How Litecoin reacted to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on 30 July 2024

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Litecoin's price swung 1.35 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 0.07% higher.

1.35x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
1.89x
usual for JOLTs Job Openings: 2.22x
Price at 10:00 AM
$73.10
15 minutes later
+0.26%
One hour later
+0.07%
range 0.63%, hour before 1.03%
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
73.58
Close
72.23
24h change
-1.87%
24h high
74.07
24h low
71.08
24h volume
233,900 LTC

The release

Released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 30 July 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey fell to 7.412M for June 2024, from 7.901M in May 2024.

Measured by Clometrix

Litecoin's volatility ratio was 1.35x, against 1.87x for a typical JOLTs Job Openings release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.89x, against a typical 2.22x. 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 Litecoin moved

Litecoin was at $73.10 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.26% higher, and an hour later 0.07% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.63% of its price, against 1.03% in the hour before.

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 the day before the Federal Reserve's 31 July rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.35x compares with 1.76x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 69 JOLTs Job Openings releases since 2021, Litecoin's usual price swing is 1.87x. This one was 0.72 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: JOLTs Job Openings's usual, 1.87x. Thick line: this release, 1.35x. 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 73.12 73.01 73.02 -0.11% 0.15% 0.01% 438 LTC
5 minutes 73.16 72.94 73.09 -0.01% 0.30% 0.16% 2,892 LTC
10 minutes 73.29 72.94 73.22 0.16% 0.48% 0.25% 3,397 LTC
15 minutes 73.30 72.94 73.29 0.26% 0.49% 0.48% 4,059 LTC
30 minutes 73.39 72.94 73.16 0.08% 0.61% 1.02% 5,799 LTC
1 hour 73.40 72.94 73.15 0.07% 0.63% 1.02% 13,506 LTC
2 hours 73.42 72.93 73.25 0.20% 0.67% 1.02% 26,630 LTC
4 hours 73.44 72.25 72.42 -0.94% 1.62% 1.02% 55,097 LTC
6 hours 73.44 71.70 71.98 -1.56% 2.37% 1.32% 80,825 LTC
8 hours 73.84 72.25 72.42 -1.51% 2.15% 1.34% 91,626 LTC
12 hours 73.44 71.08 72.23 -1.20% 3.21% 1.34% 139,575 LTC

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for JOLTs Job Openings Reaction
Bitcoin 2.38x 2.22x Ordinary
Ethereum 1.33x 2.00x Quiet
XRP 1.57x 1.58x Ordinary
BNB 1.67x 1.77x Ordinary
Solana 4.17x 1.81x Exceptional
Dogecoin 1.29x 1.76x Quiet
TRON 1.70x 1.52x Ordinary
Cardano 1.44x 1.66x Quiet
Chainlink 1.48x 1.71x Quiet
Sui 1.51x 1.91x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.41x 1.81x Quiet
Hedera 1.32x 1.53x Quiet
Avalanche 2.26x 1.67x Strong
Litecoin 1.35x 1.87x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.12x 1.49x Quiet
Uniswap 1.34x 1.53x Quiet
Polkadot 1.48x 1.63x Quiet
Aave 1.66x 1.79x Ordinary
Bittensor 1.38x 1.75x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.68x 1.57x Ordinary
Aptos 1.30x 1.77x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.81x 1.69x Ordinary
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.17x 1.82x Quiet
Filecoin 1.48x 1.50x Quiet

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 1.35x a lot?

No. Under 1.5x the market barely noticed the release.

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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