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Rolling-Weekly 2-Streak >=2% Barometer

Rolling-weekly thrust fired 2026-04-16 (2 consecutive 5d windows >= 2%). Anchor close $701.66. Median 6 months forward: +9.3%. Historical edge after 2-streak: 3M median +4.4% WR 71% (n=38); 6M median +9.3% WR 76% (n=38); RoY median +5.4% WR 71% (n=38). Use the anchor close as a floor reference.

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Wayne Whaley-style thrust: 2 consecutive non-overlapping 5-day windows each returning >= +2%. Historical 6M edge: 78% WR train, 85% holdout WR (n=64). Strongest sample size in the floor cluster. Fires multiple times per year in trending markets.

Latest fire
2026-04-16
Anchor close
$701.66
3M edge
med +4.4% / WR 71% (n=38)
6M edge
med +9.3% / WR 76% (n=38)
RoY edge
med +5.4% / WR 71% (n=38)

When to run this study

Run any time. The signal fires whenever SPX records 2 consecutive non-overlapping 5-day windows each returning at least +2%. 6M holdout WR 85% (strongest), 3M holdout WR 80%. Use the most-recent firing's close as a floor reference.

Historical results

All 2-Streak Events (>= 2%) -- Multi-Horizon Returns

Sig DateAnchor $3M6MRoY
2026-04-16701.66
2024-08-19548.085.427.905.40
2023-11-14434.9511.7718.836.35
2022-10-25367.325.888.97-0.19
2022-06-02394.97-5.62-1.69-7.18
2022-03-29436.75-17.91-20.73-16.06
2020-12-04342.845.7814.871.52
2020-10-08318.6810.62219.22
2020-09-02330.262.927.605.39
2020-05-18271.1815.3023.9428.35
2018-02-26244.60-2.815.16-8.36
2016-07-11182.251.817.285.90
2012-01-0499.479.957.1213.99
2011-10-2899.543.6610.29-1.79
2011-10-1494.877.3714.303.04

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