The Silk - Commodity Forecast BETA

2026-04-19 · local

About This Report BETA

This is the downstream commodities report — a daily forecast of metals, agriculture, energies, and softs that extends the Silk Report's spiderweb analysis into commodity markets.

Silk Report linkage. The Silk Report scans equities, forex, rates, and crypto for statistical breakouts and generates a daily spiderweb summary (direction ratio, sigma intensity, yield curve, geopolitical risk). This commodity report ingests that spiderweb as its primary context, then runs an independent scan of 14 commodity contracts and 4 commodity-linked currencies (AUD, CAD, NZD, BRL) to find where commodity prices diverge from or confirm the broader market picture.

Signal table. Each row is a commodity that triggered a breakout. The PDS column is a Polyphonic Drift Score (0-1) measuring how coherent the asset's frequency-domain structure is — higher scores mean the price signal is more internally consistent. The Consonance column describes whether the asset's frequency voices are harmonically related (consonant), fighting each other (tense), or breaking apart (dissonant).

Opportunity panel and percentages. Each opportunity shows a conjunction-bounded probability — the estimated chance that the trade is profitable over a 4-day holding period. The percentage starts from a calibrated base rate (55% for ALERT signals, 50% for WATCH) and is adjusted by how many supporting drivers align: PDS coherence, commodity-currency direction, and Silk spiderweb direction. When multiple correlated drivers agree, the probability is decayed (not stacked) to avoid overconfidence from signals that share a common cause.

Situation

Silk Spiderweb Context

Direction ratio: 89% bullish
Sigma intensity: 1.56
Yield curve: normal at +54bp
Geopolitical risk: 0.38 (de)

Commodity Scan Summary

Scanned: 14 contracts
Breakouts: 9
PDS computed: 14

Signal

AssetSectorPrice Z-ScoreWindowDir PDSConsonanceCurrency
URA [alert] energy $55.86 +2.29σ 30d up 0.38 composite strengthening
ALB [alert] metals $197.75 +2.06σ 60d up 0.38 composite strengthening
ZW=F [alert] agriculture $599.25 +2.02σ 252d up 0.39 composite strengthening
PDBC [watch] broad $16.84 +1.94σ 252d up 0.47 composite —
SB=F [watch] softs $13.50 -1.93σ 252d down 0.54 composite strengthening
CL=F [watch] energy $82.59 -1.87σ 30d down 0.46 composite strengthening
HG=F [watch] metals $6.11 +1.86σ 30d up 0.46 composite strengthening
REMX [watch] metals $101.63 +1.83σ 252d up 0.45 atomic strengthening
ZS=F [watch] agriculture $1,183.00 +1.70σ 252d up 0.57 composite strengthening
GC=F metals $4,817.20 — — — 0.46 composite strengthening
SI=F metals $78.92 — — — 0.47 atomic strengthening
NG=F energy $2.67 — — — 0.38 atomic strengthening
ZC=F agriculture $457.75 — — — 0.42 composite strengthening
KC=F softs $290.65 — — — 0.48 composite strengthening

Opportunity

PRIMARY
Uranium ETF (URA): ALERT +2.29σ → long (64%, drivers: z_score, pds_coherence(0.38), currency, silk_direction)
50%
PRIMARY
Lithium (Albemarle proxy) (ALB): ALERT +2.06σ → long (64%, drivers: z_score, pds_coherence(0.38), currency, silk_direction)
50%
PRIMARY
Wheat (ZW=F): ALERT +2.02σ → long (64%, drivers: z_score, pds_coherence(0.39), currency, silk_direction)
50%
SECONDARY
Diversified Commodity ETF (PDBC): WATCH +1.94σ → long (56%, drivers: z_score, pds_coherence(0.47), silk_direction)
50%
SECONDARY
Sugar (SB=F): WATCH -1.93σ → short (53%, drivers: z_score, pds_coherence(0.54))
50%
SECONDARY
Crude Oil WTI (CL=F): WATCH -1.87σ → short (52%, drivers: z_score, pds_coherence(0.46))
50%
SECONDARY
Copper (HG=F): WATCH +1.86σ → long (60%, drivers: z_score, pds_coherence(0.46), currency, silk_direction)
50%
SECONDARY
Rare Earths ETF (REMX): WATCH +1.83σ → long (60%, drivers: z_score, pds_coherence(0.45), currency, silk_direction)
50%
SECONDARY
Soybeans (ZS=F): WATCH +1.70σ → long (61%, drivers: z_score, pds_coherence(0.57), currency, silk_direction)
50%

PDS Coherence Dashboard BETA

AssetPDSStability CoherenceCoupling ModeConsonance
URA 0.382 0.66 0.45 0.03 composite dissonant
ALB 0.379 0.74 0.39 0.01 composite consonant
ZW=F 0.392 0.64 0.52 0.02 composite tense
PDBC 0.467 0.62 0.73 0.05 composite consonant
SB=F 0.541 0.75 0.82 0.06 composite tense
CL=F 0.464 0.82 0.50 0.07 composite consonant
HG=F 0.459 0.72 0.60 0.06 composite tense
REMX 0.453 0.68 0.66 0.02 atomic tense
ZS=F 0.568 0.74 0.94 0.03 composite tense
GC=F 0.460 0.73 0.60 0.06 composite dissonant
SI=F 0.467 0.68 0.65 0.07 atomic consonant
NG=F 0.376 0.59 0.48 0.06 atomic dissonant
ZC=F 0.422 0.72 0.51 0.04 composite dissonant
KC=F 0.478 0.73 0.63 0.08 composite tense