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Rolling-Weekly 2-Streak >=2% Barometer

Rolling-weekly thrust fired 2026-04-16 (2 consecutive 5d windows >= 2%). Anchor close $699.86. Median 6 months forward: +9.6%. Historical edge after 2-streak: 3M median +4.4% WR 72% (n=29); 6M median +9.6% WR 79% (n=29); RoY median +5.0% WR 72% (n=29). 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
$699.86
3M edge
med +4.4% / WR 72% (n=29)
6M edge
med +9.6% / WR 79% (n=29)
RoY edge
med +5.0% / WR 72% (n=29)

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
2026-04-16699.866.03
2024-08-19546.675.427.905.40
2023-11-14433.8311.7718.836.35
2022-10-25366.375.888.97-0.19
2022-06-02393.95-5.62-1.69-7.18
2022-03-29435.63-17.91-20.73-16.06
2020-12-04341.965.7814.871.52
2020-10-08317.8610.62219.22
2020-09-02329.412.927.605.39
2020-05-18270.4815.3023.9428.35
2018-02-26243.97-2.815.16-8.36
2016-07-11181.781.817.285.90
2012-01-0499.219.957.1213.99
2011-10-2899.283.6610.29-1.79
2011-10-1494.637.3714.303.04

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