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Grid Demand — Central region

EIA-930 Central region (SPP corridor) electricity demand (MWh/day).

the verdict —
At the 21d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 43% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -0.76%. Status: OOS validated. n = 1851. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-06-13
913,712
vs ~6 weeks ago
11%
vs 60 days ago
11%
vs 7 days ago
9.2%
last 90 observations · 2026-03-16 2026-06-13

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.

Grid Demand — Central region
914K +114K (+14.25%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
1.06M960K860K759K659KOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26
2025-10-05 → 2026-06-13 · 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 -0.76% over the next trading month, moving in the opposite direction 57% of the time.

51%
+0.03%
1 d
54%
−0.13%
1 wk
57%
−0.76%
1 mo
57%
−1.5%
3 mo
48%
−1.6%
6 mo
48%
−2.5%
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=1,851
+0.03%
51% same direction
-0.13%
46% same direction
-0.76%
43% same direction
-1.5%
43% same direction
-1.6%
48% same direction
-2.5%
48% same direction
MOVE
bond volatility
n=1,803
+0.07%
51% same direction
+0.61%
55% same direction
+2.6%
57% same direction
+0.68%
60% same direction
+1.0%
54% same direction
-2.0%
52% 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:
58 fires · 59% positive · avg +0.93%
−8.5%−4.3%0%+4.3%+8.5%2019-06-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.68) · SPY 21d: +2.63%2019-07-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.94) · SPY 21d: −4.40%2019-07-18 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.11) · SPY 21d: −3.34%2019-07-19 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.19) · SPY 21d: −1.63%2020-04-23 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.80) · SPY 21d: −5.86%2020-06-08 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.61) · SPY 21d: −2.17%2020-06-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.51) · SPY 21d: +2.50%2020-06-30 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.76) · SPY 21d: +5.06%2020-07-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.60) · SPY 21d: +5.15%2020-07-02 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.65) · SPY 21d: +5.30%2020-07-08 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.64) · SPY 21d: +5.74%2021-02-11 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.72) · SPY 21d: +1.46%2021-02-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.14) · SPY 21d: +0.83%2021-02-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.97) · SPY 21d: +1.26%2021-06-10 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.65) · SPY 21d: +3.18%2021-06-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.71) · SPY 21d: +2.19%2021-06-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.00) · SPY 21d: +0.71%2021-06-18 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.89) · SPY 21d: +3.89%2021-07-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.51) · SPY 21d: +1.69%2021-07-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.65) · SPY 21d: +2.18%2022-06-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.32) · SPY 21d: +0.78%2022-06-14 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.34) · SPY 21d: +3.01%2022-06-15 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.63) · SPY 21d: +0.73%2022-06-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.69) · SPY 21d: +6.99%2022-06-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.83) · SPY 21d: +7.90%2022-06-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.75) · SPY 21d: +6.32%2022-07-05 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.53) · SPY 21d: +8.51%2022-07-06 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.58) · SPY 21d: +8.07%2022-07-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.51) · SPY 21d: +8.39%2023-06-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.71) · SPY 21d: +3.43%2023-06-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.65) · SPY 21d: +3.96%2023-06-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.27) · SPY 21d: +4.71%2023-06-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.26) · SPY 21d: +4.49%2023-06-30 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.68) · SPY 21d: +2.98%2023-07-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.79) · SPY 21d: −0.03%2023-07-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.19) · SPY 21d: −0.87%2023-07-14 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.53) · SPY 21d: −0.26%2023-07-19 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.89) · SPY 21d: −4.15%2023-07-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.56) · SPY 21d: −3.47%2023-07-25 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.87) · SPY 21d: −2.73%2023-07-26 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.18) · SPY 21d: −4.09%2023-07-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.16) · SPY 21d: −2.77%2023-07-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.08) · SPY 21d: −3.10%2023-08-02 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.66) · SPY 21d: +0.05%2023-08-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.68) · SPY 21d: −0.16%2023-08-22 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.80) · SPY 21d: −1.54%2023-08-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.68) · SPY 21d: −2.85%2023-08-24 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.58) · SPY 21d: −1.07%2024-06-24 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.90) · SPY 21d: −0.28%2024-06-25 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.32) · SPY 21d: −1.18%2024-07-15 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.01) · SPY 21d: −3.47%2024-07-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.79) · SPY 21d: −3.74%2024-07-30 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.77) · SPY 21d: +3.01%2024-07-31 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.90) · SPY 21d: +1.37%2025-02-19 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.86) · SPY 21d: −7.74%2025-02-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.87) · SPY 21d: −7.60%2025-07-11 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.71) · SPY 21d: +1.97%2025-07-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.54) · SPY 21d: +1.79%2019-06-282023-06-202025-07-29
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.
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