The Silk - Commodity Forecast

2026-09-13 · local

Situation

Metals
Lithium -1.80σ, REMX -1.53σ; battery metals soft, gold/copper inert
Energies
WTI +2.36σ/60d alert; nat gas & uranium quiet
Ags
Corn +3.47σ critical, soy +2.29σ, wheat +2.03σ; grains broad-bid
Softs
Sugar +3.30σ critical; coffee -2.71σ/30d divergent
AUD
AUD +0.67σ, firmest commod-FX, no breakout
CAD
CAD +0.15σ flat despite WTI alert
NZD
NZD no data; unscoreable
BRL
BRL +0.50σ firm on grains/softs strength

Silk Spiderweb Context

Direction ratio: 75% bullish (-18pp weekly)
Sigma intensity: 1.25 (25% alert)
Yield curve: normal at +46bp
Geopolitical risk: 0.38 (stable)

Commodity Scan Summary

Scanned: 14 contracts
Breakouts: 9
PDS computed: 14

Signal

AssetSectorPrice Z-ScoreWindowTrade PDSCurrency
ZC=F [critical] agriculture $532.00 +3.47σ 252d SHORT 0.53 weakening
SB=F [critical] softs $18.73 +3.30σ 252d SHORT 0.36 strengthening
KC=F [alert] * softs $284.25 -2.71σ 30d SHORT 0.58 strengthening
CL=F [alert] energy $100.05 +2.36σ 60d LONG 0.42 strengthening
ZS=F [alert] agriculture $1,299.00 +2.29σ 252d LONG 0.46 weakening
PDBC [alert] * broad $19.79 +2.05σ 60d LONG 0.49
ZW=F [alert] agriculture $726.25 +2.03σ 252d LONG 0.47 weakening
ALB [watch] metals $117.52 -1.80σ 30d SHORT 0.32 strengthening
REMX [watch] metals $70.56 -1.53σ 30d SHORT 0.42 strengthening

Opportunity

PRIMARY
Corn (ZC=F): CRITICAL +3.47σ → short
51%
PRIMARY
Sugar (SB=F): CRITICAL +3.30σ → short
51%
PRIMARY
Coffee (KC=F): ALERT -2.71σ → short
50%
PRIMARY
Crude Oil WTI (CL=F): ALERT +2.36σ → long
50%
PRIMARY
Soybeans (ZS=F): ALERT +2.29σ → long
50%
PRIMARY
Diversified Commodity ETF (PDBC): ALERT +2.05σ → long
50%
PRIMARY
Wheat (ZW=F): ALERT +2.03σ → long
50%
SECONDARY
Lithium (Albemarle proxy) (ALB): WATCH -1.80σ → short
49%
SECONDARY
Rare Earths ETF (REMX): WATCH -1.53σ → short
49%

PDS Coherence Dashboard

AssetPDSStability CoherenceCoupling ModeConsonance
ZC=F 0.526 0.76 0.79 0.03 composite
SB=F 0.360 0.63 0.35 0.09 composite
KC=F 0.582 0.81 0.68 0.25 composite
CL=F 0.419 0.73 0.46 0.07 composite
ZS=F 0.462 0.59 0.74 0.06 composite
PDBC 0.489 0.71 0.69 0.07 composite
ZW=F 0.466 0.70 0.62 0.08 composite
ALB 0.323 0.49 0.44 0.04 composite
REMX 0.421 0.58 0.61 0.08 composite
HG=F 0.414 0.73 0.45 0.06 composite
GC=F 0.500 0.73 0.72 0.06 composite
SI=F 0.467 0.69 0.64 0.07 composite
NG=F 0.418 0.82 0.40 0.04 composite
URA 0.443 0.58 0.66 0.09 composite

Performance Scorecard

Backtest (2684d):730/1498, 49%, +415.7%
Recent (7d):0/1, 0%, -0.8%
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.