The Silk - Commodity Forecast

2026-10-18 · missing

Situation

Metals
↘
REMX -2.40σ down alert, lithium -1.91σ weak
Energies
→
URA -2.15σ down alert vs CL +1.65σ up
Ags
↘
Soybeans -2.00σ down, corn/wheat -1.8σ
Softs
↗
Sugar +2.84σ up alert, coffee strong
AUD
↘
AUD -1.37z weakening vs USD
CAD
↘
CAD -0.67z weakening vs USD
NZD
→
NZD no z-score data
BRL
↗
BRL +0.09z strengthening vs USD

Silk Spiderweb Context

No Silk data available (source: missing)

Commodity Scan Summary

Scanned: 14 contracts
Breakouts: 10
PDS computed: 14

Signal

AssetSectorPrice Z-ScoreWindowTrade PDSCurrency
SB=F [alert] softs $20.85 +2.84σ 252d LONG 0.43 strengthening
REMX [alert] metals $54.23 -2.40σ 252d SHORT 0.40 weakening
URA [alert] energy $35.43 -2.15σ 60d SHORT 0.37 weakening
ZS=F [watch] * agriculture $1,261.25 -2.00σ 30d SHORT 0.41 weakening
ALB [watch] metals $95.48 -1.91σ 252d SHORT 0.40 weakening
ZC=F [watch] agriculture $474.25 -1.80σ 30d SHORT 0.43 weakening
ZW=F [watch] * agriculture $660.50 -1.80σ 30d SHORT 0.44 weakening
PDBC [watch] * broad $20.11 +1.75σ 30d LONG 0.51 —
SI=F [watch] metals $56.99 -1.68σ 60d SHORT 0.48 weakening
CL=F [watch] energy $101.41 +1.65σ 60d LONG 0.48 weakening

Opportunity

PRIMARY
Sugar (SB=F): ALERT +2.84σ → long
50%
PRIMARY
Rare Earths ETF (REMX): ALERT -2.40σ → short
50%
PRIMARY
Uranium ETF (URA): ALERT -2.15σ → short
50%
SECONDARY
Soybeans (ZS=F): WATCH -2.00σ → short
49%
SECONDARY
Lithium (Albemarle proxy) (ALB): WATCH -1.91σ → short
49%
SECONDARY
Corn (ZC=F): WATCH -1.80σ → short
49%
SECONDARY
Wheat (ZW=F): WATCH -1.80σ → short
49%
SECONDARY
Silver (SI=F): WATCH -1.68σ → short
49%

PDS Coherence Dashboard

AssetPDSStability CoherenceCoupling ModeConsonance
SB=F 0.433 0.63 0.60 0.07 atomic —
REMX 0.400 0.55 0.57 0.08 composite —
URA 0.369 0.57 0.47 0.07 composite —
ZS=F 0.409 0.64 0.55 0.03 composite —
ALB 0.400 0.43 0.72 0.06 atomic —
ZC=F 0.431 0.83 0.44 0.03 composite —
ZW=F 0.443 0.67 0.61 0.04 composite —
PDBC 0.506 0.71 0.74 0.06 composite —
SI=F 0.476 0.73 0.65 0.05 composite —
CL=F 0.478 0.80 0.59 0.04 composite —
HG=F 0.344 0.55 0.45 0.03 atomic —
GC=F 0.483 0.73 0.67 0.04 composite —
NG=F 0.398 0.71 0.43 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.