The Silk - Commodity Forecast

2026-07-21 · local

Situation

Metals
REMX -2.41σ alert, lithium -1.72σ; battery metals bleeding lower
Energies
Uranium URA -2.09σ alert, NatGas -1.87σ; energy complex soft
Ags
Wheat +2.27σ alert, soy +1.94σ, corn +1.89σ; grains bid broadly
Softs
Coffee +1.57σ watch leads; sugar quiet, mild upside tilt
AUD
AUD +0.75σ/30d strengthening despite soft metals
CAD
CAD +0.37σ/30d modest firmness, crude neutral
NZD
NZD no data; insufficient signal, hold neutral
BRL
BRL +1.12σ/30d strongest FX mover, grains/coffee tailwind

Silk Spiderweb Context

Direction ratio: 83% bullish (+33pp weekly)
Sigma intensity: 1.00 (0% alert)
Yield curve: normal at +36bp
Geopolitical risk: 0.48 (stable)

Commodity Scan Summary

Scanned: 14 contracts
Breakouts: 8
PDS computed: 14

Signal

AssetSectorPrice Z-ScoreWindowTrade PDSCurrency
REMX [alert] metals $69.85 -2.41σ 60d SHORT 0.44 strengthening
ZW=F [alert] agriculture $674.00 +2.27σ 252d LONG 0.42 strengthening
URA [alert] energy $38.67 -2.09σ 252d SHORT 0.36 strengthening
ZS=F [watch] agriculture $1,226.00 +1.94σ 30d LONG 0.40 strengthening
ZC=F [watch] agriculture $449.50 +1.89σ 30d LONG 0.46 strengthening
NG=F [watch] energy $2.86 -1.87σ 30d SHORT 0.36 strengthening
ALB [watch] * metals $118.20 -1.72σ 60d SHORT 0.43 strengthening
KC=F [watch] * softs $334.40 +1.57σ 60d LONG 0.49 strengthening

Opportunity

PRIMARY
Rare Earths ETF (REMX): ALERT -2.41σ → short
50%
PRIMARY
Wheat (ZW=F): ALERT +2.27σ → long
50%
PRIMARY
Uranium ETF (URA): ALERT -2.09σ → short
50%
SECONDARY
Soybeans (ZS=F): WATCH +1.94σ → long
49%
SECONDARY
Corn (ZC=F): WATCH +1.89σ → long
49%
SECONDARY
Natural Gas (NG=F): WATCH -1.87σ → short
49%
SECONDARY
Lithium (Albemarle proxy) (ALB): WATCH -1.72σ → short
49%
SECONDARY
Coffee (KC=F): WATCH +1.57σ → long
49%

PDS Coherence Dashboard

AssetPDSStability CoherenceCoupling ModeConsonance
REMX 0.441 0.43 0.82 0.07 composite
ZW=F 0.417 0.80 0.40 0.05 composite
URA 0.358 0.35 0.64 0.08 composite
ZS=F 0.401 0.68 0.45 0.07 composite
ZC=F 0.455 0.71 0.59 0.07 composite
NG=F 0.360 0.62 0.41 0.06 composite
ALB 0.434 0.53 0.71 0.07 composite
KC=F 0.486 0.69 0.56 0.20 composite
HG=F 0.451 0.70 0.60 0.05 composite
GC=F 0.371 0.48 0.61 0.02 composite
SI=F 0.310 0.52 0.39 0.02 composite
CL=F 0.459 0.74 0.59 0.04 composite
SB=F 0.448 0.51 0.77 0.06 atomic
PDBC 0.515 0.77 0.71 0.06 atomic

Performance Scorecard

Backtest (2684d):730/1498, 49%, +415.7%
Brier Score:0.250 PASS (threshold: 0.25)

About This Report

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 statistical 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.

Opportunity panel and percentages. Each opportunity shows the estimated chance that the trade is profitable over a 4-day holding period. This is a calibrated base rate by sigma tier (ALERT 50%, WATCH 49%, CRITICAL 51%), derived from realized cross-regime commodity outcomes (2022–2026). Earlier versions adjusted this number up when PDS coherence, commodity-currency direction, or the Silk spiderweb agreed; those adjustments were removed in 2026-06 after validation showed none of them predicts outcomes out-of-sample (the currency-alignment signal in particular reversed sign across market regimes). PDS, currency, and Silk context are still shown in the tables below as qualitative signal-quality context — they just no longer move the probability. Note the realized rates are near 50% across all tiers: these commodity breakouts are close to coin-flips, and the honest base rate says so.

PDS Coherence Dashboard. The bottom panel decomposes the PDS score into its three components: amplitude stability (how steady the signal's strength is), phase coherence (how aligned its frequency cycles are), and coupling (how strongly the voices interact). The Mode column shows whether the score is driven by one dominant frequency (atomic) or a blend of several (composite). Consonance describes whether the frequency voices are harmonically related (consonant), competing (tense), or breaking apart (dissonant). Use this panel for deeper signal-quality analysis beyond the headline PDS number in the signal table.