VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comSUN · JUL 19 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
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2-Year Treasury Yield (daily)

Short-end of the curve Fed-policy expectations.

the verdict —
At the 252d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 36% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -6.01%. Status: OOS validated. n = 6331. Bearish on the underlying when fired.
What to watch when it fires
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Current state

Latest value · 2026-07-15
4.13
vs ~6 weeks ago
2.0%
vs 60 days ago
11%
vs 7 days ago
0.0%
last 90 observations · 2026-03-09 2026-07-15

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.

2-Year Treasury Yield (daily)
4.16 +0.2100 (+5.32%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
4.304.063.823.583.34Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26
2025-07-15 → 2026-07-16 · 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 -6.0% over the next year, moving in the opposite direction 64% of the time.

48%
−0.03%
1 d
54%
−0.12%
1 wk
56%
−0.47%
1 mo
59%
−1.5%
3 mo
60%
−3.1%
6 mo
64%
−6.0%
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=6,331
-0.03%
48% same direction
-0.12%
46% same direction
-0.47%
44% same direction
-1.5%
41% same direction
-3.1%
40% same direction
-6.0%
36% same direction
Gold
futures
n=6,190
-0.03%
49% same direction
-0.04%
50% same direction
+0.28%
52% same direction
+0.92%
53% same direction
+2.7%
58% same direction
+6.1%
63% 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.
Regime-tuned params · AutoResearch v13Analyst · preview
Regime matters
This indicator's strongest predictive edge sits in Low VIX (calm): tuned σ = 2.75, window = 180d, horizon = 63d, hit-rate deviation from chance = 48.0pp.
RegimeσWindowHorizonHit dev
Low VIX (calm)2.75180d63d48.0pp
Normal VIX2.75180d126d25.0pp
High VIX (stress)2.75240d21d46.2pp

Hit-rate deviation = |hit% − 50%| at the row's tuned horizon. Big deviation = strong directional edge in that regime. Regimes split by daily VIX terciles (low / normal / high) over a 1-year rolling window. Analyst + Trader subscribers will be able to filter the home grid and the fire-history bar chart by regime.

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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