VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comWED · JUN 17 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
STANDARD Poorly
"All the correlations that are barely fit to print"
← back to front page·indicator report
Standardenergy_activitySP-2403

Grid Demand — Mid-Atlantic region

EIA-930 Mid-Atlantic region (PJM corridor incl. Data-Center Alley) electricity demand (MWh/day).

the verdict —
At the 63d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 39% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -2.05%. Status: OOS validated. n = 1808. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-06-13
2,584,380
vs ~6 weeks ago
29%
vs 60 days ago
19%
vs 7 days ago
4.0%
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 — Mid-Atlantic region
2.58M +563K (+27.82%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
3.17M2.82M2.48M2.13M1.79MOct 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 -2.0% over the next trading quarter, moving in the opposite direction 61% of the time.

51%
−0.01%
1 d
52%
−0.13%
1 wk
58%
−0.84%
1 mo
61%
−2.0%
3 mo
48%
−0.30%
6 mo
49%
−2.2%
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=1,808
-0.01%
51% same direction
-0.13%
48% same direction
-0.84%
42% same direction
-2.0%
39% same direction
-0.30%
48% same direction
-2.2%
49% same direction
MOVE
bond volatility
n=1,803
+0.20%
52% same direction
+1.1%
54% same direction
+3.9%
57% same direction
+7.7%
62% same direction
-3.6%
46% same direction
+0.27%
52% same direction
Analyst · 6 moreWTI · Gold · BTC · Copper · DXY · VNQ see the full 8-target matrix with bootstrap confidence intervals.Join waitlist →

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:
38 fires · 63% positive · avg +0.65%
−12.6%−6.3%0%+6.3%+12.6%2019-07-19 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.60) · SPY 63d: +0.71%2020-07-06 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.66) · SPY 63d: +5.30%2020-07-07 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.56) · SPY 63d: +8.28%2020-07-08 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.65) · SPY 63d: +5.93%2020-07-09 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.83) · SPY 63d: +8.39%2020-07-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.72) · SPY 63d: +7.08%2020-07-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.53) · SPY 63d: +5.23%2020-07-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.55) · SPY 63d: +5.67%2021-06-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.97) · SPY 63d: +1.41%2021-06-30 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.78) · SPY 63d: +1.49%2021-07-07 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.58) · SPY 63d: −0.31%2022-07-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.62) · SPY 63d: −5.99%2022-07-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.84) · SPY 63d: −7.60%2022-07-22 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.50) · SPY 63d: −7.51%2023-07-05 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.10) · SPY 63d: −4.86%2023-07-06 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.43) · SPY 63d: −3.41%2023-07-07 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.87) · SPY 63d: −3.20%2023-07-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.77) · SPY 63d: −2.94%2023-07-14 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.00) · SPY 63d: −3.48%2023-07-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.25) · SPY 63d: −7.72%2023-07-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.33) · SPY 63d: −9.71%2024-01-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.85) · SPY 63d: +5.98%2024-06-18 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.11) · SPY 63d: +2.35%2024-06-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.84) · SPY 63d: +4.38%2024-06-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.93) · SPY 63d: +4.36%2024-07-09 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.73) · SPY 63d: +2.15%2024-07-10 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.65) · SPY 63d: +2.11%2024-07-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.90) · SPY 63d: +3.45%2025-01-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.95) · SPY 63d: −12.57%2025-01-22 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.02) · SPY 63d: −11.71%2025-01-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.57) · SPY 63d: −10.34%2025-06-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.97) · SPY 63d: +11.11%2025-06-24 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.31) · SPY 63d: +9.30%2025-06-25 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.97) · SPY 63d: +8.89%2026-01-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.79) · SPY 63d: +2.33%2026-01-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.66) · SPY 63d: +2.32%2026-01-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.71) · SPY 63d: +3.55%2026-01-30 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.67) · SPY 63d: +4.15%2019-07-192023-07-272026-01-30
Each bar = one fire day (|z|≥2.5 from 180-day rolling baseline). Bar height = SPY return over the the next trading quarter, 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.
Analyst · previewYou're seeing the public read on this signal. Analyst unlocks the full multi-year track record + bootstrap confidence intervals + an alert when this indicator fires. Trader adds the walk-forward backtest + intraday refresh + the API / MCP to pull this signal into Claude.Compare tiers →