The Silk - Commodity Forecast

2026-08-22 · local

Situation

Metals
Lithium +2.38σ, Gold +2.31σ lead broad safe-haven bid
Energies
Uranium +1.59σ watch; crude/gas atomic, no breakout
Ags
Corn +2.60σ alert, wheat/soy firm on supply premia
Softs
Sugar +3.74σ critical, coffee +1.78σ despite weak FX
AUD
AUD +2.49σ, metals bid drives commodity FX strength
CAD
CAD +2.26σ firm on crude support vs USD
NZD
No data; no tradable signal
BRL
BRL -0.12σ flat-weak, softs FX headwind

Silk Spiderweb Context

Direction ratio: 75% bullish (-12pp weekly)
Sigma intensity: 1.25 (25% alert)
Yield curve: normal at +38bp
Geopolitical risk: 0.48 (stable)

Commodity Scan Summary

Scanned: 14 contracts
Breakouts: 11
PDS computed: 14

Signal

AssetSectorPrice Z-ScoreWindowTrade PDSCurrency
SB=F [critical] softs $17.61 +3.74σ 252d SHORT 0.42 weakening
ZC=F [alert] * agriculture $483.75 +2.60σ 252d LONG 0.52 strengthening
ALB [alert] * metals $143.25 +2.38σ 30d LONG 0.39 strengthening
GC=F [alert] metals $4,624.10 +2.31σ 60d LONG 0.45 strengthening
SI=F [alert] metals $69.47 +2.15σ 30d LONG 0.34 strengthening
PDBC [alert] broad $18.65 +2.09σ 30d LONG 0.55
ZW=F [watch] agriculture $681.50 +1.85σ 252d LONG 0.46 strengthening
KC=F [watch] softs $358.75 +1.78σ 30d LONG 0.54 weakening
REMX [watch] * metals $80.75 +1.63σ 30d LONG 0.36 strengthening
ZS=F [watch] agriculture $1,225.00 +1.60σ 252d LONG 0.49 strengthening
URA [watch] * energy $46.07 +1.59σ 30d LONG 0.36 strengthening

Opportunity

PRIMARY
Sugar (SB=F): CRITICAL +3.74σ → short
51%
PRIMARY
Lithium (Albemarle proxy) (ALB): ALERT +2.38σ → long
50%
PRIMARY
Gold (GC=F): ALERT +2.31σ → long
50%
PRIMARY
Silver (SI=F): ALERT +2.15σ → long
50%
SECONDARY
Coffee (KC=F): WATCH +1.78σ → long
49%
SECONDARY
Rare Earths ETF (REMX): WATCH +1.63σ → long
49%
SECONDARY
Uranium ETF (URA): WATCH +1.59σ → long
49%

PDS Coherence Dashboard

AssetPDSStability CoherenceCoupling ModeConsonance
SB=F 0.417 0.72 0.49 0.04 composite
ZC=F 0.520 0.71 0.80 0.05 composite
ALB 0.394 0.58 0.55 0.05 composite
GC=F 0.450 0.67 0.63 0.05 composite
SI=F 0.343 0.60 0.40 0.02 composite
PDBC 0.548 0.80 0.78 0.06 composite
ZW=F 0.461 0.92 0.41 0.05 composite
KC=F 0.543 0.80 0.57 0.25 composite
REMX 0.356 0.51 0.51 0.05 composite
ZS=F 0.488 0.84 0.56 0.06 composite
URA 0.359 0.54 0.49 0.05 composite
HG=F 0.493 0.80 0.62 0.05 atomic
CL=F 0.474 0.79 0.56 0.07 composite
NG=F 0.386 0.70 0.42 0.04 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.