The release
Released by the Department of Labor on 15 October 2020 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims rose to 839K for the week ending 10th Oct, from 785K in the week ending 3rd Oct.
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 NEAR Protocol moved
NEAR Protocol was at $1.170 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.85% lower, and an hour later unchanged. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 3.42% of its price, against 5.98% in the hour before.
Measured by Clometrix
NEAR Protocol's volatility ratio was 1.51x, against 1.24x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.53x, against a typical 1.63x. 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 NEAR Protocol less than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.07x across 89, against 1.31x across 193. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.51x compares with 1.31x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.
Its record
Across 282 Initial Claims releases since 2021, NEAR Protocol's median volatility ratio is 1.24x.
How it compares
Across 282 Initial Claims releases since 2021, NEAR Protocol's usual price swing is 1.24x. This one was 1.22 times the usual.
Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.24x. Thick line: this release, 1.51x.
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 | 1.18 | 1.16 | 1.16 | -0.86% | 1.69% | 2.56% | 44,032 NEAR |
| 5 minutes | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.16 | -0.86% | 2.54% | 2.56% | 150,553 NEAR |
| 10 minutes | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.16 | -0.86% | 2.54% | 5.13% | 201,504 NEAR |
| 15 minutes | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.16 | -0.86% | 2.54% | 5.98% | 237,563 NEAR |
| 30 minutes | 1.18 | 1.14 | 1.15 | -1.74% | 3.39% | 5.98% | 323,692 NEAR |
| 1 hour | 1.18 | 1.14 | 1.17 | 0.00% | 3.39% | 5.98% | 547,715 NEAR |
| 2 hours | 1.22 | 1.14 | 1.18 | 0.85% | 6.56% | 5.98% | 1.57M NEAR |
| 4 hours | 1.22 | 1.13 | 1.16 | -0.86% | 7.38% | 7.69% | 2.465M NEAR |
| 6 hours | 1.22 | 1.12 | 1.13 | -3.54% | 8.20% | 9.24% | 3.472M NEAR |
| 8 hours | 1.22 | 1.08 | 1.16 | 0.86% | 11.48% | 11.20% | 5.176M NEAR |
| 12 hours | 1.22 | 1.11 | 1.14 | -2.63% | 9.02% | 13.60% | 4.748M NEAR |
Every coin at this release
| Coin | Price swing | Usual for Initial Claims | Reaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 1.61x | 1.52x | Ordinary |
| Ethereum | 2.63x | 1.47x | Strong |
| XRP | 1.42x | 1.18x | Quiet |
| BNB | 1.41x | 1.42x | Quiet |
| Solana | 1.97x | 1.39x | Strong |
| Dogecoin | 1.46x | 1.39x | Quiet |
| TRON | 1.11x | 1.33x | Quiet |
| Cardano | 1.30x | 1.35x | Quiet |
| Chainlink | 1.44x | 1.43x | Quiet |
| Bitcoin Cash | 1.45x | 1.34x | Quiet |
| Hedera | 2.79x | 1.32x | Exceptional |
| Avalanche | 2.96x | 1.42x | Exceptional |
| Litecoin | 1.35x | 1.38x | Quiet |
| Uniswap | 1.70x | 1.35x | Ordinary |
| Polkadot | 3.00x | 1.31x | Exceptional |
| NEAR Protocol | 1.51x | 1.24x | Ordinary |
| POL (prev. MATIC) | 1.65x | 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.Questions about this page
Is 1.51x a lot?
For an Initial Claims release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.24x. 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 NEAR Protocol 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.
Disclaimer
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