How Sui reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 19 September 2024

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Sui's price swung 0.98 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 0.73% lower.

0.98x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
1.21x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.50x
Price at 8:30 AM
$1.3700
15 minutes later
−0.73%
One hour later
−0.73%
range 0.73%, hour before 2.19%
SUI/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
1.3800
Close
1.3800
24h change
0.00%
24h high
1.4100
24h low
1.3100
24h volume
133.961M SUI

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 19 September 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 222K for the week ending 14th Sep, from 230K in the week ending 7th Sep.

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

Measured by Clometrix

Sui's volatility ratio was 0.98x, against 1.24x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.21x, against a typical 1.50x. 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 Sui moved

Sui was at $1.3700 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.73% lower, and an hour later 0.73% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.73% of its price, against 2.19% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Sui more than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.35x across 54, against 1.10x across 122. This one came out the day after the Federal Reserve's 18 September rate decision. Its own ratio of 0.98x compares with 1.10x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 176 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Sui's usual price swing is 1.24x. This one was 0.79 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.24x. Thick line: this release, 0.98x. 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 1.37 1.37 1.37 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 200,288 SUI
5 minutes 1.37 1.37 1.37 0.00% 0.00% 0.72% 494,810 SUI
10 minutes 1.37 1.36 1.36 -0.74% 0.73% 0.72% 1.119M SUI
15 minutes 1.37 1.36 1.36 -0.74% 0.73% 0.72% 1.415M SUI
30 minutes 1.37 1.36 1.36 -0.74% 0.73% 1.45% 2.232M SUI
1 hour 1.37 1.36 1.36 -0.74% 0.73% 2.17% 3.967M SUI
2 hours 1.37 1.33 1.35 -1.48% 2.92% 3.62% 10.732M SUI
4 hours 1.37 1.32 1.33 -3.01% 3.65% 4.35% 21.22M SUI
6 hours 1.37 1.31 1.33 -3.01% 4.38% 4.35% 31.093M SUI
8 hours 1.38 1.32 1.33 -1.50% 4.35% 3.60% 45.944M SUI
12 hours 1.41 1.31 1.38 0.72% 7.09% 5.04% 57.557M SUI

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 1.07x 1.52x Quiet
Ethereum 1.23x 1.47x Quiet
XRP 1.53x 1.18x Ordinary
BNB 2.34x 1.42x Strong
Solana 1.45x 1.39x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.19x 1.39x Quiet
TRON 1.00x 1.33x Quiet
Cardano 0.79x 1.35x Quiet
Chainlink 0.99x 1.43x Quiet
Sui 0.98x 1.24x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 1.34x 1.34x Quiet
Hedera 1.33x 1.32x Quiet
Avalanche 1.21x 1.42x Quiet
Litecoin 1.20x 1.38x Quiet
Gram 0.99x 1.02x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.56x 1.34x Ordinary
Uniswap 1.00x 1.35x Quiet
Polkadot 1.00x 1.31x Quiet
Aave 0.65x 1.38x Quiet
Bittensor 1.70x 1.41x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 1.00x 1.24x Quiet
Aptos 1.24x 1.41x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.19x 1.46x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 0.67x 1.42x Quiet
Filecoin 0.50x 1.27x Quiet

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 Sui

Questions about this page

Is 0.98x 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 Sui 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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