VOL. I · NO. 119 · standardpoorly.comTHU · MAY 28 · 2026FORWARD HORIZON · 1 d / 1 wk / 1 mo / 3 mo
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WTI Crude ATR(14)

WTI 14-day Average True Range. Energy vol regime.

the verdict —
At the 126d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 41% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -1.05%. Status: OOS validated. n = 6334. Bearish on the underlying when fired.
What to watch when it fires
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Current state

Latest value · 2026-05-25
6.59
vs ~6 weeks ago
21%
vs 60 days ago
118%
vs 7 days ago
0.7%
last 90 observations · 2026-01-21 2026-05-25

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.

WTI Crude ATR(14)
6.59 +4.46 (+209.49%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
9.507.385.273.151.04May 25Aug 25Nov 25Feb 26May 26
2025-05-30 → 2026-05-25 · 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 -1.1% over the next six months, moving in the opposite direction 59% of the time.

49%
−0.00%
1 d
48%
+0.01%
1 wk
54%
+0.04%
1 mo
54%
−0.13%
3 mo
59%
−1.1%
6 mo
58%
−0.84%
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=6,334
-0.00%
49% same direction
+0.01%
48% same direction
+0.04%
46% same direction
-0.13%
46% same direction
-1.1%
41% same direction
-0.84%
42% same direction
VNQ
REIT ETF
n=5,311
-0.01%
47% same direction
-0.06%
47% same direction
+0.40%
54% same direction
-1.0%
42% same direction
-2.2%
38% same direction
-1.7%
45% 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 six months, 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.