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Z9204 – GC Tail Comove State

V9 hawkes-based dup with 38 other markets. V10 uses persona-native natural tail-pair.

At a glance

IN-SEASON · ACTIVE

Current reading

+0.071

GC Tail Comove State composite, tanh-bounded

Signal state

Normal

57 trading days in current state

Phase

NEUTRAL

Positive equals tail comove active; negative equals tail comove quiescent

Sample

36 years

Live since 1990-11

 

As of Nov 06, 2026. Updated nightly.

SIGNAL OVERVIEW

V9 hawkes-based dup with 38 other markets. V10 uses persona-native natural tail-pair. The composite is bounded between minus one and plus one through. Across 36 years Phase +1 tail comove active state has returned on average plus 0.89 percent forward 60-day gold return. Phase -1 tail comove quiescent state has returned on average plus 1.31 percent. Today the composite reads +0.071, in territory.

LIVE CHART

GC Tail Comove 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 tail comove quiescent regime. The pale green band marks tail comove active regime. The bronze line in the middle panel is the trailing 252-day rolling Spearman information coefficient. The lower panel is COMEX gold continuous back-adjusted price on the right axis in dollars per ounce.

Extreme tail comove quiescent band Extreme tail comove active band

COMPOSITE

+0.071 / tanh

STATE

(nightly)

PHASE

(nightly)

FWD 60d

(nightly, baseline +0.78 percent)

SAMPLE N

9,024 days

TODAY’S PLAYBOOK READING

STATE

NORMAL

STATE AND HISTORY

Normal. Sample N=9,024 days since 1990-11.

WHY THE SIGNAL IS HERE

V9 hawkes-based dup with 38 other markets. V10 uses persona-native natural tail-pair.

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 +0.071 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 gold returns and sample share

Baseline gold forward 60 day return (unconditional): mean plus 0.78 percent, median plus 0.09 percent, across 8,964 trading days.

State Phase Share Fwd 60d HAC t Edge vs baseline Last firings
Tail comove active +1 23.6% (2130 d) +0.89% +0.11pp Apr 2025, Jul 2024, Mar 2023
Normal TODAY 0 37.4% (3378 d) +0.15% -0.63pp Aug 2026, May 2026, Jan 2026
Tail comove quiescent -1 39.0% (3516 d) +1.32% +0.53pp Aug 2026, Apr 2026, Aug 2025

The historical pattern

How to use the signal today

Tail comove active
2014-12
Composite series maximum
On 2014-12-10 the composite reached its series maximum plus 1.000. Gold subsequent 60-day behavior aligned with the tail comove active regime pattern.
Composite +1.000 on 2014-12-10
Tail comove quiescent
2020-06
Composite series minimum
On 2020-06-10 the composite reached its series minimum minus 0.666. Gold subsequent 60-day behavior aligned with the tail comove quiescent regime pattern.
Composite -0.666 on 2020-06-10
Normal
2020-03
COVID shock regime
The March 2020 COVID liquidity shock drove violent regime shifts across gold drivers.
Multi-phase regime across COVID window

THE TRACK RECORD

Every state change in the last 2 years

11 state transitions from 11/06/2024 to 11/06/2026. Full history (185 total transitions since 11/30/1990) is downloadable.

State Start End Duration Fwd 60d SPY
Neutral 11/06/2024 03/18/2025 90d +1.82%
Defensive 03/19/2025 04/09/2025 16d +5.27%
Neutral 04/10/2025 04/22/2025 8d +18.96%
Expansion 04/23/2025 08/06/2025 73d +17.43%
Neutral 08/07/2025 08/20/2025 10d +7.88%
Defensive 08/21/2025 01/23/2026 107d +5.72%
Neutral 01/26/2026 04/27/2026 64d +2.67%
Defensive 04/28/2026 05/05/2026 6d +3.83%
Neutral 05/06/2026 07/31/2026 60d +3.25%
Defensive 08/03/2026 08/18/2026 12d +1.58%
Neutral LIVE 08/19/2026 current 57d ongoing

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-based dup with 38 other markets. V10 uses persona-native natural tail-pair. The composite is z-scored against a and bounded through.

Why it matters

V9 hawkes-based dup with 38 other markets. V10 uses persona-native natural tail-pair.

The signal flags the current gold 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 03:32 PM ET