VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comTHU · MAY 28 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
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CPI Energy (monthly)

Headline energy prices gas pump + utility heating proxy.

the verdict —
At the 1d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 43% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -0.08%. Status: in sample. n = 199. Bearish on the underlying when fired.
What to watch when it fires
TIPGLDSPY

Current state

Latest value · 2026-04-01
326.0
vs ~6 weeks ago
11%
vs 60 days ago
42%
vs 7 days ago
18%
last 90 observations · 2018-10-01 2026-04-01

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.

CPI Energy (monthly)
326.0 +159.3 (+95.55%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
337.1292.0246.9201.7156.620052010201520202026
2005-04-01 → 2026-04-01 · 252 bars

What it has historically predicted

On days when this signal fires, SPY has historically moved in the opposite direction 57% of the time over the next trading day.

57%
−0.08%
1 d
54%
−0.27%
1 wk
49%
−0.36%
1 mo
53%
−0.47%
3 mo
55%
−0.97%
6 mo
54%
−1.1%
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=199
-0.08%
43% same direction
-0.27%
46% same direction
-0.36%
49% same direction
-0.47%
47% same direction
-0.97%
45% same direction
-1.1%
46% same direction
BTC
bitcoin
n=135
-0.45%
42% same direction
-1.2%
46% same direction
-3.0%
41% same direction
-11.0%
37% same direction
-24.8%
35% same direction
-63.5%
42% 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:
48 fires · 65% positive · avg +0.03%
⚠ This indicator hasn't fired since 2022-11-01 (1304 calendar days ago). Currently quiet — chart shows historical fires only.
−2.5%−1.3%0%+1.3%+2.5%2000-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.90) · SPY 1d: +0.07%2000-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.01) · SPY 1d: +1.74%2000-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.04) · SPY 1d: −0.80%2000-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.86) · SPY 1d: +0.17%2000-12-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.88) · SPY 1d: +0.85%2001-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.09) · SPY 1d: −2.27%2001-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.77) · SPY 1d: −0.80%2001-05-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.26) · SPY 1d: −0.18%2001-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.02) · SPY 1d: +0.48%2004-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.72) · SPY 1d: −0.58%2004-04-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.53) · SPY 1d: +0.76%2004-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.03) · SPY 1d: +0.37%2004-07-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.91) · SPY 1d: −0.05%2004-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.89) · SPY 1d: +1.13%2004-10-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.23) · SPY 1d: +0.17%2004-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.49) · SPY 1d: +0.03%2004-12-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.27) · SPY 1d: +0.08%2005-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.05) · SPY 1d: +0.30%2005-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.07) · SPY 1d: −0.05%2005-04-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.18) · SPY 1d: +0.17%2005-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.82) · SPY 1d: +0.22%2005-07-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.28) · SPY 1d: +0.80%2005-08-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.79) · SPY 1d: +0.60%2005-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.98) · SPY 1d: −0.18%2005-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.54) · SPY 1d: +1.05%2005-12-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.24) · SPY 1d: +0.13%2006-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.30) · SPY 1d: −1.16%2006-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.09) · SPY 1d: −0.01%2006-05-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.22) · SPY 1d: +0.75%2006-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.11) · SPY 1d: +0.21%2006-08-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.37) · SPY 1d: +0.68%2006-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.74) · SPY 1d: +0.19%2007-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.51) · SPY 1d: −1.31%2007-05-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.67) · SPY 1d: +0.58%2007-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.65) · SPY 1d: +0.01%2007-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.78) · SPY 1d: +0.11%2008-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.74) · SPY 1d: −1.26%2008-04-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.74) · SPY 1d: +0.07%2008-05-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.91) · SPY 1d: +0.28%2008-07-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.43) · SPY 1d: −1.71%2008-08-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.09) · SPY 1d: −0.93%2022-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.57) · SPY 1d: +1.84%2022-04-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.11) · SPY 1d: +0.86%2022-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.28) · SPY 1d: +1.90%2022-07-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.45) · SPY 1d: +0.19%2022-08-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.74) · SPY 1d: −0.66%2022-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.51) · SPY 1d: −1.05%2022-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.53) · SPY 1d: −2.51%2000-03-012005-11-012022-11-01
Each bar = one fire day (|z|≥2.5 from 180-day rolling baseline). Bar height = SPY return over the the next trading day, 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.