How BNB reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 27 June 2019

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, BNB's price swung 1.15 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.42 times is usual. An hour later the price was 1.06% lower.

1.15x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
0.63x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.67x
Price at 8:30 AM
$34.09
15 minutes later
−0.70%
One hour later
−1.06%
range 2.38%, hour before 1.23%
BNB/USDT, 15 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
35.62
Close
34.60
24h change
-2.95%
24h high
36.35
24h low
33.16
24h volume
2.584M BNB

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 27 June 2019 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims rose to 234K for the week ending 22nd Jun, from 217K in the week ending 15th Jun.

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

Measured by Clometrix

BNB's volatility ratio was 1.15x, against 1.42x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 0.63x, against a typical 1.67x. 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 BNB moved

BNB was at $34.09 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.7% lower, and an hour later 1.06% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.38% of its price, against 1.23% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved BNB about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.50x across 94, against 1.40x across 209. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.15x compares with 1.40x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 303 Initial Claims releases since 2021, BNB's usual price swing is 1.42x. This one was 0.81 times the usual.

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Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.42x. Thick line: this release, 1.15x. 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 34.19 34.05 34.16 0.20% 0.41% 0.12% 2,749 BNB
5 minutes 34.21 34.05 34.17 0.23% 0.47% 0.32% 3,574 BNB
10 minutes 34.21 33.97 33.97 -0.35% 0.70% 0.61% 7,246 BNB
15 minutes 34.21 33.75 33.85 -0.71% 1.34% 0.79% 11,909 BNB
30 minutes 34.21 33.63 33.71 -1.13% 1.70% 1.05% 26,468 BNB
1 hour 34.21 33.40 33.73 -1.07% 2.37% 1.22% 62,098 BNB
2 hours 34.21 33.40 34.11 0.06% 2.37% 3.00% 124,072 BNB
4 hours 36.35 33.40 34.98 2.54% 8.12% 5.26% 563,218 BNB
6 hours 36.35 33.40 34.46 1.07% 8.12% 5.42% 918,089 BNB
8 hours 36.35 33.16 34.98 1.09% 8.78% 5.62% 1.063M BNB
12 hours 36.35 33.25 34.60 1.47% 8.53% 8.70% 1.317M BNB

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 1.26x 1.50x Quiet
Ethereum 1.13x 1.46x Quiet
XRP 1.03x 1.18x Quiet
BNB 1.15x 1.42x Quiet
TRON 1.14x 1.33x Quiet
Cardano 1.43x 1.35x Quiet
Chainlink 1.13x 1.43x Quiet
Litecoin 1.04x 1.39x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 0.59x 1.40x 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 BNB

Questions about this page

Is 1.15x 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 BNB 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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