VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comTHU · MAY 28 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
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PoorlychaosSP-3327

Days since most recent Taylor Swift album

Decay-model count since last TS album drop.

the verdict —
At the 21d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 47% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -0.29%. Status: in sample. n = 4886. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-05-26
767.0
vs ~6 weeks ago
5.8%
vs 60 days ago
12%
vs 7 days ago
1.5%
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 most recent Taylor Swift album
769.0 +351.0 (+83.97%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
783.0688.3593.5498.7404.0Jun 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%
−0.01%
1 d
48%
−0.07%
1 wk
53%
−0.29%
1 mo
53%
−0.84%
3 mo
52%
−1.5%
6 mo
52%
−3.7%
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=4,886
-0.01%
49% same direction
-0.07%
48% same direction
-0.29%
47% same direction
-0.84%
47% same direction
-1.5%
52% same direction
-3.7%
48% same direction
VNQ
REIT ETF
n=4,797
+0.00%
50% same direction
+0.01%
52% same direction
-0.01%
51% same direction
+0.11%
56% same direction
-0.09%
60% same direction
-3.4%
50% 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:
17 fires · 71% positive · avg +1.19%
−9.6%−4.8%0%+4.8%+9.6%2007-10-11 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.99) · SPY 21d: −6.64%2010-03-25 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: +4.03%2010-07-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.90) · SPY 21d: +1.50%2010-09-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.95) · SPY 21d: +3.41%2012-04-09 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: −1.21%2012-07-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.90) · SPY 21d: +5.49%2012-08-31 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.95) · SPY 21d: +2.37%2014-04-22 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: +0.66%2014-07-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.90) · SPY 21d: +0.53%2014-09-04 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.95) · SPY 21d: −1.84%2014-10-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.99) · SPY 21d: +9.65%2016-05-05 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: +3.11%2016-07-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.90) · SPY 21d: +0.57%2016-09-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.95) · SPY 21d: +0.22%2016-10-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.99) · SPY 21d: +2.16%2019-07-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: −2.53%2025-10-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=0.80) · SPY 21d: −1.29%2007-10-112014-07-212025-10-21
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.