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StandardtechnicalSP-4116

BTC RSI(14)

14-day Wilder's RSI on Bitcoin. Crypto mean-reversion test.

the verdict —
At the 21d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 54% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: +0.50%. Status: OOS validated. n = 2906. Bullish on the underlying when fired.
What to watch when it fires
IBITMSTR

Current state

Latest value · 2026-05-26
45.5
vs ~6 weeks ago
26%
vs 60 days ago
4.8%
vs 7 days ago
6.2%
last 90 observations · 2026-02-21 2026-05-26

The series — full history

Daily readings, every reading we have. Pick a window with the time-period buttons; flip to candles via the global toggle in the masthead (or press C). Toggle the SPY overlay to see how this series and the S&P 500 have moved together.

BTC RSI(14)
45.49 -13.97 (-23.49%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
75.0359.6444.2428.8513.45Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26
2025-09-12 → 2026-05-26 · 252 bars

What it has historically predicted

Historically barely better than chance over the next trading month. We surface this for transparency, not because we'd trade on it.

52%
+0.05%
1 d
52%
+0.16%
1 wk
54%
+0.50%
1 mo
53%
+0.32%
3 mo
52%
+0.53%
6 mo
52%
+0.78%
1 yr

Beyond SPY — how this signal performs across markets

Same fire days, different forward returns. Each row asks: when this signal fires, what does that asset do? The big number is the average return; underneath is how often the asset moved the same direction as the signal (50% would be a coin flip).

target
1 d
1 wk
1 mo
3 mo
6 mo
1 yr
SPY
S&P 500 ETF
n=2,906
+0.05%
52% same direction
+0.16%
52% same direction
+0.50%
54% same direction
+0.32%
53% same direction
+0.53%
52% same direction
+0.78%
52% same direction
Copper
futures
n=2,806
+0.06%
51% same direction
+0.08%
50% same direction
-0.26%
48% same direction
+0.89%
52% same direction
+2.6%
60% same direction
+2.8%
55% same direction
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Each fire in history — when the signal popped, what SPY did next

Each bar is one historical fire — the indicator's value moved 2.5+ standard deviations from its rolling 180 trading-day mean (~9 months), or for monotonic “days since” indicators, crossed an 80th/90th/95th/99th percentile. Bar height = SPY's forward return at the selected horizon, signed by signal direction. Green above zero means the market moved with the signal; red below zero means it moved against.

horizon:
63 fires · 67% positive · avg +2.32%
−11.6%−5.8%0%+5.8%+11.6%2015-06-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.94) · SPY 21d: +0.97%2015-06-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.56) · SPY 21d: +0.90%2015-08-18 · ↓ down-fire (z=-3.14) · SPY 21d: +4.88%2015-10-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.61) · SPY 21d: +0.29%2015-10-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.73) · SPY 21d: −0.07%2015-10-30 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.87) · SPY 21d: +1.32%2015-11-03 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.65) · SPY 21d: −2.56%2015-11-04 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.63) · SPY 21d: −0.35%2016-06-03 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.74) · SPY 21d: −0.89%2016-06-06 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.76) · SPY 21d: −0.80%2016-06-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.81) · SPY 21d: +3.10%2016-08-02 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.82) · SPY 21d: −0.85%2016-12-22 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.55) · SPY 21d: +1.86%2016-12-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.89) · SPY 21d: +1.60%2017-12-07 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.62) · SPY 21d: +3.96%2018-07-24 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.17) · SPY 21d: +1.62%2018-11-14 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.67) · SPY 21d: +5.49%2018-11-15 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.76) · SPY 21d: +6.57%2018-11-16 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.80) · SPY 21d: +8.21%2018-11-19 · ↓ down-fire (z=-3.02) · SPY 21d: +8.15%2018-11-20 · ↓ down-fire (z=-3.18) · SPY 21d: +8.87%2018-11-21 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.50) · SPY 21d: +11.58%2018-11-23 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.58) · SPY 21d: +6.48%2019-02-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.59) · SPY 21d: +2.27%2019-04-02 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.15) · SPY 21d: +1.82%2019-04-03 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.12) · SPY 21d: +2.66%2019-04-04 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.75) · SPY 21d: +1.96%2019-04-05 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.79) · SPY 21d: −0.22%2019-04-08 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.77) · SPY 21d: −0.44%2019-09-24 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.81) · SPY 21d: −1.35%2019-09-25 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.81) · SPY 21d: −0.92%2019-09-26 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.93) · SPY 21d: −1.55%2019-09-27 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.59) · SPY 21d: −2.67%2020-01-14 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.53) · SPY 21d: +2.94%2020-07-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.61) · SPY 21d: +6.47%2021-04-22 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.62) · SPY 21d: −0.65%2021-04-23 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.66) · SPY 21d: −0.58%2021-05-19 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.80) · SPY 21d: −0.99%2023-01-11 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.87) · SPY 21d: +3.16%2023-01-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.74) · SPY 21d: +4.00%2023-01-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.14) · SPY 21d: +3.55%2023-01-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.63) · SPY 21d: +4.08%2023-01-18 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.63) · SPY 21d: +4.29%2023-01-19 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.75) · SPY 21d: +4.79%2023-01-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.16) · SPY 21d: +0.81%2023-01-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.88) · SPY 21d: −0.52%2023-08-17 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.98) · SPY 21d: −1.68%2023-08-18 · ↓ down-fire (z=-3.14) · SPY 21d: −1.42%2023-08-21 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.70) · SPY 21d: +0.16%2023-08-22 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.68) · SPY 21d: +1.54%2023-10-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.14) · SPY 21d: +7.80%2023-10-24 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.17) · SPY 21d: +7.41%2023-10-25 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.17) · SPY 21d: +9.04%2023-10-26 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.74) · SPY 21d: +10.16%2024-11-11 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.98) · SPY 21d: +1.45%2024-11-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.68) · SPY 21d: +1.24%2024-11-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.77) · SPY 21d: +1.18%2025-02-26 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.80) · SPY 21d: +4.62%2025-02-27 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.64) · SPY 21d: +5.02%2025-02-28 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.62) · SPY 21d: +5.85%2025-11-20 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.52) · SPY 21d: −4.95%2025-11-21 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.59) · SPY 21d: −4.39%2026-02-05 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.89) · SPY 21d: −0.10%2015-06-162019-09-262026-02-05
Each bar = one fire day (|z|≥2.5 from 180-day rolling baseline). Bar height = SPY return over the the next trading month, signed by signal direction. Dashed line = average across fires.
shaded cell = each row's strongest horizon (green = bullish forward return, red = bearish)“same direction” means the asset moved the same way the signal moved — opposite of a coin flip.