VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comTHU · MAY 28 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
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PoorlyweatherSP-6235

Weather grade: Chicago

Composite weather grade Chicago.

the verdict —
At the 252d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 54% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: +0.64%. Status: OOS validated. n = 6382. Bullish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-05-18
66.3
vs ~6 weeks ago
207%
vs 60 days ago
26%
vs 7 days ago
14%
last 90 observations · 2026-02-18 2026-05-18

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.

Weather grade: Chicago
66.34 -33.12 (-33.30%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
103.476.5849.7322.88-3.98Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26
2025-09-09 → 2026-05-18 · 252 bars

What it has historically predicted

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

51%
+0.02%
1 d
51%
+0.06%
1 wk
52%
+0.15%
1 mo
52%
+0.26%
3 mo
52%
+0.44%
6 mo
54%
+0.64%
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=6,382
+0.02%
51% same direction
+0.06%
51% same direction
+0.15%
52% same direction
+0.26%
52% same direction
+0.44%
52% same direction
+0.64%
54% same direction
WTI
crude oil
n=6,391
-0.01%
50% same direction
-0.18%
49% same direction
-0.70%
46% same direction
-2.6%
44% same direction
-2.3%
46% same direction
+1.7%
52% 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 = 2.5, window = 180d, horizon = 126d, hit-rate deviation from chance = 50.0pp.
RegimeσWindowHorizonHit dev
Low VIX (calm)2.50180d126d50.0pp
Normal VIX2.50240d21d50.0pp
High VIX (stress)2.00240d252d50.0pp

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.