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M2 Money Supply (monthly)

M2 monetary aggregate broad liquidity gauge.

the verdict —
At the 5d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 55% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: +0.17%. Status: OOS validated. n = 201. Bullish on the underlying when fired.
What to watch when it fires
SPY

Current state

Latest value · 2026-04-01
22,805
vs ~6 weeks ago
10%
vs 60 days ago
13%
vs 7 days ago
2.9%
last 90 observations · 2018-11-01 2026-04-01

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.

M2 Money Supply (monthly)
22,805 +16,326 (+251.98%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
23,45819,05014,64210,2345,82620052010201520212026
2005-05-01 → 2026-04-01 · 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 +0.17% over the next trading week, moving in the same direction as the signal 55% of the time.

52%
+0.02%
1 d
55%
+0.17%
1 wk
49%
+0.02%
1 mo
55%
+0.86%
3 mo
50%
+0.78%
6 mo
55%
+0.90%
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=201
+0.02%
52% same direction
+0.17%
55% same direction
+0.02%
49% same direction
+0.86%
55% same direction
+0.78%
50% same direction
+0.90%
45% same direction
BTC
bitcoin
n=138
-0.77%
35% same direction
-1.1%
43% same direction
-2.2%
41% same direction
-7.3%
47% same direction
-16.0%
43% same direction
-42.2%
37% 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 +0.90%
⚠ This indicator hasn't fired since 2022-04-01 (1570 calendar days ago). Currently quiet — chart shows historical fires only.
−5.8%−2.9%0%+2.9%+5.8%2001-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.51) · SPY 5d: +0.21%2001-08-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.51) · SPY 5d: −2.93%2001-10-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.56) · SPY 5d: +2.17%2001-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.57) · SPY 5d: +3.77%2002-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.56) · SPY 5d: −2.27%2002-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.53) · SPY 5d: +2.86%2020-05-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.70) · SPY 5d: +3.41%2020-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.73) · SPY 5d: +5.78%2020-07-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.72) · SPY 5d: +1.24%2020-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.70) · SPY 5d: −3.63%2020-10-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.69) · SPY 5d: +2.00%2020-12-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.69) · SPY 5d: +1.13%2021-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.74) · SPY 5d: +3.80%2021-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.75) · SPY 5d: −2.02%2021-04-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.78) · SPY 5d: +2.72%2021-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.74) · SPY 5d: +0.62%2021-07-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.72) · SPY 5d: +1.18%2021-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.70) · SPY 5d: −0.62%2021-10-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.68) · SPY 5d: +0.83%2021-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.67) · SPY 5d: +1.93%2021-12-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.66) · SPY 5d: +4.22%2022-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.60) · SPY 5d: −0.44%2022-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.56) · SPY 5d: −3.19%2022-04-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.50) · SPY 5d: −1.18%2001-06-012021-02-012022-04-01
Each bar = one fire day (|z|≥2.5 from 180-day rolling baseline). Bar height = SPY return over the the next trading week, 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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