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PoorlychaosSP-3230

Days since last Bruce Willis movie

Decay model Bruce Willis filmography proxy.

the verdict —
At the 21d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 48% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: +0.01%. Status: OOS validated. n = 6598. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-05-26
2,685
vs ~6 weeks ago
1.6%
vs 60 days ago
3.2%
vs 7 days ago
0.4%
last 90 observations · 2026-01-21 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.

Days since last Bruce Willis movie
2,687 +351.0 (+15.03%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
2,7012,6062,5122,4172,322Jun 25Sep 25Dec 25Mar 26May 26
2025-06-11 → 2026-05-28 · 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.

49%
−0.00%
1 d
49%
−0.01%
1 wk
48%
+0.01%
1 mo
49%
+0.13%
3 mo
49%
+0.45%
6 mo
50%
+0.85%
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=6,598
-0.00%
49% same direction
-0.01%
49% same direction
+0.01%
48% same direction
+0.13%
49% same direction
+0.45%
49% same direction
+0.85%
50% same direction
VNQ
REIT ETF
n=5,311
-0.02%
49% same direction
-0.06%
48% same direction
-0.19%
46% same direction
-0.62%
43% same direction
-1.6%
42% same direction
-2.7%
43% 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:
24 fires · 71% positive · avg +0.60%
⚠ This indicator hasn't fired since 2024-09-23 (612 calendar days ago). Currently quiet — chart shows historical fires only.
−16.5%−8.2%0%+8.2%+16.5%2001-10-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: +5.48%2001-12-31 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.90) · SPY 21d: −0.98%2002-01-31 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.95) · SPY 21d: +2.27%2002-03-04 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.99) · SPY 21d: −2.25%2004-07-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: +1.14%2004-12-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.90) · SPY 21d: −1.65%2005-03-18 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.95) · SPY 21d: −2.64%2006-10-03 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: +2.62%2007-01-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.90) · SPY 21d: −0.79%2007-04-02 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.95) · SPY 21d: +5.19%2007-06-18 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.99) · SPY 21d: +1.03%2009-01-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: −16.50%2009-05-18 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.90) · SPY 21d: +0.35%2009-07-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.95) · SPY 21d: +10.69%2009-09-14 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.99) · SPY 21d: +2.07%2012-08-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: +3.17%2014-11-25 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: +0.64%2015-03-25 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.90) · SPY 21d: +2.86%2015-08-24 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.95) · SPY 21d: +2.16%2016-04-07 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.99) · SPY 21d: +0.87%2021-07-07 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: +1.68%2022-09-15 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.90) · SPY 21d: −8.33%2023-10-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.95) · SPY 21d: +2.91%2024-09-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.99) · SPY 21d: +2.40%2001-10-292009-05-182024-09-23
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.