VPU: how its history is extended
VPU returns from its first trading day; earlier history from XLU.
Kind
Backfill chain
Extended from
1998-12-23
Through
2026-08-18
Sources
VPU → XLU
Validation at each junction
| Real series | Stands in before it | Real data from | Overlap (years) | Monthly correlation | Return gap (pp/yr) | Gate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPU | XLU | 2004-01-30 | 22.55 | 0.9948 | -0.06 | pass (bars: corr ≥ 0.9, |gap| ≤ 1.0pp) |
Figures on this page are computed from the data store when the page renders; the gate is re-checked every time an extension is used. Method: the lab's tracking standard, lab.data.chains.