How Internet Computer reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 18 November 2021

Measured by Clometrix

Internet Computer's volatility ratio was 2.36x, against 1.46x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.63x, against a typical 1.60x. 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 Internet Computer moved

Internet Computer was at $41.170 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 1.48% higher, and an hour later 0.19% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.19% of its price, against 2.79% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 18 November 2021 at 8:30 AM EST. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 250K for the week ending 13th Nov, from 251K in the week ending 6th Nov.

It arrived at the same moment as 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 Internet Computer about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.51x across 86, against 1.32x across 192. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 2.36x compares with 1.32x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 278 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Internet Computer's median volatility ratio is 1.46x.

How it compares

Across 278 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Internet Computer's usual price swing is 1.46x. This one was 1.62 times the usual.

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Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.46x. Thick line: this release, 2.36x.

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	41.31	41.17	41.18	0.02%	0.34%	0.22%	1,050 ICP
5 minutes	41.33	41.04	41.30	0.31%	0.70%	0.58%	7,505 ICP
10 minutes	41.94	41.04	41.93	1.81%	2.15%	0.87%	20,664 ICP
15 minutes	41.94	41.04	41.78	1.46%	2.15%	1.42%	29,390 ICP
30 minutes	41.94	41.04	41.51	0.82%	2.15%	2.38%	46,050 ICP
1 hour	41.94	41.04	41.25	0.19%	2.15%	2.73%	78,113 ICP
2 hours	41.94	39.50	41.24	0.17%	5.82%	2.75%	365,116 ICP
4 hours	41.94	38.10	39.66	-3.81%	9.16%	3.25%	937,710 ICP
6 hours	41.94	38.10	40.41	-1.88%	9.16%	3.25%	1.145M ICP
8 hours	42.18	38.10	39.66	-3.71%	9.67%	5.10%	1.246M ICP
12 hours	41.94	38.10	40.33	-2.08%	9.16%	5.79%	1.679M ICP

Every coin at this release

Coin	Price swing	Usual for Initial Claims	Reaction
Bitcoin	2.77x	1.52x	Strong
Ethereum	1.92x	1.47x	Strong
XRP	2.00x	1.18x	Strong
BNB	2.40x	1.42x	Strong
Solana	1.67x	1.39x	Ordinary
Dogecoin	2.55x	1.39x	Strong
TRON	2.54x	1.33x	Strong
Cardano	1.99x	1.35x	Strong
Chainlink	2.41x	1.43x	Strong
Bitcoin Cash	2.63x	1.34x	Strong
Hedera	2.36x	1.32x	Strong
Avalanche	1.39x	1.42x	Quiet
Litecoin	2.13x	1.38x	Strong
Shiba Inu	2.06x	1.34x	Strong
Uniswap	2.37x	1.35x	Strong
Polkadot	2.31x	1.31x	Strong
Aave	2.27x	1.38x	Strong
NEAR Protocol	1.89x	1.24x	Strong
Internet Computer	2.36x	1.46x	Strong
POL (prev. MATIC)	2.90x	1.42x	Exceptional
Filecoin	1.89x	1.27x	Strong

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 Internet Computer

Questions about this page

Is 2.36x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is strong: the usual is 1.46x. 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 Internet Computer 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.

Disclaimer

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