VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comTHU · MAY 28 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
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StandardtechnicalSP-4984

SPY 20/50 MA cross

Faster MA cross short-vs-medium trend regime.

the verdict —
At the 252d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 61% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: +2.72%. Status: OOS validated. n = 6384. Bullish on the underlying when fired.
What to watch when it fires
SPY

Current state

Latest value · 2026-05-22
1.00
vs 60 days ago
0.0%
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.

SPY 20/50 MA cross
1.00 +0.0000 (+0.00%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
1.040.77000.50000.2300-0.0400May 25Aug 25Nov 25Feb 26May 26
2025-05-22 → 2026-05-22 · 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 +2.7% over the next year, moving in the same direction as the signal 61% of the time.

51%
−0.00%
1 d
52%
−0.03%
1 wk
54%
−0.10%
1 mo
56%
+0.57%
3 mo
60%
+1.1%
6 mo
61%
+2.7%
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=6,384
-0.00%
51% same direction
-0.03%
52% same direction
-0.10%
54% same direction
+0.57%
56% same direction
+1.1%
60% same direction
+2.7%
61% same direction
BTC
bitcoin
n=2,758
+0.04%
51% same direction
+0.42%
50% same direction
+1.7%
48% same direction
+8.7%
54% same direction
+15.8%
53% same direction
+36.1%
60% 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:
0 fires · 0% positive · avg +0.00%
−5.0%−2.5%0%+2.5%+5.0%
Each bar = one fire day (|z|≥2.5 from 180-day rolling baseline). Bar height = SPY return over the the next year, 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.