VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comWED · JUN 03 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
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US Regular Gasoline Retail Price

US average regular gasoline retail price, weekly (EIA via FRED). Consumer-spending squeeze gauge.

the verdict —
At the 252d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 44% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -3.95%. Status: OOS validated. n = 1197. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-05-25
4.47
vs ~6 weeks ago
47%
vs 60 days ago
42%
vs 7 days ago
8.6%
last 90 observations · 2024-09-09 2026-05-25

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.

US Regular Gasoline Retail Price
4.47 +1.32 (+41.66%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
5.104.493.893.292.6920212022202420252026
2021-08-02 → 2026-05-25 · 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 -4.0% over the next year, moving in the opposite direction 56% of the time.

51%
−0.02%
1 d
48%
−0.04%
1 wk
49%
−0.21%
1 mo
54%
−0.68%
3 mo
54%
−1.5%
6 mo
56%
−4.0%
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=1,197
-0.02%
51% same direction
-0.04%
48% same direction
-0.21%
49% same direction
-0.68%
46% same direction
-1.5%
46% same direction
-4.0%
44% same direction
Copper
futures
n=1,164
-0.05%
49% same direction
+0.02%
53% same direction
-1.1%
45% same direction
-3.7%
39% same direction
-7.5%
38% same direction
-15.6%
29% 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%
−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.
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