How Bitcoin Cash reacted to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on 1 April 2025

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Bitcoin Cash's price swung 3.33 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a JOLTs Job Openings release, 1.84 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.45% higher.

3.33x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
3.82x
usual for JOLTs Job Openings: 2.18x
Price at 10:00 AM
$310.80
15 minutes later
−0.97%
One hour later
+0.45%
range 2.03%, hour before 0.68%
BCH/USDT, 30 minutes candles around the release, 10:00 AM America/New York

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

Open
302.60
Close
306.60
24h change
1.30%
24h high
318.70
24h low
302.50
24h volume
36,786 BCH

Measured by Clometrix

Bitcoin Cash's volatility ratio was 3.33x, against 1.84x for a typical JOLTs Job Openings release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 3.82x, against a typical 2.18x. 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 Bitcoin Cash moved

Bitcoin Cash was at $310.80 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.97% lower, and an hour later 0.45% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.03% of its price, against 0.68% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 1 April 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey fell to 7.48M for February 2025, from 7.762M in January 2025.

What made it matter

Since 2021, JOLTs Job Openings releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Bitcoin Cash about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.83x across 26, against 1.84x across 44. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 3.33x compares with 1.84x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 70 JOLTs Job Openings releases since 2021, Bitcoin Cash's median volatility ratio is 1.84x.

How it compares

Across 70 JOLTs Job Openings releases since 2021, Bitcoin Cash's usual price swing is 1.84x. This one was 1.81 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: JOLTs Job Openings's usual, 1.84x. Thick line: this release, 3.33x.

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 311.10 310.40 310.60 -0.06% 0.23% 0.10% 159 BCH
5 minutes 311.10 308.90 309.50 -0.42% 0.71% 0.29% 365 BCH
10 minutes 311.10 308.30 308.70 -0.68% 0.90% 0.42% 571 BCH
15 minutes 311.10 307.10 307.80 -0.97% 1.29% 0.45% 781 BCH
30 minutes 311.10 306.30 308.30 -0.81% 1.54% 0.67% 1,315 BCH
1 hour 312.60 306.30 312.20 0.45% 2.02% 0.67% 2,237 BCH
2 hours 318.70 306.30 314.70 1.24% 3.89% 1.28% 9,435 BCH
4 hours 318.70 306.30 311.80 0.32% 3.89% 1.37% 10,650 BCH
6 hours 318.70 306.30 310.80 0.00% 3.89% 1.75% 14,554 BCH
8 hours 318.70 306.30 311.80 -0.61% 3.89% 3.97% 15,851 BCH
12 hours 318.70 304.50 306.60 -1.37% 4.46% 3.97% 22,787 BCH

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for JOLTs Job Openings Reaction
Bitcoin 5.19x 2.24x Exceptional
Ethereum 4.92x 2.05x Exceptional
XRP 3.98x 1.59x Exceptional
BNB 2.59x 1.78x Strong
Solana 4.84x 1.81x Exceptional
Dogecoin 3.97x 1.77x Exceptional
TRON 1.68x 1.52x Ordinary
Cardano 3.23x 1.69x Strong
Chainlink 3.87x 1.75x Exceptional
Sui 4.05x 1.93x Exceptional
Bitcoin Cash 3.33x 1.84x Strong
Hedera 2.55x 1.54x Strong
Avalanche 3.39x 1.71x Strong
Litecoin 3.68x 1.90x Strong
Gram 2.00x 2.00x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 2.89x 1.49x Strong
Uniswap 2.97x 1.55x Strong
Polkadot 3.52x 1.65x Exceptional
Aave 2.91x 1.80x Strong
Bittensor 2.69x 1.81x Strong
NEAR Protocol 2.05x 1.59x Ordinary
Aptos 2.72x 1.77x Strong
Internet Computer 3.09x 1.69x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.67x 1.84x Strong
Filecoin 2.56x 1.51x 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 Bitcoin Cash

Questions about this page

Is 3.33x a lot?

For a JOLTs Job Openings release it is strong: the usual is 1.84x. 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 Bitcoin Cash moved in after past JOLTs Job Openings releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

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