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Z10231 – PL Seasonal Peak

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At a glance

IN-SEASON · ACTIVE

Current reading

+0.633

PL Seasonal Peak composite, tanh-bounded

Signal state

Extreme POS

3 trading days in current state

Phase

HEALTHY

Positive equals seasonal peak window; negative equals off-peak

Sample

37 years

Live since 1989-12

 

As of Nov 04, 2026. Updated nightly.

SIGNAL OVERVIEW

Auto-promoted from KYM truth/atlas. Operator: refine. The composite is bounded between minus one and plus one through tanh. Across 37 years Phase +1 seasonal peak window state has returned on average plus 1.27 percent forward 60-day platinum return. Phase -1 off-peak state has returned on average plus 0.97 percent. Today the composite reads +0.633, in Extreme POS territory.

LIVE CHART

PL Seasonal Peak: 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 off-peak regime. The pale green band marks seasonal peak window regime. The bronze line in the middle panel is the trailing 252-day rolling Spearman information coefficient. The lower panel is NYMEX platinum continuous back-adjusted price on the right axis in cents per ounce.

Extreme off-peak band Extreme seasonal peak window band

COMPOSITE

+0.633 / tanh

STATE

(nightly)

PHASE

(nightly)

FWD 60d

(nightly, baseline +1.08 percent)

SAMPLE N

9,272 days

TODAY’S PLAYBOOK READING

STATE

Extreme Pos

STATE AND HISTORY

Extreme POS. Sample N=9,272 days since 1989-12.

WHY THE SIGNAL IS HERE

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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 +0.633 placing the dot inside the Extreme 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 platinum returns and sample share

Baseline platinum forward 60 day return (unconditional): mean plus 1.08 percent, median plus 0.91 percent, across 8,707 trading days.

State Phase Share Fwd 60d HAC t Edge vs baseline Last firings
Seasonal peak window TODAY +1 44.1% (3865 d) +1.27% +0.18pp Nov 2026, Jul 2026, Apr 2026
Normal 0 8.2% (718 d) +0.74% -0.34pp Apr 2026, Nov 2025, Nov 2025
Off-peak -1 47.7% (4184 d) +0.97% -0.11pp Aug 2026, May 2026, Mar 2026

The historical pattern

How to use the signal today

Seasonal peak window
1992-02
Composite series maximum
On 1992-02-10 the composite reached its series maximum plus 1.000. Platinum subsequent 60-day behavior aligned with the seasonal peak window regime pattern.
Composite +1.000 on 1992-02-10
Off-peak
1992-12
Composite series minimum
On 1992-12-02 the composite reached its series minimum minus 1.000. Platinum subsequent 60-day behavior aligned with the off-peak regime pattern.
Composite -1.000 on 1992-12-02
Normal
2020-03
COVID shock regime
The March 2020 COVID liquidity shock drove violent regime shifts across platinum drivers.
Multi-phase regime across COVID window

THE TRACK RECORD

State changes

State Start End Duration Fwd 60d SPY
Normal 10/28/2024 11/05/2024 7d +3.19%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 11/06/2024 11/06/2024 1d +2.23%
Normal 11/07/2024 11/07/2024 1d +1.80%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 11/08/2024 11/11/2024 2d +0.43%
Normal 11/12/2024 11/20/2024 7d +1.41%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 11/21/2024 12/02/2024 7d +1.06%
Normal 12/03/2024 12/11/2024 7d -4.48%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 12/12/2024 09/24/2025 196d -8.76%
Normal 09/25/2025 10/09/2025 11d +3.24%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 10/10/2025 10/10/2025 1d +5.60%
Normal 10/13/2025 10/17/2025 5d +3.99%
Extreme Pos (silver Compressed) 10/20/2025 10/27/2025 6d +3.12%
Normal 10/28/2025 11/11/2025 11d +0.83%
Extreme Neg (silver Outperforming) 11/12/2025 11/13/2025 2d +1.28%
Normal 11/14/2025 11/17/2025 2d +1.39%
Extreme Neg (silver Outperforming) 11/18/2025 11/20/2025 3d +3.45%
Normal 11/21/2025 11/25/2025 3d +4.61%
Extreme Neg (silver Outperforming) 11/26/2025 10/26/2026 229d +1.98%

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

Auto-promoted from KYM truth/atlas. Operator: refine. The composite is z-scored against a trailing baseline and bounded through tanh.

Why it matters

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The signal flags the current platinum regime for the next 60 trading days on average. Pair with price-based signals for precise entry.

State-conditional spreads are empirical averages across 37 years. Individual regime windows can run longer or shorter than mean sample.

GO DEEPER

Want the full depth?

Brief covers wavelet-coherence methodology, three signature episodes (2009-02 QE recoupling series max, 2015-06 decoupling series min, 2020 COVID), and four caveats on reading a cross-asset coherence signal.

Signal consumers and siblings

Not investment advice · The analysis on this page is informational and educational. Signal readings, historical case figures, and empirical statistics are derived from publicly available data and are provided without warranty. Hypothetical performance results have inherent limitations, including the benefit of hindsight. Readers who intend to trade should consult a licensed investment professional and see the research brief for the full disclaimer.

Last refreshed Nov 06, 2026 05:26 PM ET