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Z99204 – PA Heraeus PD Balance YoY Z Inv
Rising Heraeus PD balance = surplus = bearish PA. INV so positive z = deficit = bullish.
At a glance
IN-SEASON · ACTIVE
Current reading
+0.207
PA Heraeus PD Balance YoY Z Inv composite, tanh-bounded
Signal state
Moderate POS
464 trading days in current state
Phase
HEALTHY
Positive equals pd balance tightening; negative equals pd balance loosening
Sample
37 years
Live since 1989-12
As of Nov 04, 2026. Updated nightly.
SIGNAL OVERVIEW
Rising Heraeus PD balance = surplus = bearish PA. INV so positive z = deficit = bullish. The composite is bounded between minus one and plus one through. Across 37 years Phase +1 pd balance tightening state has returned on average plus 3.36 percent forward 60-day palladium return. Phase -1 pd balance loosening state has returned on average minus 0.34 percent. Today the composite reads , in territory.
LIVE CHART
PA Heraeus PD Balance YoY Z Inv: 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 pd balance loosening regime. The pale green band marks pd balance tightening regime. The bronze line in the middle panel is the trailing 252-day rolling Spearman information coefficient. The lower panel is NYMEX palladium continuous back-adjusted price on the right axis in cents per ounce.
COMPOSITE
+0.207 / tanh
STATE
(nightly)
PHASE
(nightly)
FWD 60d
(nightly, baseline +2.00 percent)
SAMPLE N
9,272 days
TODAY'S PLAYBOOK READING
STATE
Moderate Pos
STATE AND HISTORY
. Sample N=9,272 days since 1989-12.
WHY THE SIGNAL IS HERE
Rising Heraeus PD balance = surplus = bearish PA. INV so positive z = deficit = bullish.
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 +0.207 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 palladium returns and sample share
Baseline palladium forward 60 day return (unconditional): mean plus 2.00 percent, median plus 0.98 percent, across 654 trading days.
| State | Phase | Share | Fwd 60d | HAC t | Edge vs baseline | Last firings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PD balance tightening TODAY | +1 | 65.0% (464 d) | +3.43% | +1.43pp | Dec 2024 | |
| Normal | 0 | 0.0% (0 d) | n/a | n/a | none | |
| PD balance loosening | -1 | 35.0% (250 d) | -0.32% | -2.31pp | Jan 2024 |
The historical pattern
How to use the signal today
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
Rising Heraeus PD balance = surplus = bearish PA. INV so positive z = deficit = bullish. The composite is z-scored against a and bounded through.
Why it matters
Rising Heraeus PD balance = surplus = bearish PA. INV so positive z = deficit = bullish.
The signal flags the current palladium 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.
Signal consumers and siblings
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Last refreshed Nov 06, 2026 08:39 PM ET