# Core Forecast - 2026-06-15

**Version**: v1.0
**Generated**: 04:35
**Confidence Cone**: medium

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## 1. Situation

### Markets

• Interest Rates: → sticky long yields with front-end easing bias support rotation thesis
• Financial: → extended rally in small-caps/semis at ALERT levels sets up near-term consolidation then broadening
• Commodity: → soft broad pressure with oversold energy/ag at statistical extremes
• Currency: → mild USD softness from rate differentials and stable geo risk
• Crypto: → sentiment spillovers from equity rotation with no breakout conviction
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### Quant

• Direction ratio at 27% bullish (+3pp weekly)
• Sigma intensity at 1.27 with 27% ALERT signals
• BEARISH_BIAS streak at 7 consecutive days
• Yield curve normal at +48bp
• Geopolitical risk 0.48 (stable)
• Dispersion index 0.58
• Direction ratio 27% bearish (+3pp weekly) → persistent BEARISH_BIAS streak but expanding breadth supports selective rotation [n=1042]
• Breadth momentum +1 (expanding) → favors broadening from AI to cyclicals and semis per thesis
• Sigma intensity 1.27 (low conviction) → limited reversal pressure; ALERT signals at 2-3σ warrant mean-reversion focus [n=2806]
• Dispersion index 1.58 (moderate) → stock-specific moves dominate in stable regime
• Signal distribution: 0% critical, 27% alert, 73% watch → mean reversion base rate 77% applies to 2σ+ names [n=1686]
• Yield curve normal, spread 48bp → consistent with disinflation and sticky long-end yields
• Geo risk score 0.48 in stable regime → contained hotspots (ME, Europe, Indo-Pacific) limit commodity shocks
• VIX at 16.69 (-16% 5d) → declining vol aligns with base case selective risk without global shock

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## 2. Signal

| Asset | Price | Z-Score | Window | Direction |
|-------|-------|---------|--------|-----------|
| AMD | $511.57 | +2.66σ | 252d | up |
| SOXX | $596.25 | +2.65σ | 252d | up |
| IWM | $292.95 | +2.26σ | 252d | up |
| PDBC | $17.06 | -1.98σ | 30d | down |
| TSM | $423.93 | +1.86σ | 252d | up |
| CNY=X | $6.78 | -1.54σ | 252d | down |

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## 3. Opportunity

- **Primary**: PDBC/commodities: tactical long for reversion edge then exit (70%)
- **Primary**: AMD/SOXX: tactical short for 4-day horizon then rotate long (62%)
- **Primary**: IWM: long after any reversion with 4d trade horizon (59%)
- **Primary**: Disinflation rotation to cyclicals: long financials/small-caps vs mega AI (58%)
- **Secondary**: Mean reversion on 2σ+ signals: short-term commodity bounce and equity consolidation (61%)
- **Secondary**: Disinflation continuation supporting rotation: broadens leadership to semis, financials, small caps (49%)

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## 4. Probabilities & Metrics

| Entry | Current | 7d Slope | Decay HL | Cascade Depth |
|-------|---------|----------|----------|---------------|
| amd | 62% | -0.3pp/d | TBD | 1 |
| iShares Semiconducto | 62% | N/A | TBD | 1 |
| russell2000 | 59% | N/A | TBD | 1 |
| Invesco Optimum Yiel | 70% | N/A | TBD | 1 |
| tsmc | 50% | N/A | TBD | 0 |

**Performance Scorecard**:
- Backtest (1042d): 574/1292, 44%, +359.7%
- Recent (7d): 1/7, 14%, -26.4%

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**Sources**: FRED, yfinance, Market data
**Next Calibration**: Run sentinel scanner for breakouts; Monitor: Middle East escalation (Iran-Israel nuclear tensions) lifting oil >10% and vol; Monitor: Inflation reacceleration (CPI surprise) spiking long yields and reversing rotation; Track: PDBC/commodities pricing; Track: AMD/SOXX pricing
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## 5. Shadow Experiments (DS8)

| arch1 | 0.2943 | 0.3363 | (-0.0258) | 362 | PROMOTABLE |
| Architecture | Shadow Brier | Prod Brier | Delta | n | Status |
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------|---|--------|
| arch2 | 0.2930 | 0.3363 | (-0.0184) | 308 | accumulating |
| arch3 | 0.2798 | 0.3363 | (-0.0389) | 308 | PROMOTABLE |