VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comSUN · JUL 19 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
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Wikipedia: "Recession"

Daily pageviews on the Wikipedia Recession article.

the verdict —
At the 252d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 30% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -6.46%. Status: OOS validated. n = 2520. Bearish on the underlying when fired.
What to watch when it fires
XLY

Current state

Latest value · 2026-06-07
528.0
vs ~6 weeks ago
8.6%
vs 60 days ago
32%
vs 7 days ago
20%
last 90 observations · 2026-03-09 2026-06-07

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.

Wikipedia: "Recession"
528.0 -11.00 (-2.04%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
2,4471,8991,350801.4252.7Sep 25Nov 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26
2025-09-28 → 2026-06-07 · 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 -6.5% over the next year, moving in the opposite direction 70% of the time.

55%
−0.03%
1 d
58%
−0.18%
1 wk
64%
−0.62%
1 mo
66%
−1.5%
3 mo
70%
−3.7%
6 mo
70%
−6.5%
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=2,520
-0.03%
45% same direction
-0.18%
42% same direction
-0.62%
36% same direction
-1.5%
34% same direction
-3.7%
30% same direction
-6.5%
30% same direction
Gold
futures
n=2,628
-0.04%
47% same direction
-0.21%
45% same direction
-0.95%
43% same direction
-2.4%
38% same direction
-4.7%
35% same direction
-9.5%
42% 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.

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