How Litecoin reacted to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on 6 March 2024

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Litecoin's price swung 2.60 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a JOLTs Job Openings release, 1.87 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.17% higher.

2.60x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
3.20x
usual for JOLTs Job Openings: 2.22x
Price at 10:00 AM
$83.01
15 minutes later
−0.71%
One hour later
+0.17%
range 2.08%, hour before 2.16%
LTC/USDT, 1 minute candles around the release, 10:00 AM America/New York

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

Open
79.98
Close
85.67
24h change
6.64%
24h high
87.40
24h low
79.98
24h volume
1.314M LTC

Measured by Clometrix

Litecoin's volatility ratio was 2.60x, against 1.87x for a typical JOLTs Job Openings release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 3.20x, against a typical 2.22x. 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 Litecoin moved

Litecoin was at $83.01 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.71% lower, and an hour later 0.17% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.08% of its price, against 2.16% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 6 March 2024 at 10:00 AM EST. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey fell to 8.468M for January 2024, from 8.585M in December 2023.

What made it matter

Since 2021, JOLTs Job Openings releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Litecoin about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.76x across 25, against 1.90x across 44. This one came out 14 days before the Federal Reserve's 20 March rate decision. Its own ratio of 2.60x compares with 1.76x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 69 JOLTs Job Openings releases since 2021, Litecoin's median volatility ratio is 1.87x.

How it compares

Across 69 JOLTs Job Openings releases since 2021, Litecoin's usual price swing is 1.87x. This one was 1.39 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: JOLTs Job Openings's usual, 1.87x. Thick line: this release, 2.60x.

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 83.26 83.01 83.10 0.11% 0.30% 0.22% 636 LTC
5 minutes 83.26 82.22 82.34 -0.81% 1.25% 0.65% 7,816 LTC
10 minutes 83.26 81.75 82.01 -1.22% 1.81% 0.80% 21,104 LTC
15 minutes 83.26 81.75 82.42 -0.72% 1.81% 1.22% 34,206 LTC
30 minutes 83.26 81.75 82.84 -0.21% 1.81% 1.75% 63,454 LTC
1 hour 83.48 81.75 83.15 0.17% 2.07% 2.12% 91,766 LTC
2 hours 83.87 81.75 83.78 0.92% 2.53% 2.13% 127,378 LTC
4 hours 84.50 81.75 84.36 1.60% 3.25% 4.36% 194,777 LTC
6 hours 84.67 81.75 84.43 1.68% 3.45% 4.99% 249,843 LTC
8 hours 85.72 81.75 84.36 -1.15% 4.63% 8.49% 525,697 LTC
12 hours 86.89 81.75 85.67 3.10% 5.92% 8.49% 446,834 LTC

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for JOLTs Job Openings Reaction
Bitcoin 2.27x 2.22x Ordinary
Ethereum 2.41x 2.00x Ordinary
XRP 2.60x 1.58x Strong
BNB 2.04x 1.77x Ordinary
Solana 1.67x 1.81x Ordinary
Dogecoin 1.47x 1.76x Quiet
TRON 2.11x 1.52x Strong
Cardano 1.77x 1.66x Ordinary
Chainlink 2.39x 1.71x Strong
Sui 3.09x 1.91x Strong
Bitcoin Cash 2.28x 1.81x Ordinary
Hedera 1.91x 1.53x Ordinary
Avalanche 2.55x 1.67x Strong
Litecoin 2.60x 1.87x Strong
Shiba Inu 1.17x 1.49x Quiet
Uniswap 1.22x 1.53x Quiet
Polkadot 1.78x 1.63x Ordinary
Aave 1.99x 1.79x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 1.34x 1.57x Quiet
Aptos 1.68x 1.77x Ordinary
Internet Computer 2.59x 1.69x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.04x 1.82x Ordinary
Filecoin 2.24x 1.50x Strong

What is the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey?

The job openings and labor turnover survey (JOLTS) is a monthly report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor counting job vacancies and separations, including the number of workers voluntarily quitting employment. The BLS surveys more than 20,000 businesses and government offices to estimate the numbers of U.S. job vacancies, hires, and separations included in the monthly jobs report. The job separations numbers are subdivided into three categories: quits, or voluntary resignations; layoffs and discharges; and other separations, which include deaths and retirements. The number of vacancies is a widely followed indicator of labor demand, while the quits rate is partly a function of employment demand. Job hires and separations can be used to gauge labor turnover.

Every JOLTs Job Openings release for Litecoin

Questions about this page

Is 2.60x a lot?

For a JOLTs Job Openings release it is strong: the usual is 1.87x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.

Will the next JOLTs Job Openings do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Litecoin moved in after past JOLTs Job Openings releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

What is the JOLTs report?

JOLTs is the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Its median Bitcoin price swing since 2021 is 2.22x, which places it in Tier 2.

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