How TRON reacted to the International Trade Balance in Goods and Services on 8 August 2023

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, TRON's price swung 1.40 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Balance of Trade release, 1.12 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.10% higher.

1.40x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
0.69x
usual for Balance of Trade: 1.24x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.0767
15 minutes later
+0.04%
One hour later
+0.10%
range 0.39%, hour before 0.27%
TRX/USDT, 30 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.0769
Close
0.0767
24h change
-0.20%
24h high
0.0774
24h low
0.0763
24h volume
225.556M TRX

The release

Released by the Bureau of Census, Bureau of Economic Analysis on 8 August 2023 at 8:30 AM EDT. The deficit narrowed to $65.2B for June 2023, from $65.8B (The International Trade Balance in Goods and Services).

It arrived at the same moment as International Imports in Goods and Services and International Exports in Goods and Services, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

Measured by Clometrix

TRON's volatility ratio was 1.40x, against 1.12x for a typical Balance of Trade release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 0.69x, against a typical 1.24x. Under 1.5x is not a reaction at all: the market barely noticed this release. 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 TRON moved

TRON was at $0.0767 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was unchanged, and an hour later 0.1% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.39% of its price, against 0.27% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Balance of Trade releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved TRON less than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.00x across 23, against 1.25x across 47. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.40x compares with 1.25x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 70 Balance of Trade releases since 2021, TRON's usual price swing is 1.12x. This one was 1.25 times the usual.

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Thin line: Balance of Trade's usual, 1.12x. Thick line: this release, 1.40x. Under 1.5x counts as no reaction at all.

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 0.0767 0.07668 0.07668 -0.01% 0.03% 0.03% 55,370 TRX
5 minutes 0.0767 0.07658 0.07661 -0.10% 0.16% 0.10% 535,435 TRX
10 minutes 0.0767 0.07658 0.07669 0.00% 0.16% 0.12% 884,840 TRX
15 minutes 0.07672 0.07658 0.07672 0.04% 0.18% 0.12% 1.194M TRX
30 minutes 0.07684 0.07658 0.07679 0.13% 0.34% 0.17% 5.192M TRX
1 hour 0.07688 0.07658 0.07677 0.10% 0.39% 0.27% 10.465M TRX
2 hours 0.07688 0.07632 0.07641 -0.37% 0.73% 0.44% 20.503M TRX
4 hours 0.07688 0.07632 0.07682 0.17% 0.73% 0.63% 38.038M TRX
6 hours 0.07688 0.07632 0.07681 0.16% 0.73% 0.79% 77.175M TRX
8 hours 0.07688 0.07625 0.07682 0.47% 0.82% 0.75% 66.572M TRX
12 hours 0.07736 0.07632 0.07674 0.07% 1.34% 0.87% 129.75M TRX

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Balance of Trade Reaction
Bitcoin 1.89x 1.10x Strong
Ethereum 2.79x 1.25x Exceptional
XRP 1.67x 1.07x Strong
BNB 1.49x 1.08x Quiet
Solana 2.10x 1.17x Strong
Dogecoin 1.34x 1.15x Quiet
TRON 1.40x 1.12x Quiet
Cardano 1.41x 1.10x Quiet
Chainlink 1.66x 1.12x Strong
Sui 1.32x 1.05x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 2.63x 1.18x Exceptional
Hedera 1.56x 1.09x Strong
Avalanche 1.77x 1.01x Strong
Litecoin 2.03x 1.26x Strong
Shiba Inu 1.17x 1.04x Quiet
Uniswap 2.00x 1.18x Strong
Polkadot 1.98x 1.03x Strong
Aave 1.24x 1.13x Quiet
NEAR Protocol Not measured 1.07x -
Aptos 2.00x 1.19x Strong
Internet Computer 2.00x 1.07x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 3.09x 1.03x Exceptional
Filecoin 2.00x 1.01x Strong

What is the International Trade Balance in Goods and Services?

The balance of trade (BOT) measures economic transactions between a nation and its trading partners, showing the difference between the value of a country's imports and exports for a given period. The BEA and Census Bureau reports on the U.S. balance of payments (BOP), covering goods and services that move in and out of the country. Economists use this information to gauge the relative strength of a country's economy. When exports are higher than imports, it tends to boost GDP. In the opposite scenario, it creates a trade deficit.

Every Balance of Trade release for TRON

Questions about this page

Is 1.40x a lot?

No. Under 1.5x the market barely noticed the release.

Will the next Balance of Trade do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range TRON moved in after past Balance of Trade releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

More questions · Glossary

Disclaimer

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