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Natural Gas Price, Europe

European natural gas price, monthly (IMF via FRED). Global gas-market stress / LNG arbitrage signal.

the verdict —
At the 63d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 34% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -2.00%. Status: OOS validated. n = 100. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-03-01
17.7
vs ~6 weeks ago
55%
vs 60 days ago
185%
vs 7 days ago
61%
last 90 observations · 2018-10-01 2026-03-01

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.

Natural Gas Price, Europe
17.67 +12.16 (+220.69%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
72.7254.2235.7217.22-1.2820052010201520202026
2005-04-01 → 2026-03-01 · 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 -2.0% over the next trading quarter, moving in the opposite direction 66% of the time.

55%
−0.01%
1 d
59%
−0.12%
1 wk
60%
−0.60%
1 mo
66%
−2.0%
3 mo
57%
−2.0%
6 mo
59%
−2.1%
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=100
-0.01%
45% same direction
-0.12%
41% same direction
-0.60%
40% same direction
-2.0%
34% same direction
-2.0%
43% same direction
-2.1%
41% same direction
Gold
futures
n=191
-0.08%
47% same direction
-0.25%
46% same direction
-0.80%
41% same direction
-2.2%
41% same direction
-3.7%
33% same direction
-8.5%
28% 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:
49 fires · 37% positive · avg 2.74%
⚠ This indicator hasn't fired since 2022-12-01 (1280 calendar days ago). Currently quiet — chart shows historical fires only.
−23.7%−11.8%0%+11.8%+23.7%2000-08-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.97) · SPY 63d: −2.32%2000-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.84) · SPY 63d: −13.30%2000-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.36) · SPY 63d: −5.38%2000-12-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.18) · SPY 63d: −4.64%2001-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.44) · SPY 63d: −9.22%2001-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.25) · SPY 63d: +1.08%2001-05-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.02) · SPY 63d: −4.49%2001-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.89) · SPY 63d: −10.58%2004-10-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.52) · SPY 63d: +6.35%2005-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.33) · SPY 63d: −1.94%2005-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.21) · SPY 63d: −1.44%2005-04-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.74) · SPY 63d: +1.49%2005-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.43) · SPY 63d: +0.46%2005-07-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.09) · SPY 63d: +2.94%2005-08-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.88) · SPY 63d: −3.11%2005-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.70) · SPY 63d: +3.43%2005-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.21) · SPY 63d: +5.32%2005-12-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.99) · SPY 63d: +1.17%2006-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.22) · SPY 63d: +1.95%2006-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.01) · SPY 63d: −1.44%2006-05-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.01) · SPY 63d: −1.96%2006-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.82) · SPY 63d: +1.50%2006-08-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.69) · SPY 63d: +8.32%2006-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.54) · SPY 63d: +6.70%2006-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.45) · SPY 63d: +5.84%2006-12-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.33) · SPY 63d: −0.47%2007-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.97) · SPY 63d: +3.97%2007-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.88) · SPY 63d: +9.12%2007-10-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.57) · SPY 63d: −5.24%2007-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.51) · SPY 63d: −8.75%2008-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.15) · SPY 63d: +1.38%2008-04-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.71) · SPY 63d: −6.32%2008-05-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.56) · SPY 63d: −10.13%2008-07-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.33) · SPY 63d: −9.65%2008-08-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.10) · SPY 63d: −23.67%2008-10-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.33) · SPY 63d: −22.25%2008-12-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.90) · SPY 63d: −12.64%2021-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.39) · SPY 63d: −0.29%2021-10-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=6.42) · SPY 63d: +9.38%2021-11-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=5.10) · SPY 63d: −1.54%2021-12-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=7.26) · SPY 63d: −3.28%2022-02-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.83) · SPY 63d: −8.07%2022-03-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=6.67) · SPY 63d: −3.96%2022-04-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.16) · SPY 63d: −15.67%2022-06-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.99) · SPY 63d: −3.52%2022-07-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=6.76) · SPY 63d: −6.31%2022-08-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=8.74) · SPY 63d: −5.29%2022-09-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=5.48) · SPY 63d: +2.77%2022-12-01 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.75) · SPY 63d: −0.71%2000-08-012006-11-012022-12-01
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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