The Silk - Commodity Forecast

2026-08-05 · local

Situation

Metals
Copper +2.32σ alert leads broad metals bid; gold/silver firm
Energies
NatGas -1.88σ watch drags; WTI/uranium quiet, no breakout
Ags
Corn PDS 0.48 but sub-σ; grains rangebound, no breakouts
Softs
Coffee/sugar steady, no σ breakouts to force a direction
AUD
AUD +1.93σ strengthening on copper/metals bid
CAD
CAD +0.99σ mild firming, sub-breakout
NZD
NZD no data; unscoreable, hold neutral
BRL
BRL +1.33σ strengthening on softs/ags carry

Silk Spiderweb Context

Direction ratio: 50% bullish (+23pp weekly)
Sigma intensity: 1.75 (75% alert)
Yield curve: normal at +38bp
Geopolitical risk: 0.48 (stable)

Commodity Scan Summary

Scanned: 14 contracts
Breakouts: 2
PDS computed: 14

Signal

AssetSectorPrice Z-ScoreWindowTrade PDSCurrency
HG=F [alert] metals $6.62 +2.32σ 30d LONG 0.48 strengthening
NG=F [watch] * energy $2.68 -1.88σ 60d SHORT 0.36 strengthening

Opportunity

PRIMARY
Copper (HG=F): ALERT +2.32σ → long
50%
SECONDARY
Natural Gas (NG=F): WATCH -1.88σ → short
49%

PDS Coherence Dashboard

AssetPDSStability CoherenceCoupling ModeConsonance
HG=F 0.479 0.77 0.63 0.03 atomic
NG=F 0.359 0.64 0.36 0.07 atomic
GC=F 0.451 0.68 0.65 0.03 composite
SI=F 0.379 0.60 0.45 0.09 atomic
CL=F 0.442 0.79 0.49 0.05 atomic
ZS=F 0.412 0.81 0.40 0.02 composite
ZC=F 0.480 0.76 0.63 0.05 composite
ZW=F 0.365 0.66 0.39 0.04 atomic
KC=F 0.385 0.49 0.39 0.27 atomic
SB=F 0.417 0.61 0.56 0.07 atomic
PDBC 0.556 0.81 0.80 0.05 composite
ALB 0.409 0.65 0.54 0.04 atomic
REMX 0.394 0.59 0.54 0.06 atomic
URA 0.370 0.53 0.51 0.06 composite

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.