How NEAR Protocol reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 25 November 2020

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, NEAR Protocol's price swung 1.97 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.24 times is usual. An hour later the price was 1.67% lower.

1.97x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
0.94x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.63x
Price at 8:30 AM
$1.200
15 minutes later
−1.67%
One hour later
−1.67%
range 3.33%, hour before 0.83%
NEAR/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
1.280
Close
1.110
24h change
-15.32%
24h high
1.300
24h low
1.080
24h volume
12.73M NEAR

Measured by Clometrix

NEAR Protocol's volatility ratio was 1.97x, against 1.24x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 0.94x, against a typical 1.63x. That is a strong reaction by this release's own standard. 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 NEAR Protocol moved

NEAR Protocol was at $1.200 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 1.67% lower, and an hour later 1.67% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 3.33% of its price, against 0.83% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 25 November 2020 at 8:30 AM EST. Initial Jobless Claims rose to 793K for the week ending 21st Nov, from 738K in the week ending 14th Nov.

It arrived at the same moment as Durable Goods Orders, Durable Goods Orders Excluding Transportation, Gross Domestic Product Report 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 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 1.97x 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 1.58 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.24x. Thick line: this release, 1.97x.

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 1.20 1.20 1.20 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 182 NEAR
5 minutes 1.20 1.20 1.20 0.00% 0.00% 0.83% 13,160 NEAR
10 minutes 1.20 1.20 1.20 0.00% 0.00% 0.83% 17,067 NEAR
15 minutes 1.20 1.18 1.18 -1.69% 1.67% 0.83% 95,980 NEAR
30 minutes 1.20 1.16 1.17 -2.56% 3.33% 0.83% 489,415 NEAR
1 hour 1.20 1.16 1.18 -1.69% 3.33% 0.83% 1.029M NEAR
2 hours 1.20 1.16 1.20 0.00% 3.33% 2.48% 1.212M NEAR
4 hours 1.20 1.15 1.16 -3.45% 4.17% 3.31% 2.177M NEAR
6 hours 1.20 1.15 1.18 -1.69% 4.17% 4.13% 2.727M NEAR
8 hours 1.21 1.15 1.16 -1.72% 4.96% 10.77% 3.567M NEAR
12 hours 1.20 1.08 1.11 -8.11% 10.00% 10.77% 6.389M NEAR

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 1.71x 1.52x Ordinary
Ethereum 0.65x 1.47x Quiet
XRP 0.66x 1.18x Quiet
BNB 0.71x 1.42x Quiet
Solana 2.19x 1.39x Strong
Dogecoin 1.25x 1.39x Quiet
TRON 2.30x 1.33x Strong
Cardano 0.85x 1.35x Quiet
Chainlink 0.68x 1.43x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 0.66x 1.34x Quiet
Hedera 1.97x 1.32x Strong
Avalanche 1.47x 1.42x Quiet
Litecoin 0.63x 1.38x Quiet
Uniswap 2.70x 1.35x Exceptional
Polkadot 0.98x 1.31x Quiet
Aave 0.90x 1.38x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.97x 1.24x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.28x 1.42x Strong
Filecoin 2.61x 1.27x Exceptional

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 NEAR Protocol

Questions about this page

Is 1.97x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is strong: 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.

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Disclaimer

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