How Filecoin reacted to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on 2 May 2023

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Filecoin's price swung 2.03 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a JOLTs Job Openings release, 1.50 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.76% higher.

2.03x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
4.52x
usual for JOLTs Job Openings: 2.35x
Price at 10:00 AM
$5.240
15 minutes later
0.00%
One hour later
+0.76%
range 2.10%, hour before 0.76%
FIL/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
5.280
Close
5.250
24h change
-0.57%
24h high
5.330
24h low
5.210
24h volume
2.838M FIL

Measured by Clometrix

Filecoin's volatility ratio was 2.03x, against 1.50x for a typical JOLTs Job Openings release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 4.52x, against a typical 2.35x. 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 Filecoin moved

Filecoin was at $5.240 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was unchanged, and an hour later 0.76% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.1% of its price, against 0.76% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 2 May 2023 at 10:00 AM EDT. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey fell to 9.572M for March 2023, from 9.846M in February 2023.

What made it matter

Since 2021, JOLTs Job Openings releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Filecoin about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.50x across 25, against 1.51x across 44. This one came out the day before the Federal Reserve's 3 May rate decision. Its own ratio of 2.03x compares with 1.50x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 69 JOLTs Job Openings releases since 2021, Filecoin's median volatility ratio is 1.50x.

How it compares

Across 69 JOLTs Job Openings releases since 2021, Filecoin's usual price swing is 1.50x. This one was 1.35 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: JOLTs Job Openings's usual, 1.50x. Thick line: this release, 2.03x.

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 5.25 5.24 5.24 0.00% 0.19% 0.00% 11,077 FIL
5 minutes 5.25 5.23 5.23 -0.19% 0.38% 0.19% 32,691 FIL
10 minutes 5.25 5.21 5.23 -0.19% 0.76% 0.19% 68,883 FIL
15 minutes 5.25 5.21 5.24 0.00% 0.76% 0.38% 83,796 FIL
30 minutes 5.30 5.21 5.29 0.95% 1.70% 0.57% 166,995 FIL
1 hour 5.32 5.21 5.28 0.76% 2.07% 0.76% 462,910 FIL
2 hours 5.32 5.21 5.30 1.13% 2.07% 0.76% 759,580 FIL
4 hours 5.32 5.21 5.30 1.13% 2.07% 0.95% 912,841 FIL
6 hours 5.33 5.21 5.29 0.95% 2.25% 1.13% 1.075M FIL
8 hours 5.32 5.21 5.30 1.13% 2.07% 1.32% 1.241M FIL
12 hours 5.33 5.21 5.25 0.19% 2.25% 1.32% 1.623M FIL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for JOLTs Job Openings Reaction
Bitcoin 2.18x 2.22x Ordinary
Ethereum 2.09x 2.00x Ordinary
XRP 2.93x 1.58x Strong
BNB 2.58x 1.77x Strong
Solana 2.29x 1.81x Ordinary
Dogecoin 3.81x 1.76x Exceptional
TRON 2.90x 1.52x Strong
Cardano 2.65x 1.66x Strong
Chainlink 2.54x 1.71x Strong
Bitcoin Cash 2.01x 1.81x Ordinary
Hedera 1.52x 1.53x Ordinary
Avalanche 2.64x 1.67x Strong
Litecoin 2.03x 1.87x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 1.34x 1.49x Quiet
Uniswap 3.02x 1.53x Strong
Polkadot 2.04x 1.63x Ordinary
Aave 2.01x 1.79x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 1.01x 1.57x Quiet
Aptos 1.78x 1.77x Ordinary
Internet Computer 1.68x 1.69x Ordinary
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.35x 1.82x Ordinary
Filecoin 2.03x 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 Filecoin

Questions about this page

Is 2.03x a lot?

For a JOLTs Job Openings release it is strong: the usual is 1.50x. 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 Filecoin 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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