The Silk - Commodity Forecast

2026-08-17 · local

Situation

Metals
Broad bid: Lithium +1.96σ, Gold +1.80σ, Silver/Copper firm
Energies
No breakouts; WTI $91, uranium mild, transmission near zero
Ags
Wheat +1.83σ leads; soy/corn quiet, no confirmation
Softs
Sugar +3.07σ critical; coffee inert, move likely priced
AUD
AUD +2.32σ strong on metals bid
CAD
CAD +2.30σ firm despite flat crude
NZD
No data; hold neutral
BRL
BRL -2.07σ weak, soft-commodity FX drag

Silk Spiderweb Context

Direction ratio: 78% bullish (+3pp weekly)
Sigma intensity: 1.56 (56% alert)
Yield curve: normal at +100bp
Geopolitical risk: 0.47 (stable)

Commodity Scan Summary

Scanned: 14 contracts
Breakouts: 6
PDS computed: 14

Signal

AssetSectorPrice Z-ScoreWindowTrade PDSCurrency
SB=F [critical] softs $16.60 +3.07σ 252d SHORT 0.35 weakening
ALB [watch] metals $136.15 +1.96σ 30d LONG 0.56 strengthening
ZW=F [watch] agriculture $674.75 +1.83σ 252d LONG 0.49 strengthening
GC=F [watch] metals $4,380.40 +1.80σ 30d LONG 0.57 strengthening
SI=F [watch] metals $64.99 +1.72σ 30d LONG 0.51 strengthening
HG=F [watch] metals $6.60 +1.58σ 252d LONG 0.58 strengthening

Opportunity

PRIMARY
Sugar (SB=F): CRITICAL +3.07σ → short
51%
SECONDARY
Lithium (Albemarle proxy) (ALB): WATCH +1.96σ → long
49%
SECONDARY
Gold (GC=F): WATCH +1.80σ → long
49%
SECONDARY
Silver (SI=F): WATCH +1.72σ → long
49%

PDS Coherence Dashboard

AssetPDSStability CoherenceCoupling ModeConsonance
SB=F 0.349 0.66 0.37 0.02 composite
ALB 0.563 0.90 0.74 0.05 atomic
ZW=F 0.487 0.75 0.66 0.06 atomic
GC=F 0.568 0.87 0.77 0.06 composite
SI=F 0.513 0.79 0.70 0.05 composite
HG=F 0.579 0.81 0.87 0.06 composite
CL=F 0.370 0.64 0.42 0.05 atomic
NG=F 0.397 0.57 0.58 0.04 composite
ZS=F 0.525 0.76 0.76 0.06 atomic
ZC=F 0.408 0.77 0.41 0.05 composite
KC=F 0.513 0.74 0.52 0.28 atomic
PDBC 0.473 0.59 0.76 0.08 composite
REMX 0.524 0.88 0.65 0.05 composite
URA 0.496 0.90 0.51 0.08 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.