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Grid Demand — Tennessee region

EIA-930 Tennessee region (TVA) electricity demand (MWh/day).

the verdict —
At the 63d horizon, this signal hits in the predicted direction 42% of fires. Mean SPY forward return when it lights: -1.68%. Status: OOS validated. n = 1837. Bearish on the underlying when fired.

Current state

Latest value · 2026-07-27
595,069
vs ~6 weeks ago
11%
vs 60 days ago
15%
vs 7 days ago
3.8%
last 90 observations · 2026-04-29 2026-07-27

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.

Grid Demand — Tennessee region
595K +174K (+41.24%) over 1Y
Hover for date + value · Toggle SPY to compare relative move
719K620K521K422K323KNov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26
2025-11-18 → 2026-07-27 · 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 -1.7% over the next trading quarter, moving in the opposite direction 58% of the time.

52%
+0.01%
1 d
53%
−0.18%
1 wk
56%
−0.71%
1 mo
58%
−1.7%
3 mo
48%
−1.2%
6 mo
52%
−1.4%
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=1,837
+0.01%
52% same direction
-0.18%
47% same direction
-0.71%
44% same direction
-1.7%
42% same direction
-1.2%
48% same direction
-1.4%
48% same direction
MOVE
bond volatility
n=1,803
-0.04%
51% same direction
+1.5%
55% same direction
+2.4%
57% same direction
+3.8%
61% same direction
-2.5%
47% same direction
-5.8%
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:
25 fires · 56% positive · avg 0.43%
⚠ This indicator hasn't fired since 2026-01-27 (183 calendar days ago). Currently quiet — chart shows historical fires only.
−12.6%−6.3%0%+6.3%+12.6%2020-07-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.56) · SPY 63d: +8.46%2021-02-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.02) · SPY 63d: +5.92%2021-02-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.10) · SPY 63d: +4.98%2022-01-07 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.62) · SPY 63d: −3.97%2022-01-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.84) · SPY 63d: −2.73%2022-06-14 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.64) · SPY 63d: +5.54%2022-06-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.55) · SPY 63d: +5.16%2022-12-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.90) · SPY 63d: +3.31%2023-07-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.67) · SPY 63d: −7.72%2023-07-28 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.99) · SPY 63d: −9.71%2023-08-23 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.56) · SPY 63d: +2.31%2023-08-24 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.61) · SPY 63d: +4.15%2023-08-25 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.69) · SPY 63d: +3.48%2024-01-16 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.64) · SPY 63d: +6.02%2024-01-17 · ↑ up-fire (z=4.33) · SPY 63d: +5.98%2024-01-18 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.16) · SPY 63d: +4.83%2025-01-07 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.55) · SPY 63d: −6.80%2025-01-08 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.55) · SPY 63d: −11.01%2025-01-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.61) · SPY 63d: −12.57%2025-01-22 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.71) · SPY 63d: −11.71%2025-02-20 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.79) · SPY 63d: −4.51%2025-02-21 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.79) · SPY 63d: −2.81%2025-12-15 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.77) · SPY 63d: −2.83%2026-01-26 · ↑ up-fire (z=2.54) · SPY 63d: +3.24%2026-01-27 · ↑ up-fire (z=3.46) · SPY 63d: +2.33%2020-07-162023-08-252026-01-27
Each bar = one fire day (|z|≥2.5 from 180-day rolling baseline). Bar height = SPY return over the the next trading quarter, 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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