How Dogecoin reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 25 March 2021

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Dogecoin's price swung 1.16 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.38 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.20% lower.

1.16x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
2.03x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.51x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.050232
15 minutes later
−0.11%
One hour later
−0.20%
range 1.58%, hour before 4.60%
DOGE/USDT, 30 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.051658
Close
0.052019
24h change
0.70%
24h high
0.052450
24h low
0.049580
24h volume
1.609B DOGE

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 25 March 2021 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 627K for the week ending 20th Mar, from 699K in the week ending 13th Mar.

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

Dogecoin's volatility ratio was 1.16x, against 1.38x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.03x, against a typical 1.51x. 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 Dogecoin moved

Dogecoin was at $0.050232 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.11% lower, and an hour later 0.2% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.58% of its price, against 4.6% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Dogecoin about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.47x across 94, against 1.35x across 209. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.16x compares with 1.35x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 303 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Dogecoin's usual price swing is 1.38x. This one was 0.84 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.38x. Thick line: this release, 1.16x. 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 0.050324 0.05 0.0500022 -0.46% 0.64% 0.29% 1.78M DOGE
5 minutes 0.05036 0.05 0.0501469 -0.17% 0.71% 1.29% 11.242M DOGE
10 minutes 0.05036 0.0498134 0.0499227 -0.62% 1.09% 1.68% 23.453M DOGE
15 minutes 0.05036 0.0498134 0.0501746 -0.11% 1.09% 1.69% 31.156M DOGE
30 minutes 0.0506058 0.0498134 0.0503446 0.22% 1.57% 3.27% 58.815M DOGE
1 hour 0.0506058 0.0498134 0.050132 -0.20% 1.57% 4.42% 95.208M DOGE
2 hours 0.0512967 0.0498134 0.0511764 1.85% 2.89% 4.78% 163.839M DOGE
4 hours 0.0512967 0.0495798 0.0499947 -0.47% 3.35% 4.78% 333.126M DOGE
6 hours 0.0512967 0.0495798 0.0507124 0.95% 3.35% 4.78% 412.811M DOGE
8 hours 0.0524498 0.0495798 0.0499947 -2.73% 5.47% 4.30% 553.02M DOGE
12 hours 0.0524484 0.0495798 0.0520192 3.44% 5.47% 4.78% 652.903M DOGE

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 2.21x 1.50x Strong
Ethereum 2.08x 1.46x Strong
XRP 2.32x 1.18x Strong
BNB 2.71x 1.42x Strong
Solana 2.97x 1.38x Exceptional
Dogecoin 1.16x 1.38x Quiet
TRON 2.02x 1.33x Strong
Cardano 1.02x 1.35x Quiet
Chainlink 2.91x 1.43x Exceptional
Bitcoin Cash 2.05x 1.34x Strong
Hedera 2.18x 1.32x Strong
Avalanche 1.54x 1.42x Ordinary
Litecoin 1.93x 1.39x Strong
Uniswap 1.96x 1.34x Strong
Polkadot 2.06x 1.32x Strong
Aave 1.74x 1.38x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 2.03x 1.24x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.58x 1.40x Strong
Filecoin 3.11x 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 Dogecoin

Questions about this page

Is 1.16x 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 Dogecoin 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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