The Silk Risk Dashboard
- Interest Rates↗Rates are expected to hold elevated or edge higher over next 20 sessions.
- Financial↗Indices are likely to grind modestly higher with mean reversion in stretched names.
- Commodity↗Commodities are expected to mean-revert with recovery in oversold ag and metals.
- Currency↗USD is likely to stay firm against majors over the next 20 sessions.
- Crypto↗OLS20d corr -0.33 — FLAT block is expected to persist until next boundary with no positive corr flip.
Cascade threads (interpretive aid)
- Financial signal 2.2σ alert p=65% · DS 75% CT 56%
- Commodity signal 1.9σ watch · DS 68% CT 53%
Market Situation
Commodity Sectors
Commodity Currencies
Signals
| Asset | Class | Entry | Current | Z-Score | Window | Level | Trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB=F * | commodity | $20.85 | $20.85 | +3.21σ | 252d | critical | SHORT |
| REMX | commodity | $58.18 | $58.18 | -2.26σ | 252d | alert | SHORT |
| ZC=F | commodity | $483.00 | $483.00 | -2.07σ | 30d | alert | SHORT |
| ALB | commodity | $98.51 | $98.51 | -1.92σ | 252d | watch | SHORT |
| URA | commodity | $37.72 | $37.72 | -1.87σ | 252d | watch | SHORT |
| NG=F | commodity | $3.17 | $3.17 | +1.78σ | 60d | watch | LONG |
| PDBC * | commodity | $19.86 | $19.86 | +1.59σ | 252d | watch | LONG |
| ZS=F | commodity | $1,287.75 | $1,287.75 | +1.56σ | 252d | watch | LONG |
| ZW=F | commodity | $672.25 | $672.25 | -1.54σ | 30d | watch | SHORT |
Risk
Geopolitical Risk
Persistent but contained state tensions in the Middle East and Eastern Europe transmit primarily to energy commodities via supply disruption fears, with secondary safe-haven flows into gold and JPY; Indo-Pacific posturing adds mild FX and risk-premia pressure, yet orthogonal tape confirmation remains weak and multiple diplomatic channels keep escalation cones narrow.
Iran-Israel proxy clashes with threats to Gulf shipping lanes
Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure ahead of winter
Chinese naval drills near Taiwan amid US arms sales
Strait of Hormuz partial closure from direct Iran-Israel exchange
Invalidate if: Multilateral talks produce verifiable de-escalation agreement or sanctions relief
Finance View — Three Sheets
docs/research/finance_view_validation_2022-2025.md. Sleeve Ledger — Money Management
| Sleeve | Target | Buffer | Admission cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| silk_commodity_etf | 40% | +5pp | $27,000 |
| silk_commodity_futures | 40% | +5pp | $27,000 |
| silk_crypto | 20% | +5pp | $15,000 |
| silk_equity | 40% | +5pp | $27,000 |
| silk_futures | 10% | +5pp | $9,000 |
MM policy vv1.1 is the active production schema since 2026-06-10. Pre-2026-06-10 OOS / trade-log / backtest data is preserved unmodified — equity-curve rows are tagged pre_v1.0 for dates before policy lock. Source: docs/research/money_management_hybrid.md + docs/2026-05-21_sleeves_status.md.
Metrics
Core (Equity)
Commodities
Crypto
No backtest summary available.
Combined
Performance Scorecard
Core Forecast
| Window | Wins/Total | Rate | Return | Stats Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backtest (522d) | 416/957 | 43% [40%-47%] | +328.5% | Longs only |
| Out of Sample (244d) | 171/371 | 46% [41%-51%] | +68.8% | Longs only |
| Recent (7d) | 2/8 | 25% [7%-59%] | -12.7% | Longs only |
| OOS Sharpe | 0.49 (annualized, trade-level) | Longs only | ||
Commodity OOS
Last updated with signals through 2026-10-11
| Window | Wins/Total | Rate | Return | Stats Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backtest (2089d) | 2274/4959 | 46% [44%-47%] | +183.7% | Longs only |
| Out of Sample (252d) | 347/643 | 54% [50%-58%] | +61.4% | Longs only |
| OOS Sharpe | 0.70 (annualized, trade-level) | Longs only | ||
Crypto OOS
Last updated with signals through 2026-09-06 — sparse by design: the strategy has not fired a signal old enough to score since then (1 pending)
| Window | Wins/Total | Rate | Return | Stats Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backtest (2396d) | 42/69 | 61% [49%-72%] | +821.2% | Longs only |
| Out of Sample (38d) | 1/1 | 100% [21%-100%] | +5.7% | Longs only |
Combined
| Window | Wins/Total | Rate | Return | Stats Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backtest (2396d) | 2732/5985 | 46% [44%-47%] | +214.2% | Longs only |
| Out of Sample (252d) | 519/1015 | 51% [48%-54%] | +64.1% | Longs only |
| Recent (7d) | 2/8 | 25% [7%-59%] | -12.7% | Longs only |
| OOS Sharpe | 0.62 (annualized, trade-level) | Longs only | ||