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Grid Demand — Midwest region

EIA-930 Midwest region (MISO corridor) electricity demand (MWh/day).

the verdict —
At the 63d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 41% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -1.96%. Status: OOS validated. n = 1808. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-06-13
2,091,887
vs ~6 weeks ago
15%
vs 60 days ago
9.1%
vs 7 days ago
1.1%
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 — Midwest region
2.09M +191K (+10.07%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
2.56M2.31M2.06M1.81M1.56MOct 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 59% of the time.

51%
+0.02%
1 d
52%
−0.13%
1 wk
57%
−0.87%
1 mo
59%
−2.0%
3 mo
53%
−1.5%
6 mo
48%
−2.7%
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=1,808
+0.02%
51% same direction
-0.13%
48% same direction
-0.87%
43% same direction
-2.0%
41% same direction
-1.5%
47% same direction
-2.7%
48% same direction
MOVE
bond volatility
n=1,803
-0.06%
52% same direction
+0.91%
54% same direction
+4.2%
57% same direction
+6.4%
61% same direction
-2.1%
46% same direction
-2.6%
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:
39 fires · 69% positive · avg +1.55%
−12.6%−6.3%0%+6.3%+12.6%2019-07-02 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.63) · SPY 63d: −1.08%2019-07-10 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.69) · SPY 63d: −3.38%2019-07-19 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.10) · SPY 63d: +0.71%2020-07-07 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.78) · SPY 63d: +8.28%2020-07-08 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.82) · SPY 63d: +5.93%2020-07-09 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.83) · SPY 63d: +8.39%2021-02-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.53) · SPY 63d: +6.10%2021-02-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.07) · SPY 63d: +5.92%2021-02-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.73) · SPY 63d: +4.98%2022-06-14 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.15) · SPY 63d: +5.54%2022-06-15 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.44) · SPY 63d: +2.88%2022-06-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.08) · SPY 63d: +5.16%2022-06-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.81) · SPY 63d: +2.40%2022-06-22 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.96) · SPY 63d: +0.80%2022-07-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.55) · SPY 63d: −5.99%2023-06-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.75) · SPY 63d: −2.19%2023-06-30 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.95) · SPY 63d: −3.56%2023-07-25 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.52) · SPY 63d: −7.68%2023-07-26 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.80) · SPY 63d: −7.00%2023-07-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.05) · SPY 63d: −7.72%2023-07-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.14) · SPY 63d: −9.71%2023-08-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.71) · SPY 63d: +2.31%2023-08-24 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.92) · SPY 63d: +4.15%2024-01-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.64) · SPY 63d: +6.02%2024-01-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.52) · SPY 63d: +5.98%2024-06-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.71) · SPY 63d: +2.92%2024-06-18 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.82) · SPY 63d: +2.35%2024-06-25 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.73) · SPY 63d: +4.86%2024-07-15 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.77) · SPY 63d: +3.21%2024-07-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.54) · SPY 63d: +3.45%2024-07-30 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.59) · SPY 63d: +7.16%2024-07-31 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.62) · SPY 63d: +5.62%2024-08-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.53) · SPY 63d: +6.81%2025-01-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.93) · SPY 63d: −12.57%2025-01-22 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.80) · SPY 63d: −11.71%2025-02-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.61) · SPY 63d: −4.51%2025-06-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.09) · SPY 63d: +11.11%2025-06-24 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.60) · SPY 63d: +9.30%2025-07-24 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.72) · SPY 63d: +5.26%2019-07-022023-07-272025-07-24
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.
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