VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comTHU · MAY 28 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
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sentimentSP-0124

CNN Fear & Greed

Composite sentiment index from CNN Money.

the verdict —
At the 21d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 58% of fires. Status: OOS validated. n = 1820. Bullish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value

What it has historically predicted

On days when this signal fires, SPY has historically moved in the same direction as the signal 74% of the time over the next trading week.

61%
1 d
74%
1 wk
58%
1 mo
52%
3 mo

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=1,820
61% same direction
74% same direction
58% same direction
52% same direction
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.