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Grid Demand — Southeast region

EIA-930 Southeast region electricity demand (MWh/day).

the verdict —
At the 63d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 45% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -1.37%. Status: OOS validated. n = 1808. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-06-08
700,125
vs ~6 weeks ago
32%
vs 60 days ago
25%
vs 7 days ago
3.7%
last 90 observations · 2026-03-11 2026-06-08

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 — Southeast region
700K +43,825 (+6.68%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
994K860K726K592K458KSep 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26
2025-09-30 → 2026-06-08 · 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 -1.4% over the next trading quarter, moving in the opposite direction 55% of the time.

51%
−0.01%
1 d
53%
−0.07%
1 wk
55%
−0.56%
1 mo
55%
−1.4%
3 mo
52%
−1.4%
6 mo
54%
−1.8%
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
-0.07%
47% same direction
-0.56%
45% same direction
-1.4%
45% same direction
-1.4%
48% same direction
-1.8%
46% same direction
MOVE
bond volatility
n=1,803
+0.02%
52% same direction
+0.83%
54% same direction
+0.79%
55% same direction
+3.6%
60% same direction
+2.9%
53% same direction
-4.2%
53% 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:
30 fires · 47% positive · avg 0.36%
−12.6%−6.3%0%+6.3%+12.6%2019-10-23 · ↓ down-fire (z=-2.76) · SPY 63d: −9.63%2020-06-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.65) · SPY 63d: +9.77%2020-06-30 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.57) · SPY 63d: +7.79%2020-07-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.58) · SPY 63d: +8.01%2020-07-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.66) · SPY 63d: +7.08%2020-07-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.58) · SPY 63d: +5.23%2021-02-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.57) · SPY 63d: +4.98%2022-06-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.81) · SPY 63d: +4.83%2022-06-14 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.29) · SPY 63d: +5.54%2022-06-15 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.83) · SPY 63d: +2.88%2022-06-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.95) · SPY 63d: +5.16%2022-06-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.90) · SPY 63d: +6.20%2022-06-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.89) · SPY 63d: −1.02%2022-06-24 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.59) · SPY 63d: −5.67%2023-06-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.36) · SPY 63d: −2.36%2023-06-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.01) · SPY 63d: −2.37%2023-06-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.18) · SPY 63d: −2.19%2023-06-30 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.87) · SPY 63d: −3.56%2023-07-13 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.62) · SPY 63d: −2.94%2023-07-14 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.56) · SPY 63d: −3.48%2023-07-19 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.70) · SPY 63d: −4.21%2023-07-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.86) · SPY 63d: −4.86%2023-07-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.68) · SPY 63d: −7.72%2023-07-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.56) · SPY 63d: −9.71%2024-01-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.11) · SPY 63d: +5.98%2025-01-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.10) · SPY 63d: −12.57%2025-01-22 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.05) · SPY 63d: −11.71%2025-01-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.72) · SPY 63d: −10.34%2025-07-29 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.62) · SPY 63d: +7.87%2026-01-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.38) · SPY 63d: +2.33%2019-10-232023-06-282026-01-27
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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