Bar right of centre (+lag)this driver's move today looks like the S&P's move N bars LATER — the driver moves FIRST (leads).
Bar left of centre (−lag)the S&P moves first and this driver follows N bars later (lags).
Blue vs red barsblue = positive correlation (move together); red = negative (move opposite — e.g. VIX / real yields vs stocks).
Dashed noise band±2/√n. Bars INSIDE it are statistically indistinguishable from zero — drawn grey; ignore them.
n = honest depththe burned caption names the pair, the best lag, its r, and the number of overlapping bars behind it — thin n = trust it less.
Descriptive, not predictivethe concurrent relationship over the loaded window — NOT a forward-return or edge/hit-rate read (§7-gated). The fused COMP/P(up) headline carries no pctl chip pending sign-off.