How TRON reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 19 February 2026

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, TRON's price swung 2.00 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.33 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.07% lower.

2.00x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
2.11x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.53x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.2799
15 minutes later
−0.18%
One hour later
−0.07%
range 0.25%, hour before 0.25%
TRX/USDT, 1 hour candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.2795
Close
0.2846
24h change
1.79%
24h high
0.2855
24h low
0.2791
24h volume
189.469M TRX

Measured by Clometrix

TRON's volatility ratio was 2.00x, against 1.33x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.11x, against a typical 1.53x. 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 TRON moved

TRON was at $0.2799 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.18% lower, and an hour later 0.07% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.25% of its price, against 0.25% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 19 February 2026 at 8:30 AM EST. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 208K for the week ending 14th Feb, from 230K in the week ending 7th Feb.

It arrived at the same moment as International Trade Balance in Goods and Services, International Imports in Goods and Services, International Exports in Goods and Services 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 TRON about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.36x across 94, against 1.31x across 209. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 2.00x compares with 1.31x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 303 Initial Claims releases since 2021, TRON's median volatility ratio is 1.33x.

How it compares

Across 303 Initial Claims releases since 2021, TRON's usual price swing is 1.33x. This one was 1.51 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.33x. Thick line: this release, 2.00x.

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 0.2799 0.2797 0.2798 -0.04% 0.07% 0.07% 24,065 TRX
5 minutes 0.2799 0.2796 0.2798 -0.04% 0.11% 0.07% 509,419 TRX
10 minutes 0.28 0.2796 0.2798 -0.04% 0.14% 0.14% 762,714 TRX
15 minutes 0.28 0.2794 0.2794 -0.18% 0.21% 0.14% 2.288M TRX
30 minutes 0.28 0.2793 0.2796 -0.11% 0.25% 0.18% 4.105M TRX
1 hour 0.28 0.2793 0.2797 -0.07% 0.25% 0.25% 5.726M TRX
2 hours 0.2802 0.2791 0.2797 -0.07% 0.39% 0.53% 14.271M TRX
4 hours 0.2829 0.2791 0.2827 0.99% 1.34% 0.53% 60.006M TRX
6 hours 0.284 0.2791 0.2838 1.37% 1.73% 0.60% 78.219M TRX
8 hours 0.2829 0.2791 0.2827 1.06% 1.34% 0.46% 95.048M TRX
12 hours 0.2855 0.2791 0.2846 1.65% 2.24% 0.60% 127.154M TRX

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 2.05x 1.50x Strong
Ethereum 3.05x 1.46x Exceptional
XRP 1.02x 1.18x Quiet
BNB 2.82x 1.42x Strong
Solana 2.05x 1.38x Strong
Dogecoin 2.61x 1.38x Strong
TRON 2.00x 1.33x Strong
Cardano 2.56x 1.35x Strong
Chainlink 2.80x 1.43x Strong
Sui 2.16x 1.24x Strong
Bitcoin Cash 1.25x 1.34x Quiet
Hedera 1.62x 1.32x Ordinary
Avalanche 2.31x 1.42x Strong
Litecoin 2.70x 1.39x Strong
Gram 1.03x 1.02x Quiet
Shiba Inu 2.03x 1.33x Strong
Uniswap 2.06x 1.34x Strong
Polkadot 2.03x 1.32x Strong
Aave 2.06x 1.38x Strong
Bittensor 2.54x 1.40x Strong
NEAR Protocol 1.28x 1.24x Quiet
Aptos 3.99x 1.41x Exceptional
Internet Computer 3.00x 1.45x Exceptional
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.40x 1.40x Quiet
Filecoin 3.58x 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 TRON

Questions about this page

Is 2.00x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is strong: the usual is 1.33x. 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 TRON 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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