How NEAR Protocol reacted to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on 29 September 2026

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, NEAR Protocol's price swung 1.99 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a JOLTs Job Openings release, 1.57 times is usual. An hour later the price was unchanged.

1.99x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
1.76x
usual for JOLTs Job Openings: 2.25x
Price at 10:00 AM
$5.000
15 minutes later
−1.40%
One hour later
0.00%
range 3.20%, hour before 4.60%
NEAR/USDT, 1 hour candles around the release, 10:00 AM America/New York

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

Open
4.680
Close
5.010
24h change
6.59%
24h high
5.180
24h low
4.550
24h volume
41.806M NEAR

The release

Released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 29 September 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey was unchanged at 7.079M for August 2026.

How NEAR Protocol moved

NEAR Protocol was at $5.000 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 1.4% lower, and an hour later unchanged. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 3.2% of its price, against 4.6% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

NEAR Protocol's volatility ratio was 1.99x, against 1.57x for a typical JOLTs Job Openings release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.76x, against a typical 2.25x. That is about what this release usually does. 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.

What made it matter

Since 2021, JOLTs Job Openings releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved NEAR Protocol about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.57x across 25, against 1.56x across 42. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.99x compares with 1.56x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 67 JOLTs Job Openings releases since 2021, NEAR Protocol's median volatility ratio is 1.57x.

How it compares

Across 67 JOLTs Job Openings releases since 2021, NEAR Protocol's usual price swing is 1.57x. This one was 1.27 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: JOLTs Job Openings's usual, 1.57x. Thick line: this release, 1.99x.

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 5.01 4.99 5.00 0.00% 0.40% 0.40% 67,979 NEAR
5 minutes 5.03 4.95 4.96 -0.81% 1.59% 0.99% 285,137 NEAR
10 minutes 5.03 4.92 4.92 -1.63% 2.19% 1.79% 447,661 NEAR
15 minutes 5.03 4.91 4.93 -1.42% 2.39% 2.98% 617,567 NEAR
30 minutes 5.05 4.89 5.03 0.60% 3.17% 4.57% 1.853M NEAR
1 hour 5.05 4.89 5.00 0.00% 3.17% 4.57% 3.305M NEAR
2 hours 5.05 4.86 4.97 -0.60% 3.76% 4.57% 6.976M NEAR
4 hours 5.05 4.75 4.82 -3.73% 5.94% 5.77% 11.17M NEAR
6 hours 5.18 4.75 4.97 -0.60% 8.30% 6.16% 15.227M NEAR
8 hours 5.05 4.74 4.82 0.83% 6.14% 5.99% 18.493M NEAR
12 hours 5.18 4.75 5.01 0.20% 8.30% 9.54% 22.673M NEAR

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for JOLTs Job Openings Reaction
Bitcoin 2.65x 2.22x Ordinary
Ethereum 2.52x 2.00x Ordinary
XRP 0.98x 1.58x Quiet
BNB 2.15x 1.77x Ordinary
Solana 1.98x 1.81x Ordinary
Dogecoin 1.72x 1.76x Ordinary
TRON 1.00x 1.52x Quiet
Cardano 1.40x 1.66x Quiet
Chainlink 1.48x 1.71x Quiet
Sui 1.98x 1.91x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.20x 1.81x Quiet
Hedera 1.02x 1.53x Quiet
Avalanche 1.26x 1.67x Quiet
Litecoin 1.13x 1.87x Quiet
Gram 2.96x 2.00x Strong
Shiba Inu 1.48x 1.49x Quiet
Uniswap 1.29x 1.53x Quiet
Polkadot 0.99x 1.63x Quiet
Aave 0.83x 1.79x Quiet
Bittensor 1.45x 1.75x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.99x 1.57x Ordinary
Aptos 1.22x 1.77x Quiet
Internet Computer 0.98x 1.69x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.28x 1.82x Quiet
Filecoin 1.00x 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 NEAR Protocol

Questions about this page

Is 1.99x a lot?

For a JOLTs Job Openings release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.57x. 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 NEAR Protocol moved in after past JOLTs Job Openings releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

More questions · Glossary

Disclaimer

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