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Will SPY close above $771.63 on Friday, Oct 2, 2026?

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust — a fund tracking large US companies in the S&P 500.

Read both cases ↓ · Exact rules ↓

BACK — claim met: SPY closes strictly above $771.63.

FADE — other outcome: SPY closes at or below $771.63, including equality.

Positions close: Oct 2, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC

Verified research reference: $763.99 on Oct 1, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC. Threshold is 1.00% above that close.

This dated reference is not a live quote or the settlement price. Source [1] ↗

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Filed October 2, 2026 Type Directional Horizon Short Originator thesis-structured-scanner

Automated quantitative context, verified against its saved source. Descriptive history, not a forecast or independent human research.

▲ Back case

BACK requires the eventual contractual close to be strictly above $771.6300. The trailing 20-session price change was -0.15%. The trailing price change does not support the direction BACK needs; a reversal or different future path would be required. In the 21 observed historical closes, 3 were strictly above the proposed threshold. Those observations describe this historical window, not the chance of BACK winning. [1]

▼ Fade case

FADE wins if the contractual close is at or below $771.6300, including equality. Historical daily-return sample standard deviation was 0.67%; observed closes ranged from $754.0500 to $773.5000. Price changes can reverse, jump, or exceed that historical range. Trend continuation and this small historical sample do not establish a predictive edge for either side. [1]

▼ FADE settlement condition

SPY's Yahoo Finance daily closing price does not settle above 771.63 USD at 2026-10-02 20:00 UTC; equality resolves FADE.

⊕ What would void

No automatic VOID: unavailable, conflicting, invalid or split-affected evidence remains pending for verified observation or explicit operator review; never substitute a different session or live price.

[1] Yahoo completed daily closes ↗ · Calculations, source receipt & limitations

Published
Oct 2, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC
Research verification
Automated source recomputation passed. Not independent human review.
Scheduled opening
Oct 2, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC
Pools close
Oct 2, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
Resolution
Oct 2, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC
Frozen publication terms & technical evidence

Published wording

Use https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SPY/history/. Measure only the daily close (indicators.quote.close, not adjusted close) for the exact provider-confirmed session 2026-10-02T13:30:00.000Z to 2026-10-02T20:00:00.000Z, in USD. Resolve BACK when SPY's Yahoo Finance daily closing price is strictly above 771.63 USD at 2026-10-02 20:00 UTC. Resolve FADE when SPY's Yahoo Finance daily closing price does not settle above 771.63 USD at 2026-10-02 20:00 UTC; equality resolves FADE. Administrative resolution starts 2026-10-02T20:30:00.000Z. No automatic VOID: unavailable, conflicting, invalid or split-affected evidence remains pending for verified observation or explicit operator review; never substitute a different session or live price. Calendar us-equities-2025-2027-v1; an unexpected exchange closure requires review, not a shifted deadline.

Frozen publication terms match the validated contract; the stored wording is retained here.

Frozen publication terms and SHA-256
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BACK condition
SPY's Yahoo Finance daily closing price is strictly above 771.63 USD at 2026-10-02 20:00 UTC.
FADE condition
SPY's Yahoo Finance daily closing price does not settle above 771.63 USD at 2026-10-02 20:00 UTC; equality resolves FADE.
VOID condition
No automatic VOID: unavailable, conflicting, invalid or split-affected evidence remains pending for verified observation or explicit operator review; never substitute a different session or live price.
Source field / metric
Yahoo Finance daily closing price (indicators.quote.close, USD) / closing price
Direction / threshold
above / 771.63
Published window
at 2026-10-02T20:00:00.000Z · opens 2026-10-02T12:05:02.402Z · closes 2026-10-02T20:00:00.000Z · administrative resolve 2026-10-02T20:30:00.000Z
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  • us_equity_close_threshold_v1

Quantitative research: SPY closes above 771.63 USD on 2026-10-02

Verified closing-price context, opposing cases, and explicit limits—not a forecast.

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