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Z102043 – BO India Palm Imports YoY Z
India is world #1 palm importer (~15% of global trade). Indian import cycle drives Malaysia+Indonesia palm supply-demand to world palm price to BO substitution via veg-oil complex.
At a glance
IN-SEASON · ACTIVE
Current reading
+0.431
BO India Palm Imports YoY Z composite, tanh-bounded
Signal state
Moderate POS
278 trading days in current state
Phase
HEALTHY
Positive equals india palm imports surging; negative equals india palm imports weak
Sample
36 years
Live since 1990-11
As of Nov 06, 2026. Updated nightly.
SIGNAL OVERVIEW
India is world #1 palm importer (~15% of global trade). Indian import cycle drives Malaysia+Indonesia palm supply-demand to world palm price to BO substitution via veg-oil complex. BO-E1 Lapp veg-oils seat. The composite is bounded between minus one and plus one through. Across 36 years Phase +1 india palm imports surging state has returned on average plus 0.97 percent forward 60-day soybean-oil return. Phase -1 india palm imports weak state has returned on average plus 0.31 percent. Today the composite reads +0.431, in Moderate POS territory.
LIVE CHART
BO India Palm Imports YoY Z: composite bounded minus one to plus one.
The dark line in the top panel is the composite bounded between minus one and plus one. The pale red band marks india palm imports weak regime. The pale green band marks india palm imports surging regime. The bronze line in the middle panel is the trailing 252-day rolling Spearman information coefficient. The lower panel is CBOT soybean-oil continuous back-adjusted price on the right axis in cents per pound.
COMPOSITE
+0.431 / tanh
STATE
(nightly)
PHASE
(nightly)
FWD 60d
(nightly, baseline +1.54 percent)
SAMPLE N
9,049 days
TODAY’S PLAYBOOK READING
STATE
Moderate Pos
STATE AND HISTORY
Moderate POS. Sample N=9,049 days since 1990-11.
WHY THE SIGNAL IS HERE
India is world #1 palm importer (~15% of global trade). Indian import cycle drives Malaysia+Indonesia palm supply-demand to world palm price to BO substitution via veg-oil complex. BO-E1 Lapp veg-oils seat.
POSTURE FOR THE WEEKS AHEAD
The signal is a regime detector on a 60-day forward horizon. Pair with price momentum signals for conviction.
WHAT THE CHART SHOWS
Today the composite reads +0.431 placing the dot inside the Moderate POS band.
TOP INPUTS FIRING
- Silver returns Primary silver price momentum.
- 10-year TIPS-implied inflation breakeven Market-implied inflation expectation.
- Rolling coherence trend 5-year first-difference of coherence at 170-day cycles.
THE REGIME MAP
The three regime phases, forward 60-day soybean-oil returns and sample share
Baseline soybean-oil forward 60 day return (unconditional): mean plus 1.54 percent, median plus 0.24 percent, across 8,989 trading days.
| State | Phase | Share | Fwd 60d | HAC t | Edge vs baseline | Last firings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India palm imports surging TODAY | +1 | 42.9% (3884 d) | +1.86% | +0.32pp | Oct 2025, Oct 2022, Sep 2020 | |
| Normal | 0 | 4.3% (386 d) | +4.74% | +3.19pp | Jan 2025, Sep 2024, Sep 2016 | |
| India palm imports weak | -1 | 52.8% (4779 d) | +1.03% | -0.51pp | Feb 2025, Oct 2024, Oct 2023 |
The historical pattern
How to use the signal today
THE TRACK RECORD
Every state change in the last 2 years
5 state transitions from 11/21/2024 to 11/06/2026. Full history (64 total transitions since 03/14/1996) is downloadable.
| State | Start | End | Duration | Fwd 60d SPY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neutral | 11/21/2024 | 12/20/2024 | 21d | +2.81% |
| Defensive | 12/23/2024 | 03/25/2025 | 63d | -5.16% |
| Neutral | 03/26/2025 | 04/24/2025 | 21d | +5.55% |
| Expansion | 04/25/2025 | 05/23/2025 | 21d | +15.18% |
| Defensive LIVE | 05/27/2025 | current | 366d | +7.51% |
Scroll inside the table for the full history. Forward 60-day SPY is measured from each run’s start date; a reader cannot trade off a start-date they only identify in hindsight, so this is a transparency log, not an alpha claim. Asterisked (*) returns are partial. The run is less than 60 trading days old. The full 60-day comparable fills in as more data arrives.
What this measures
India is world #1 palm importer (~15% of global trade). Indian import cycle drives Malaysia+Indonesia palm supply-demand to world palm price to BO substitution via veg-oil complex. BO-E1 Lapp veg-oils seat. The composite is z-scored against a and bounded through.
Why it matters
India is world #1 palm importer (~15% of global trade). Indian import cycle drives Malaysia+Indonesia palm supply-demand to world palm price to BO substitution via veg-oil complex. BO-E1 Lapp veg-oils seat.
The signal flags the current soybean-oil regime for the next 60 trading days on average. Pair with price-based signals for precise entry.
State-conditional spreads are empirical averages across 36 years. Individual regime windows can run longer or shorter than mean sample.
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Last refreshed Nov 07, 2026 05:47 PM ET