How TRON reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 15 July 2021

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, TRON's price swung 1.17 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.33 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.26% higher.

1.17x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
1.14x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.53x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.0577
15 minutes later
−0.19%
One hour later
+0.26%
range 1.13%, hour before 1.40%
TRX/USDT, 30 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

The dashed orange line is the release. Chart data from Binance.

Open
0.0597
Close
0.0577
24h change
-3.52%
24h high
0.0607
24h low
0.0570
24h volume
658.941M TRX

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 15 July 2021 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 332K for the week ending 10th Jul, from 371K in the week ending 3rd Jul.

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.

Measured by Clometrix

TRON's volatility ratio was 1.17x, against 1.33x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.14x, against a typical 1.53x. Under 1.5x is not a reaction at all: the market barely noticed this release. 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 TRON moved

TRON was at $0.0577 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.19% lower, and an hour later 0.26% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.13% of its price, against 1.4% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved TRON about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.36x across 92, against 1.33x across 204. This one came out 13 days before the Federal Reserve's 28 July rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.17x compares with 1.36x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 296 Initial Claims releases since 2021, TRON's usual price swing is 1.33x. This one was 0.88 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.33x. Thick line: this release, 1.17x. Under 1.5x counts as no reaction at all.

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 0.05787 0.0577 0.05787 0.24% 0.29% 0.19% 377,458 TRX
5 minutes 0.05787 0.05769 0.05774 0.02% 0.31% 0.41% 1.26M TRX
10 minutes 0.0579 0.05767 0.05775 0.03% 0.40% 0.57% 3.357M TRX
15 minutes 0.0579 0.05757 0.05762 -0.19% 0.57% 0.69% 6.275M TRX
30 minutes 0.0579 0.05757 0.05773 0.00% 0.57% 1.39% 13.176M TRX
1 hour 0.05805 0.0574 0.05788 0.26% 1.12% 1.39% 33.905M TRX
2 hours 0.0583 0.0574 0.05797 0.41% 1.54% 1.55% 58.529M TRX
4 hours 0.0584 0.0574 0.05764 -0.16% 1.71% 3.29% 111.424M TRX
6 hours 0.0584 0.05701 0.05768 -0.09% 2.38% 3.29% 172.189M TRX
8 hours 0.05961 0.0574 0.05764 -2.60% 3.71% 3.54% 263.77M TRX
12 hours 0.05847 0.05701 0.05768 -0.09% 2.50% 5.09% 307.398M TRX

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 1.46x 1.52x Quiet
Ethereum 1.55x 1.47x Ordinary
XRP 1.26x 1.18x Quiet
BNB 1.40x 1.42x Quiet
Solana 0.89x 1.39x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.71x 1.39x Ordinary
TRON 1.17x 1.33x Quiet
Cardano 0.00x 1.35x Quiet
Chainlink 1.59x 1.43x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.53x 1.34x Ordinary
Hedera 3.97x 1.32x Exceptional
Avalanche 1.75x 1.42x Ordinary
Litecoin 1.41x 1.38x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.06x 1.34x Quiet
Uniswap 1.13x 1.35x Quiet
Polkadot 2.33x 1.31x Strong
Aave 1.04x 1.38x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.05x 1.24x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.51x 1.46x Ordinary
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.42x 1.42x Quiet
Filecoin 1.24x 1.27x Quiet

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 TRON

Questions about this page

Is 1.17x a lot?

No. Under 1.5x the market barely noticed the release.

Will the next Initial Claims do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range TRON 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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