# Core Forecast - 2026-06-27

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

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## 1. Situation

### Markets

• Interest Rates: → ^IRX +2.88σ UP at statistical extremes, setup for mean reversion lower
• Financial: → extended rally at alert levels, mean-reversion setup 77% [n=1686]
• Commodity: → at lows with stable geo risk score 0.38, stabilization likely
• Currency: → extended move lower, setup for relief bounce
• Crypto: → neutral amid high dispersion, modest upside bias if equities hold
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### Quant

• Direction ratio at 56% bullish (+31pp weekly)
• Sigma intensity at 1.78 with 78% ALERT signals
• BULLISH_BIAS streak at 7 consecutive days
• Yield curve normal at +48bp
• Geopolitical risk 0.38 (stable)
• Dispersion index 2.28
• Direction ratio 0.56 bullish (+31pp weekly) → moderate bullish bias strengthening but vulnerable to reversion
• Sigma intensity 1.78 moderate with 0% critical, 78% alert, 22% watch → elevated alert regime favors mean reversion 77% within 6d [n=1686]
• Breadth momentum -8 contracting → leadership narrowing raises reversal risk over 30d horizon
• Dispersion index 2.28 (high) → idiosyncratic moves dominate, reducing index reliability
• Yield curve normal with 48bp spread → stable growth outlook, no inversion stress
• Geo risk score 0.38 in stable regime → low transmission, de-escalation equilibria base rate ~50%
• Commodities sharply lower on 30d (crude -21.9%, gold -8.3%) → depressed levels with muted cascades
• VIX +11.1% vs MOVE -23.4% on 30d → mixed vol signals, equity fear elevated but not confirmed by rates

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## 2. Signal

| Asset | Price | Z-Score | Window | Direction |
|-------|-------|---------|--------|-----------|
| ^IRX | $3.66 | +2.88σ | 60d | up |
| SOXX | $625.20 | +2.49σ | 252d | up |
| AMD | $532.57 | +2.42σ | 252d | up |
| EURUSD=X * | $1.14 | -2.39σ | 252d | down |
| IWM | $298.91 | +2.34σ | 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**: Financials (SOXX/IWM/AMD): short for mean-reversion edge over 4d hold (62%)
- **Primary**: PDBC/crude: long bias, stabilization over 4 days (60%)
- **Primary**: EURUSD: long for 4d relief bounce (67%)
- **Primary**: Short-term rates (^IRX): position for lower yields (65%)
- **Secondary**: Mean reversion after 2σ+ ALERT extensions: pullback in financials, relief in EURUSD and commodities (61%)
- **Secondary**: Geopolitical de-escalation equilibria (ME/Ukraine): contained risk premia, lower commodity vol (44%)

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## 4. Probabilities & Metrics

| Entry | Current | 7d Slope | Decay HL | Cascade Depth |
|-------|---------|----------|----------|---------------|
| treasury_2y | 65% | N/A | TBD | 1 |
| iShares Semiconducto | 62% | N/A | TBD | 1 |
| amd | 62% | N/A | TBD | 1 |
| eurusd | 50% | N/A | TBD | 0 |
| russell2000 | 62% | N/A | TBD | 1 |

**Performance Scorecard**:
- Backtest (1042d): 574/1292, 44%, +359.7%
- Recent (7d): 0/4, 0%, -17.3%

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**Sources**: FRED, yfinance, Market data
**Next Calibration**: Run sentinel scanner for breakouts; Monitor: Unexpected escalation at Strait of Hormuz disrupting oil flows; Monitor: Hotter-than-expected CPI shifting Fed path and spiking MOVE; Track: Financials (SOXX/IWM/AMD) pricing; Track: PDBC/crude pricing
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## 5. Shadow Experiments (DS8)

| arch1 | 0.3055 | 0.3352 | (-0.0123) | 428 | accumulating |
| Architecture | Shadow Brier | Prod Brier | Delta | n | Status |
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------|---|--------|
| arch2 | 0.2998 | 0.3352 | (-0.0123) | 374 | accumulating |
| arch3 | 0.2876 | 0.3352 | (-0.0302) | 374 | PROMOTABLE |