The Silk - Commodity Forecast

2026-10-17 · missing

Situation

Metals
↘
Silver -2.48σ/30d down alert, broad metals weak
Energies
→
Uranium -2.34σ/60d down alert, NG +1.76σ up
Ags
→
Corn -1.82σ/30d down at watch
Softs
↗
Sugar +3.00σ/252d up at alert
AUD
↘
AUD z30=-0.85 weakening vs USD
CAD
↘
CAD z30=-0.83 weakening vs USD
NZD
→
NZD no z-score data
BRL
↗
BRL z30=+0.84 strengthening vs USD

Silk Spiderweb Context

No Silk data available (source: missing)

Commodity Scan Summary

Scanned: 14 contracts
Breakouts: 9
PDS computed: 14

Signal

AssetSectorPrice Z-ScoreWindowTrade PDSCurrency
SB=F [alert] softs $20.84 +3.00σ 252d LONG 0.47 strengthening
SI=F [alert] metals $55.55 -2.48σ 30d SHORT 0.45 weakening
REMX [alert] metals $55.78 -2.37σ 252d SHORT 0.40 weakening
URA [alert] energy $35.54 -2.34σ 60d SHORT 0.34 weakening
ALB [watch] * metals $97.97 -1.88σ 252d SHORT 0.43 weakening
ZC=F [watch] agriculture $480.75 -1.82σ 30d SHORT 0.43 weakening
NG=F [watch] energy $3.20 +1.76σ 60d LONG 0.41 weakening
PDBC [watch] broad $19.86 +1.57σ 252d LONG 0.51 —
GC=F [watch] metals $4,107.90 -1.54σ 30d SHORT 0.45 weakening

Opportunity

PRIMARY
Sugar (SB=F): ALERT +3.00σ → long
50%
PRIMARY
Silver (SI=F): ALERT -2.48σ → short
50%
PRIMARY
Rare Earths ETF (REMX): ALERT -2.37σ → short
50%
PRIMARY
Uranium ETF (URA): ALERT -2.34σ → short
50%
SECONDARY
Lithium (Albemarle proxy) (ALB): WATCH -1.88σ → short
49%
SECONDARY
Corn (ZC=F): WATCH -1.82σ → short
49%
SECONDARY
Gold (GC=F): WATCH -1.54σ → short
49%

PDS Coherence Dashboard

AssetPDSStability CoherenceCoupling ModeConsonance
SB=F 0.471 0.92 0.47 0.03 atomic —
SI=F 0.454 0.72 0.60 0.03 composite —
REMX 0.395 0.60 0.50 0.08 composite —
URA 0.340 0.57 0.40 0.05 composite —
ALB 0.432 0.54 0.68 0.08 composite —
ZC=F 0.432 0.80 0.46 0.04 composite —
NG=F 0.405 0.68 0.50 0.03 composite —
PDBC 0.508 0.73 0.74 0.05 composite —
GC=F 0.447 0.80 0.49 0.06 composite —
HG=F 0.469 0.65 0.71 0.05 composite —
CL=F 0.426 0.75 0.46 0.07 composite —
ZS=F 0.384 0.66 0.44 0.05 atomic —
ZW=F 0.462 0.77 0.57 0.05 composite —
KC=F 0.535 0.84 0.69 0.08 composite —

Performance Scorecard

Backtest (858d):266/603, 44%, +120.0%
Brier Score:0.249 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 probability based on calibrated base rates 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.