How XRP reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 14 November 2019

The short answer

An exceptional reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, XRP's price swung 3.97 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.18 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.91% higher.

3.97x

Exceptional

Trading (volume ratio)
8.49x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.54x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.2660
15 minutes later
+0.89%
One hour later
+0.91%
range 1.40%, hour before 0.60%
XRP/USDT, 5 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.2722
Close
0.2655
24h change
-2.52%
24h high
0.2729
24h low
0.2635
24h volume
75.679M XRP

Measured by Clometrix

XRP's volatility ratio was 3.97x, against 1.18x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 8.49x, against a typical 1.54x. That is more than twice 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.

How XRP moved

XRP was at $0.2660 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.89% higher, and an hour later 0.91% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.4% of its price, against 0.6% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 14 November 2019 at 8:30 AM EST. Initial Jobless Claims rose to 227K for the week ending 9th Nov, from 214K in the week ending 2nd Nov.

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

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved XRP about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.14x across 87, against 1.20x across 193. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 3.97x compares with 1.20x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 280 Initial Claims releases since 2021, XRP's median volatility ratio is 1.18x.

How it compares

Across 280 Initial Claims releases since 2021, XRP's usual price swing is 1.18x. This one was 3.36 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.18x. Thick line: this release, 3.97x.

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 0.26617 0.26585 0.26617 0.08% 0.12% 0.11% 43,143 XRP
5 minutes 0.26837 0.26585 0.26786 0.71% 0.94% 0.18% 1.646M XRP
10 minutes 0.26868 0.26585 0.26861 0.99% 1.05% 0.36% 2.869M XRP
15 minutes 0.2688 0.26585 0.26833 0.89% 1.10% 0.42% 3.817M XRP
30 minutes 0.26957 0.26585 0.26835 0.89% 1.38% 0.60% 6.119M XRP
1 hour 0.26957 0.26585 0.26838 0.91% 1.38% 0.60% 7.606M XRP
2 hours 0.26957 0.26585 0.26762 0.62% 1.38% 0.61% 9.941M XRP
4 hours 0.26957 0.26585 0.26847 0.94% 1.38% 0.83% 13.295M XRP
6 hours 0.26957 0.26585 0.26731 0.51% 1.38% 2.24% 16.948M XRP
8 hours 0.26957 0.26438 0.26847 1.15% 1.93% 3.44% 22.225M XRP
12 hours 0.26957 0.26523 0.2655 -0.17% 1.61% 3.44% 26.953M XRP

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 3.08x 1.52x Exceptional
Ethereum 2.40x 1.47x Strong
XRP 3.97x 1.18x Exceptional
BNB 1.75x 1.42x Ordinary
Dogecoin 2.01x 1.39x Strong
TRON 2.27x 1.33x Strong
Cardano 4.00x 1.35x Exceptional
Chainlink 2.44x 1.43x Strong
Hedera 2.30x 1.32x Strong
Litecoin 2.47x 1.38x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.61x 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.

Every Initial Claims release for XRP

Questions about this page

Is 3.97x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is exceptional: the usual is 1.18x. 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 XRP moved in after past Initial Claims releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

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Disclaimer

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