How Litecoin reacted to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on 9 December 2025

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Litecoin's price swung 3.69 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 2.59% higher.

3.69x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
3.71x
usual for JOLTs Job Openings: 2.22x
Price at 10:00 AM
$83.69
15 minutes later
+0.50%
One hour later
+2.59%
range 2.68%, hour before 1.61%
LTC/USDT, 10 minutes candles around the release, 10:00 AM America/New York

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

Open
83.21
Close
84.99
24h change
2.09%
24h high
87.54
24h low
82.47
24h volume
458,846 LTC

Measured by Clometrix

Litecoin's volatility ratio was 3.69x, against 1.87x for a typical JOLTs Job Openings release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 3.71x, 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 $83.69 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.5% higher, and an hour later 2.59% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.68% of its price, against 1.61% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 9 December 2025 at 10:00 AM EST. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey rose to 7.67M for October 2025, from 7.227M in August 2025.

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 10 December rate decision. Its own ratio of 3.69x 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 1.98 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: JOLTs Job Openings's usual, 1.87x. Thick line: this release, 3.69x.

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 83.82 83.67 83.77 0.10% 0.18% 0.08% 496 LTC
5 minutes 84.94 83.67 84.49 0.95% 1.50% 0.26% 7,305 LTC
10 minutes 84.94 83.67 84.21 0.62% 1.50% 0.32% 8,810 LTC
15 minutes 84.94 83.67 84.11 0.50% 1.50% 0.42% 10,175 LTC
30 minutes 84.94 83.67 84.66 1.15% 1.50% 0.65% 20,302 LTC
1 hour 85.91 83.67 85.86 2.53% 2.61% 1.59% 51,417 LTC
2 hours 87.44 83.67 87.06 3.87% 4.31% 1.59% 135,637 LTC
4 hours 87.54 83.67 86.50 3.25% 4.42% 2.15% 209,884 LTC
6 hours 87.54 83.67 85.97 2.65% 4.42% 2.38% 237,851 LTC
8 hours 87.54 83.01 86.50 3.62% 5.17% 1.66% 271,129 LTC
12 hours 87.54 83.67 84.99 1.53% 4.42% 2.78% 317,475 LTC

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for JOLTs Job Openings Reaction
Bitcoin 3.62x 2.22x Strong
Ethereum 4.28x 2.00x Exceptional
XRP 4.10x 1.58x Exceptional
BNB 3.50x 1.77x Strong
Solana 3.90x 1.81x Exceptional
Dogecoin 5.89x 1.76x Exceptional
TRON 3.68x 1.52x Exceptional
Cardano 4.47x 1.66x Exceptional
Chainlink 5.23x 1.71x Exceptional
Sui 4.00x 1.91x Exceptional
Bitcoin Cash 3.07x 1.81x Strong
Hedera 4.56x 1.53x Exceptional
Avalanche 4.97x 1.67x Exceptional
Litecoin 3.69x 1.87x Strong
Gram 2.00x 2.00x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 4.22x 1.49x Exceptional
Uniswap 4.33x 1.53x Exceptional
Polkadot 3.96x 1.63x Exceptional
Aave 4.23x 1.79x Exceptional
Bittensor 2.75x 1.75x Strong
NEAR Protocol 3.95x 1.57x Exceptional
Aptos 2.98x 1.77x Strong
Internet Computer 3.92x 1.69x Exceptional
POL (prev. MATIC) 3.96x 1.82x Exceptional
Filecoin 3.10x 1.50x Exceptional

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 3.69x 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.

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