The Silk Risk Dashboard
- Interest Rates↗10Y yields are likely to rise modestly over the next 20 sessions as restrictive policy holds.
- Financial→Broad indices are expected to grind sideways with defensive leadership broadening over 20 sessions.
- Commodity↗Oil is likely to remain firm with energy outperforming over the next 20 sessions.
- Currency↗USD is expected to hold firm over the next 20 sessions keeping conditions tight.
- Crypto→20d corr -0.18 — The FLAT block is expected to persist until the next boundary with no sign flip.
Cascade threads (interpretive aid)
- Interest Rates signal 2.8σ alert · DS 85% CT 56%
- Financial signal 2.2σ alert p=54% · DS 75% CT 56%
- Commodity signal 1.7σ watch · DS 64% CT 53%
- Interest Rates → Financial chord 2.8σ alert p=55% · DS 85% CT 56%
Market Situation
Commodity Sectors
Commodity Currencies
Signals
| Asset | Class | Entry | Current | Z-Score | Window | Level | Trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB=F | commodity | $20.45 | $20.45 | +2.46σ | 252d | alert | LONG |
| ZW=F | commodity | $628.25 | $628.25 | -2.40σ | 30d | alert | SHORT |
| REMX | commodity | $53.37 | $53.37 | -2.32σ | 252d | alert | SHORT |
| ZS=F | commodity | $1,245.25 | $1,245.25 | -2.02σ | 30d | alert | SHORT |
| URA | commodity | $35.55 | $35.55 | -2.01σ | 252d | alert | SHORT |
| ALB | commodity | $94.47 | $94.47 | -1.86σ | 252d | watch | SHORT |
| KC=F | commodity | $316.15 | $316.15 | +1.75σ | 30d | watch | LONG |
| ZC=F | commodity | $463.25 | $463.25 | -1.74σ | 30d | watch | SHORT |
| NG=F * | commodity | $2.79 | $2.79 | -1.67σ | 30d | watch | SHORT |
| PDBC | commodity | $19.98 | $19.98 | +1.57σ | 252d | watch | LONG |
| SI=F * | commodity | $57.42 | $57.42 | -1.53σ | 60d | watch | SHORT |
Risk
Geopolitical Risk
Contained state tensions across the Middle East, Ukraine, and East Asia show limited near-term transmission to core pricing channels, as strategic reflexivity and physical flow data indicate pre-pricing and de-escalation equilibria. Second-order monitoring warranted for gold, selective FX, and natgas volatility over 7-30 days.
Iran-Israel proxy exchanges with restrained direct strikes
Ukraine winter energy talks amid frozen front lines
Chinese naval patrols near Taiwan with signaling rhetoric
Strait of Hormuz disruption from direct Iran-Israel kinetic conflict
Invalidate if: Backchannel diplomacy yields observable stand-down in proxy attacks and renewed multilateral energy talks
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 (253d) | 175/379 | 46% [41%-51%] | +52.5% | Longs only |
| Recent (7d) | 2/7 | 29% [8%-64%] | -12.1% | Longs only |
| OOS Sharpe | 0.42 (annualized, trade-level) | Longs only | ||
Commodity OOS
Last updated with signals through 2026-10-20
| Window | Wins/Total | Rate | Return | Stats Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backtest (2089d) | 2274/4959 | 46% [44%-47%] | +183.7% | Longs only |
| Out of Sample (261d) | 357/666 | 54% [50%-57%] | +48.8% | Longs only |
| Recent (8d) | 6/17 | 35% [17%-59%] | -9.1% | Longs only |
| OOS Sharpe | 0.59 (annualized, trade-level) | Longs only | ||
Crypto OOS
Last updated with signals through 2026-09-27 — sparse by design: the strategy has not fired a signal old enough to score since then
| Window | Wins/Total | Rate | Return | Stats Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backtest (2396d) | 42/69 | 61% [49%-72%] | +821.2% | Longs only |
| Out of Sample (47d) | 1/2 | 50% [9%-91%] | +1.9% | Longs only |
| OOS Sharpe | 0.58 (annualized, trade-level) | Longs only | ||
Combined
| Window | Wins/Total | Rate | Return | Stats Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backtest (2396d) | 2732/5985 | 46% [44%-47%] | +214.2% | Longs only |
| Out of Sample (261d) | 533/1047 | 51% [48%-54%] | +50.1% | Longs only |
| Recent (8d) | 8/24 | 33% [18%-53%] | -10.0% | Longs only |
| OOS Sharpe | 0.53 (annualized, trade-level) | Longs only | ||