# Core Forecast - 2026-06-26

**Version**: v1.0
**Generated**: 04:34
**Confidence Cone**: medium

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## 1. Situation

### Markets

• Interest Rates: → short-end extension vulnerable to mean reversion, limited steepening expected
• Financial: → extended rally in semis/small-caps at statistical extremes, high dispersion favors pullback
• Commodity: → at statistical extremes with contained geo-risk, rebound setup on any demand or de-escalation signal
• Currency: → EURUSD at lows poised for mean-reversion bounce, limited USD strength
• Crypto: → cautious tone, no clear sigma signal but downside pressure if equity reversion materializes
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### Quant

• Direction ratio at 56% bullish (+33pp weekly)
• Sigma intensity at 1.67 with 67% ALERT signals
• BULLISH_BIAS streak at 7 consecutive days
• Yield curve normal at +48bp
• Geopolitical risk 0.32 (stable)
• Dispersion index 0.90
• Direction ratio 56% bullish (+33pp weekly change) → moderate bullish bias but contracting breadth momentum -7 signals caution
• Sigma intensity 1.67 with alert_pct 0.67 (0% critical, 67% alert, 33% watch) → moderate extensions favor mean reversion within 6d 77% [n=1686]
• Dispersion index 2.27 → high dispersion implies stock-specific over broad index moves, reducing conviction in trend continuation
• Yield curve normal (spread 48bp) → stable transmission, no inversion signal for near-term contraction
• Geo risk score 0.32 in stable regime → contained transmission to energy/FX channels with de-escalation equilibria open
• Breadth momentum -7 for 7 days → contracting, bearish flip risk if direction_ratio <0.40
• VIX +22.8% (30d) vs MOVE -23.4% (30d) → equity vol building while rates vol compressed, skewing asymmetric risks to downside in financials

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## 2. Signal

| Asset | Price | Z-Score | Window | Direction |
|-------|-------|---------|--------|-----------|
| ^IRX | $3.66 | +2.88σ | 60d | up |
| EURUSD=X | $1.14 | -2.77σ | 60d | down |
| SOXX | $625.20 | +2.50σ | 252d | up |
| AMD | $532.57 | +2.42σ | 252d | up |
| IWM | $298.91 | +2.35σ | 252d | up |
| ALB | $141.05 | -2.20σ | 60d | down |
| PDBC | $16.11 | -2.07σ | 60d | down |
| TSM | $434.99 | +1.85σ | 252d | up |
| NVDA | $195.74 | -1.84σ | 30d | down |

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## 3. Opportunity

- **Primary**: SOXX/IWM/AMD: short extensions or buy vol on any continued rally (60%)
- **Primary**: PDBC/crude: long dips in energy with tight stop below recent lows (62%)
- **Primary**: EURUSD: long EURUSD on break above 1.145 targeting 1.16 (62%)
- **Primary**: ^IRX short-term rates: position for lower short rates if no hawkish data (63%)
- **Secondary**: Mean reversion after 2σ+ ALERT extensions: pullback in rates, semis, small-caps and EURUSD after extensions (55%)
- **Secondary**: Geopolitical de-escalation equilibria: limits cascade to oil and risk premia, supports commodity rebound (45%)

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## 4. Probabilities & Metrics

| Entry | Current | 7d Slope | Decay HL | Cascade Depth |
|-------|---------|----------|----------|---------------|
| treasury_2y | 63% | N/A | TBD | 1 |
| eurusd | 50% | N/A | TBD | 0 |
| iShares Semiconducto | 60% | N/A | TBD | 1 |
| amd | 60% | N/A | TBD | 1 |
| russell2000 | 60% | N/A | TBD | 1 |

**Performance Scorecard**:
- Backtest (1042d): 574/1292, 44%, +359.7%
- Recent (7d): 0/4, 0%, -18.9%

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**Sources**: FRED, yfinance, Market data
**Next Calibration**: Run sentinel scanner for breakouts; Monitor: Middle East escalation (Hormuz disruption) transmitting to oil spike and risk-off; Monitor: Unexpected hawkish Fed signals or hot CPI reversing rate reversion; Track: SOXX/IWM/AMD pricing; Track: PDBC/crude pricing
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## 5. Shadow Experiments (DS8)

| arch1 | 0.3041 | 0.3353 | (-0.0140) | 422 | accumulating |
| Architecture | Shadow Brier | Prod Brier | Delta | n | Status |
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------|---|--------|
| arch2 | 0.2992 | 0.3353 | (-0.0128) | 368 | accumulating |
| arch3 | 0.2873 | 0.3353 | (-0.0305) | 368 | PROMOTABLE |