VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comTHU · MAY 28 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
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PoorlychaosSP-3242

Days since last Nicolas Cage movie

Decay model Nicolas Cage is also in everything.

the verdict —
At the 252d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 45% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -1.02%. Status: OOS validated. n = 6377. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-05-26
1,138
vs ~6 weeks ago
3.8%
vs 60 days ago
8.0%
vs 7 days ago
1.0%
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 Nicolas Cage movie
1,140 +351.0 (+44.49%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
1,1541,059964.5869.7775.0Jun 25Sep 25Dec 25Mar 26May 26
2025-06-11 → 2026-05-28 · 252 bars

What it has historically predicted

On days when this signal fires (deviates 2+ standard deviations from its 30-day average, in either direction), SPY has historically averaged -1.0% over the next year, moving in the opposite direction 55% of the time.

49%
+0.01%
1 d
50%
+0.06%
1 wk
51%
+0.24%
1 mo
53%
+0.53%
3 mo
53%
+0.48%
6 mo
55%
−1.0%
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=6,377
+0.01%
49% same direction
+0.06%
50% same direction
+0.24%
51% same direction
+0.53%
53% same direction
+0.48%
53% same direction
-1.0%
45% same direction
Gold
futures
n=6,195
-0.05%
47% same direction
-0.24%
45% same direction
-1.00%
41% same direction
-2.9%
35% same direction
-6.0%
27% same direction
-14.1%
18% 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:
0 fires · 0% positive · avg +0.00%
⚠ This indicator hasn't fired since 2013-02-11 (4854 calendar days ago). Currently quiet — chart shows historical fires only.
−5.0%−2.5%0%+2.5%+5.0%
Each bar = one fire day (|z|≥2.5 from 180-day rolling baseline). Bar height = SPY return over the the next year, 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.