How Bitcoin Cash reacted to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on 5 May 2026

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Bitcoin Cash's price swung 2.83 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 0.44% lower.

2.83x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
4.68x
usual for JOLTs Job Openings: 2.18x
Price at 10:00 AM
$458.80
15 minutes later
−0.54%
One hour later
−0.44%
range 0.89%, hour before 0.54%
BCH/USDT, 5 minutes candles around the release, 10:00 AM America/New York

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

Open
443.90
Close
463.80
24h change
4.29%
24h high
464.50
24h low
443.00
24h volume
36,165 BCH

Measured by Clometrix

Bitcoin Cash's volatility ratio was 2.83x, against 1.84x for a typical JOLTs Job Openings release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 4.68x, 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 $458.80 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.54% lower, and an hour later 0.44% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.89% of its price, against 0.54% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 5 May 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey rose to 7.618M for March 2026, from 6.882M in February 2026.

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 2.83x 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 1.54 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: JOLTs Job Openings's usual, 1.84x. Thick line: this release, 2.83x.

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 459.00 458.10 458.40 -0.09% 0.20% 0.07% 19 BCH
5 minutes 459.00 458.10 458.60 -0.04% 0.20% 0.17% 43 BCH
10 minutes 459.00 457.10 457.50 -0.28% 0.41% 0.37% 221 BCH
15 minutes 459.00 455.80 456.30 -0.55% 0.70% 0.37% 534 BCH
30 minutes 459.00 454.90 456.70 -0.46% 0.89% 0.39% 910 BCH
1 hour 459.00 454.90 456.80 -0.44% 0.89% 0.54% 1,205 BCH
2 hours 459.00 454.60 455.60 -0.70% 0.96% 0.63% 1,772 BCH
4 hours 459.00 454.00 454.20 -1.01% 1.09% 1.56% 2,325 BCH
6 hours 459.00 453.70 455.70 -0.68% 1.15% 3.34% 2,778 BCH
8 hours 461.70 454.00 454.20 -0.11% 1.67% 3.15% 8,659 BCH
12 hours 464.50 453.70 463.80 1.08% 2.33% 4.05% 11,963 BCH

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for JOLTs Job Openings Reaction
Bitcoin 2.03x 2.24x Ordinary
Ethereum 1.72x 2.05x Ordinary
XRP Not measured 1.59x -
BNB 1.38x 1.78x Quiet
Solana 1.56x 1.81x Ordinary
Dogecoin 1.69x 1.77x Ordinary
TRON 2.02x 1.52x Strong
Cardano 1.62x 1.69x Ordinary
Chainlink 1.50x 1.75x Ordinary
Sui 1.87x 1.93x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 2.83x 1.84x Strong
Hedera 1.61x 1.54x Ordinary
Avalanche 1.50x 1.71x Quiet
Litecoin 1.73x 1.90x Ordinary
Gram 2.06x 2.00x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 1.34x 1.49x Quiet
Uniswap 1.98x 1.55x Ordinary
Polkadot 2.00x 1.65x Ordinary
Aave 1.79x 1.80x Ordinary
Bittensor 1.31x 1.81x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.01x 1.59x Quiet
Aptos 1.38x 1.77x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.94x 1.69x Ordinary
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.32x 1.84x Ordinary
Filecoin 1.23x 1.51x 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 Bitcoin Cash

Questions about this page

Is 2.83x 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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