0019925 0.0020081 -1.25% 3.74% 8.40% 30.737M DOGE

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 4.52x 1.52x Exceptional
Ethereum 1.88x 1.47x Ordinary
XRP 4.08x 1.18x Exceptional
BNB 3.97x 1.42x Exceptional
Dogecoin 3.53x 1.39x Exceptional
TRON 3.11x 1.33x Exceptional
Cardano 3.31x 1.35x Exceptional
Chainlink 4.04x 1.43x Exceptional
Bitcoin Cash 3.36x 1.34x Exceptional
Hedera 2.59x 1.32x Strong
Litecoin 2.58x 1.38x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.83x 1.42x Ordinary

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 3.53x 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.

More questions · Glossary

Disclaimer

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