diff --git a/ee/query-service/rules/anomaly.go b/ee/query-service/rules/anomaly.go
index 462911ec18..a04bfc2840 100644
--- a/ee/query-service/rules/anomaly.go
+++ b/ee/query-service/rules/anomaly.go
@@ -70,13 +70,14 @@ func NewAnomalyRule(
 		BaseRule: baseRule,
 	}
 
-	if strings.ToLower(p.RuleCondition.Seasonality) == "hourly" {
+	switch strings.ToLower(p.RuleCondition.Seasonality) {
+	case "hourly":
 		t.seasonality = anomaly.SeasonalityHourly
-	} else if strings.ToLower(p.RuleCondition.Seasonality) == "daily" {
+	case "daily":
 		t.seasonality = anomaly.SeasonalityDaily
-	} else if strings.ToLower(p.RuleCondition.Seasonality) == "weekly" {
+	case "weekly":
 		t.seasonality = anomaly.SeasonalityWeekly
-	} else {
+	default:
 		t.seasonality = anomaly.SeasonalityDaily
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/rules/alerting.go b/pkg/query-service/rules/alerting.go
index 2947a80450..ec2b0c8016 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/rules/alerting.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/rules/alerting.go
@@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ type NamedAlert struct {
 type CompareOp string
 
 const (
-	CompareOpNone       CompareOp = "0"
-	ValueIsAbove        CompareOp = "1"
-	ValueIsBelow        CompareOp = "2"
-	ValueIsEq           CompareOp = "3"
-	ValueIsNotEq        CompareOp = "4"
-	ValueIsAboveOrBelow CompareOp = "5"
+	CompareOpNone      CompareOp = "0"
+	ValueIsAbove       CompareOp = "1"
+	ValueIsBelow       CompareOp = "2"
+	ValueIsEq          CompareOp = "3"
+	ValueIsNotEq       CompareOp = "4"
+	ValueAboveOrEq     CompareOp = "5"
+	ValueBelowOrEq     CompareOp = "6"
+	ValueOutsideBounds CompareOp = "7"
 )
 
 type MatchType string
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/rules/base_rule.go b/pkg/query-service/rules/base_rule.go
index 9f76c5ae1f..181eaa3a28 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/rules/base_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/rules/base_rule.go
@@ -388,9 +388,9 @@ func (r *BaseRule) ShouldAlert(series v3.Series) (Sample, bool) {
 					break
 				}
 			}
-		} else if r.compareOp() == ValueIsAboveOrBelow {
+		} else if r.compareOp() == ValueOutsideBounds {
 			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
-				if smpl.Value > r.targetVal() || smpl.Value < r.targetVal() {
+				if math.Abs(smpl.Value) >= r.targetVal() {
 					alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: smpl.Value}, Metric: lblsNormalized, MetricOrig: lbls}
 					shouldAlert = true
 					break
@@ -457,9 +457,9 @@ func (r *BaseRule) ShouldAlert(series v3.Series) (Sample, bool) {
 					}
 				}
 			}
-		} else if r.compareOp() == ValueIsAboveOrBelow {
+		} else if r.compareOp() == ValueOutsideBounds {
 			for _, smpl := range series.Points {
-				if smpl.Value > r.targetVal() || smpl.Value < r.targetVal() {
+				if math.Abs(smpl.Value) >= r.targetVal() {
 					alertSmpl = Sample{Point: Point{V: smpl.Value}, Metric: lblsNormalized, MetricOrig: lbls}
 					shouldAlert = true
 					break
@@ -494,8 +494,8 @@ func (r *BaseRule) ShouldAlert(series v3.Series) (Sample, bool) {
 			if avg != r.targetVal() {
 				shouldAlert = true
 			}
-		} else if r.compareOp() == ValueIsAboveOrBelow {
-			if avg > r.targetVal() || avg < r.targetVal() {
+		} else if r.compareOp() == ValueOutsideBounds {
+			if math.Abs(avg) >= r.targetVal() {
 				shouldAlert = true
 			}
 		}
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ func (r *BaseRule) ShouldAlert(series v3.Series) (Sample, bool) {
 			if sum != r.targetVal() {
 				shouldAlert = true
 			}
-		} else if r.compareOp() == ValueIsAboveOrBelow {
-			if sum > r.targetVal() || sum < r.targetVal() {
+		} else if r.compareOp() == ValueOutsideBounds {
+			if math.Abs(sum) >= r.targetVal() {
 				shouldAlert = true
 			}
 		}