VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comTHU · MAY 28 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
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Knicks won previous game

1 if Knicks won their most recent game, else 0.

the verdict —
At the 21d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 47% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -0.10%. Status: in sample. n = 1474. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-05-23
1.00
vs 7 days ago
0.0%
Binary calendar indicator — value is 1 on event days, 0 every other day. A time-series sparkline isn't meaningful here (it's mostly zeros). The hit-rate / magnitude stats below are computed against the event days themselves; see the COMING UP strip on the home page for upcoming instances.

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.

Knicks won previous game
1.00
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
1.040.77000.50000.2300-0.040020242024202520252026
2024-02-03 → 2026-05-23 · 252 bars

What it has historically predicted

Historically barely better than chance over the next trading month. We surface this for transparency, not because we'd trade on it.

52%
+0.04%
1 d
49%
−0.03%
1 wk
53%
−0.10%
1 mo
49%
+0.13%
3 mo
49%
−0.07%
6 mo
49%
+0.11%
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=1,474
+0.04%
52% same direction
-0.03%
49% same direction
-0.10%
47% same direction
+0.13%
49% same direction
-0.07%
49% same direction
+0.11%
49% same direction
WTI
crude oil
n=1,451
+0.04%
51% same direction
+0.19%
50% same direction
-0.10%
48% same direction
-0.84%
47% same direction
-1.4%
48% same direction
-0.23%
51% 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:
11 fires · 82% positive · avg +1.93%
⚠ This indicator hasn't fired since 2019-11-18 (2383 calendar days ago). Currently quiet — chart shows historical fires only.
−4.8%−2.4%0%+2.4%+4.8%2015-02-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.06) · SPY 21d: −1.14%2015-03-12 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.18) · SPY 21d: +0.96%2015-03-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.06) · SPY 21d: +1.16%2019-02-14 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.09) · SPY 21d: +2.90%2019-04-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.22) · SPY 21d: +2.09%2019-04-09 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.22) · SPY 21d: −0.23%2019-10-07 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.22) · SPY 21d: +4.76%2019-10-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.22) · SPY 21d: +3.55%2019-11-08 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.22) · SPY 21d: +1.49%2019-11-14 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.09) · SPY 21d: +3.21%2019-11-18 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.09) · SPY 21d: +2.43%2015-02-272019-04-092019-11-18
Each bar = one fire day (|z|≥2 from 60-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.