How Hedera reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 1 July 2021

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Hedera's price swung 0.99 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.32 times is usual. An hour later the price was 1.21% lower.

0.99x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
2.12x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.56x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.203570
15 minutes later
−0.77%
One hour later
−1.21%
range 2.45%, hour before 5.12%
HBAR/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
0.192480
Close
0.208150
24h change
7.53%
24h high
0.213600
24h low
0.181220
24h volume
203.184M HBAR

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 1 July 2021 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 369K for the week ending 26th Jun, from 422K in the week ending 19th Jun.

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

Measured by Clometrix

Hedera's volatility ratio was 0.99x, against 1.32x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.12x, against a typical 1.56x. 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 Hedera moved

Hedera was at $0.203570 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.77% lower, and an hour later 1.21% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.45% of its price, against 5.12% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Hedera about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.41x across 92, against 1.30x across 204. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 0.99x compares with 1.30x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 296 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Hedera's usual price swing is 1.32x. This one was 0.75 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.32x. Thick line: this release, 0.99x. 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 0.20377 0.20323 0.20338 -0.09% 0.27% 0.44% 319,570 HBAR
5 minutes 0.20377 0.2019 0.202 -0.78% 0.92% 1.22% 1.84M HBAR
10 minutes 0.20377 0.20094 0.20278 -0.39% 1.39% 1.70% 2.988M HBAR
15 minutes 0.20377 0.20094 0.202 -0.78% 1.39% 2.84% 3.795M HBAR
30 minutes 0.2044 0.19941 0.204 0.21% 2.44% 4.98% 9.601M HBAR
1 hour 0.2044 0.19941 0.2011 -1.23% 2.44% 5.08% 13.946M HBAR
2 hours 0.2044 0.19649 0.19686 -3.41% 3.87% 8.39% 21.688M HBAR
4 hours 0.20691 0.19607 0.2045 0.45% 5.24% 10.40% 41.61M HBAR
6 hours 0.20837 0.19607 0.2074 1.85% 5.90% 11.60% 60.478M HBAR
8 hours 0.20691 0.18368 0.2045 9.70% 11.23% 8.28% 96.23M HBAR
12 hours 0.2136 0.19607 0.20815 2.20% 8.21% 11.60% 107.096M HBAR

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 1.44x 1.52x Quiet
Ethereum 1.68x 1.47x Ordinary
XRP 1.20x 1.18x Quiet
BNB 1.47x 1.42x Quiet
Solana 1.62x 1.39x Ordinary
Dogecoin 1.25x 1.39x Quiet
TRON 1.45x 1.33x Quiet
Cardano 2.02x 1.35x Strong
Chainlink 1.61x 1.43x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.29x 1.34x Quiet
Hedera 0.99x 1.32x Quiet
Avalanche 1.20x 1.42x Quiet
Litecoin 1.75x 1.38x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 1.27x 1.34x Quiet
Uniswap 1.36x 1.35x Quiet
Polkadot 1.16x 1.31x Quiet
Aave 1.87x 1.38x Strong
NEAR Protocol 1.00x 1.24x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.18x 1.46x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 0.99x 1.42x Quiet
Filecoin 0.97x 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 Hedera

Questions about this page

Is 0.99x 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 Hedera 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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