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Grid Demand — Northwest region

EIA-930 Northwest region 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: -2.00%. Status: OOS validated. n = 1808. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-06-13
974,237
vs ~6 weeks ago
5.3%
vs 60 days ago
15%
vs 7 days ago
2.0%
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 — Northwest region
974K +128K (+15.19%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
1.17M1.07M970K869K768KOct 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.

53%
+0.05%
1 d
54%
+0.21%
1 wk
55%
−0.53%
1 mo
61%
−2.0%
3 mo
49%
−0.21%
6 mo
51%
−1.9%
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
+0.05%
53% same direction
+0.21%
54% same direction
-0.53%
45% same direction
-2.0%
39% same direction
-0.21%
49% same direction
-1.9%
51% same direction
MOVE
bond volatility
n=1,803
-0.07%
49% same direction
+0.06%
52% same direction
+1.9%
56% same direction
+10.2%
63% same direction
-2.1%
53% same direction
-4.4%
54% 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:
24 fires · 67% positive · avg +0.99%
−12.6%−6.3%0%+6.3%+12.6%2020-08-18 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.54) · SPY 63d: +7.07%2021-02-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.66) · SPY 63d: +6.10%2021-06-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.04) · SPY 63d: +3.55%2021-06-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.95) · SPY 63d: +1.41%2021-07-07 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.56) · SPY 63d: −0.31%2021-07-09 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.51) · SPY 63d: +0.72%2022-07-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.66) · SPY 63d: −5.46%2022-07-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.75) · SPY 63d: −5.57%2022-07-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.51) · SPY 63d: −4.02%2022-07-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.52) · SPY 63d: −5.92%2022-12-22 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.67) · SPY 63d: +4.14%2023-08-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.71) · SPY 63d: +2.07%2023-08-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.53) · SPY 63d: +3.07%2024-01-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.77) · SPY 63d: +5.83%2024-01-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.18) · SPY 63d: +6.02%2024-07-09 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.58) · SPY 63d: +2.15%2024-07-10 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.76) · SPY 63d: +2.11%2024-07-11 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.72) · SPY 63d: +3.71%2024-07-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.71) · SPY 63d: +2.88%2024-08-02 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.65) · SPY 63d: +6.71%2025-01-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.61) · SPY 63d: −12.57%2025-02-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.72) · SPY 63d: −2.61%2025-02-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.91) · SPY 63d: −3.16%2025-08-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.55) · SPY 63d: +5.91%2020-08-182023-08-172025-08-13
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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