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Z8977 – BO Shock Cluster State

V9 hawkes dup replaced with market-native shock.

At a glance

IN-SEASON · ACTIVE

Current reading

+0.118

BO Shock Cluster State composite, tanh-bounded

Signal state

Normal

32 trading days in current state

Phase

NEUTRAL

Positive equals shock cluster active; negative equals shock cluster quiescent

Sample

36 years

Live since 1990-11

 

As of Nov 06, 2026. Updated nightly.

SIGNAL OVERVIEW

V9 hawkes dup replaced with market-native shock. The composite is bounded between minus one and plus one through. Across 36 years Phase +1 shock cluster active state has returned on average minus 0.47 percent forward 60-day soybean-oil return. Phase -1 shock cluster quiescent state has returned on average plus 1.82 percent. Today the composite reads +0.118, in Normal territory.

LIVE CHART

BO Shock Cluster State: 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 shock cluster quiescent regime. The pale green band marks shock cluster active 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.

Extreme shock cluster quiescent band Extreme shock cluster active band

COMPOSITE

+0.118 / tanh

STATE

(nightly)

PHASE

(nightly)

FWD 60d

(nightly, baseline +1.54 percent)

SAMPLE N

9,049 days

TODAY’S PLAYBOOK READING

STATE

NORMAL

STATE AND HISTORY

Normal. Sample N=9,049 days since 1990-11.

WHY THE SIGNAL IS HERE

V9 hawkes dup replaced with market-native shock.

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 +0.118 placing the dot inside the Normal 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
Shock cluster active +1 29.7% (2686 d) -0.10% -1.64pp Mar 2026, Sep 2024, Jul 2023
Normal TODAY 0 32.5% (2941 d) +1.32% -0.22pp Sep 2026, Jan 2026, Jun 2025
Shock cluster quiescent -1 37.8% (3422 d) +3.00% +1.46pp Aug 2025, Feb 2025, Dec 2024

The historical pattern

How to use the signal today

Shock cluster active
2008-11
Composite series maximum
On 2008-11-04 the composite reached its series maximum plus 0.996. Soybean-oil subsequent 60-day behavior aligned with the shock cluster active regime pattern.
Composite +0.996 on 2008-11-04
Shock cluster quiescent
2023-03
Composite series minimum
On 2023-03-30 the composite reached its series minimum minus 0.839. Soybean-oil subsequent 60-day behavior aligned with the shock cluster quiescent regime pattern.
Composite -0.839 on 2023-03-30
Normal
2021-05
Palm supply shock
The May 2021 Malaysia palm labour crunch tightened global vegetable-oil balances; many soybean-oil signals revalued during the window.
Multi-phase regime across palm supply shock

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

V9 hawkes dup replaced with market-native shock. The composite is z-scored against a and bounded through.

Why it matters

V9 hawkes dup replaced with market-native shock.

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.

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 07, 2026 05:51 PM ET