How Aave reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 15 January 2026

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Aave's price swung 1.52 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.38 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.62% lower.

1.52x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
1.19x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.64x
Price at 8:30 AM
$176.26
15 minutes later
−0.34%
One hour later
−0.62%
range 0.99%, hour before 0.93%
AAVE/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
176.58
Close
171.69
24h change
-2.85%
24h high
178.53
24h low
169.16
24h volume
88,256 AAVE

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 15 January 2026 at 8:30 AM EST. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 201K for the week ending 10th Jan, from 207K in the week ending 3rd Jan.

It arrived at the same moment as Import Price Index, Export Price Index and Continued Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

How Aave moved

Aave was at $176.26 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.34% lower, and an hour later 0.62% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.99% of its price, against 0.93% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

Aave's volatility ratio was 1.52x, against 1.38x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.19x, against a typical 1.64x. 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 Aave about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.45x across 92, against 1.34x across 204. This one came out 13 days before the Federal Reserve's 28 January rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.52x compares with 1.45x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

Its record

Across 296 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Aave's median volatility ratio is 1.38x.

How it compares

Across 296 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Aave's usual price swing is 1.38x. This one was 1.10 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.38x. Thick line: this release, 1.52x.

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 176.34 175.77 175.77 -0.28% 0.32% 0.04% 55 AAVE
5 minutes 176.34 175.12 175.24 -0.58% 0.69% 0.15% 161 AAVE
10 minutes 176.34 175.12 175.36 -0.51% 0.69% 0.23% 220 AAVE
15 minutes 176.34 175.12 175.66 -0.34% 0.69% 0.31% 609 AAVE
30 minutes 176.34 175.12 176.01 -0.14% 0.69% 0.36% 1,121 AAVE
1 hour 176.86 175.12 175.17 -0.62% 0.98% 0.93% 1,880 AAVE
2 hours 176.86 172.73 173.05 -1.85% 2.34% 1.16% 6,047 AAVE
4 hours 176.86 170.75 173.69 -1.48% 3.45% 2.56% 14,466 AAVE
6 hours 176.86 169.40 169.78 -3.82% 4.22% 2.56% 23,364 AAVE
8 hours 178.53 170.75 173.69 -1.83% 4.36% 2.94% 41,756 AAVE
12 hours 176.86 169.16 171.69 -2.66% 4.35% 3.69% 33,468 AAVE

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 1.50x 1.52x Ordinary
Ethereum 1.54x 1.47x Ordinary
XRP 0.00x 1.18x Quiet
BNB 1.33x 1.42x Quiet
Solana 1.48x 1.39x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.22x 1.39x Quiet
TRON 1.77x 1.33x Strong
Cardano 1.65x 1.35x Ordinary
Chainlink 1.79x 1.43x Ordinary
Sui 0.98x 1.24x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 1.26x 1.34x Quiet
Hedera 1.40x 1.32x Quiet
Avalanche 1.28x 1.42x Quiet
Litecoin 1.14x 1.38x Quiet
Gram 0.99x 1.02x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.50x 1.34x Ordinary
Uniswap 0.68x 1.35x Quiet
Polkadot 0.96x 1.31x Quiet
Aave 1.52x 1.38x Ordinary
Bittensor 1.65x 1.41x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 0.97x 1.24x Quiet
Aptos 0.99x 1.41x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.15x 1.46x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 0.90x 1.42x Quiet
Filecoin 1.92x 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 Aave

Questions about this page

Is 1.52x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.38x. 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 Aave 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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