Macro Commodities
Macro Commodities
Data as-of 2026-07-10 close (QUAL is one session behind, dated 2026-07-09 — flagged below). Numbers read directly from macro-commodities — no prose math. Prior scan: 2026-07-07-macro-commodities (2026-07-07).
The dollar-rollover story from the prior scan has reversed. UUP re-firmed to RSI 61.6 (up from 58.9, now just 0.6% off its 52-week high) and nearly everything that had caught a bid on dollar weakness is fading again: gold (RSI 45.4→42.9), silver (RSI 41.7→38.9), and the miners (GDX/SIL both back into collapse regime). This is the one week where a fresh Iran/Hormuz-strait escalation was on the tape, and gold and silver still went down, not up — the metals are not pricing this as a safe-haven event; the stronger dollar is the more direct read. Crude, by contrast, is the one place the tape does line up with a supply-risk story: USO RSI climbed from 30.5 to 40.1 and its 30-day drawdown narrowed from -22.8% to -15.6%, even as natural gas (UNG) fell the other way, down -9.1% on the week. Housing and international equities, last scan's strength story, both cooled off their highs.
Quick Snapshot
| Signal | Reading |
|---|---|
| Overall | 🟡 Dollar re-firming — safe-haven metals rolling back over even with a fresh geopolitical shock on the tape; energy the one asset actually catching a bid |
| Key insight | UUP RSI 58.9→61.6, now near its 52-week high — the metals bounce from the prior scan has fully round-tripped |
| Standout divergence | USO up (+3.8% 7D, RSI 30.5→40.1) while GLD/SLV are both down on the week — oil reading the crisis as a supply story, not gold reading it as a haven story |
| Still cooling | XHB/ITB and most international names gave back a chunk of their prior-scan gains as the dollar firmed |
Energy
| Stock | Price | RSI | 7D | 30D | vs SMA20 | Trend | 52wkHi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USO | $108.70 | 40.1 | +3.8% | -15.6% | -2.5% | weak-down | -29.5% |
| UNG | $10.60 | 36.2 | -9.1% | -5.0% | -8.0% | strong-down | -37.8% |
USO is the one name in this whole scan whose tape reads consistently with the Iran/Hormuz escalation: RSI up 10 points, drawdown narrowing meaningfully, still oversold and still golden-cross. UNG moved the opposite direction (-9.1% 7D, now in a confirmed downtrend) — natural gas has no Middle-East supply-route exposure the way crude does, so this divergence within "energy" is a useful tell that the oil move is event-specific, not a broad commodity re-rate.
Precious Metals
| Stock | Price | RSI | 7D | 30D | vs SMA20 | Trend | 52wkHi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLD | $377.01 | 42.9 | -0.7% | -2.4% | -0.6% | strong-down | -26.0% |
| SLV | $53.95 | 38.9 | -3.2% | -11.3% | -4.3% | down | -50.9% |
| GDX | $75.53 | 42.4 | -3.4% | -2.8% | -3.6% | strong-down | -35.5% |
| SIL | $76.35 | 42.0 | -3.9% | -3.3% | -4.2% | strong-down | -36.0% |
This is the notable reversal of the scan. The prior scan's headline — gold and silver catching a bid as the dollar rolled over — has fully unwound: all four names lost 3-10 points of RSI this week and both miner ETFs are back in collapse regime. Worth saying plainly for readers tracking the Hormuz story: precious metals are not confirming a crisis premium right now. The stronger dollar is doing more to move this group than the geopolitical headline.
Industrial & Agriculture
| Stock | Price | RSI | 7D | 30D | vs SMA20 | Trend | 52wkHi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPX | $76.54 | 44.5 | -1.5% | -7.7% | -3.9% | weak-down | -23.5% |
| DBA | $27.77 | 65.7 | +1.5% | +5.6% | +3.3% | strong-up | -3.7% |
| WEAT | $23.72 | 61.2 | +4.1% | +5.8% | +4.8% | strong-up | -7.3% |
| CORN | $17.48 | 54.7 | +0.5% | +4.6% | +3.0% | strong-down | -8.6% |
| SOYB | $25.17 | 61.0 | -0.3% | +4.4% | +2.6% | strong-up | -1.2% |
Copper (COPX) is the one laggard here, cooling further with 30D drawdown deepening to -7.7%. The grain complex is the strongest pocket in the whole scan: wheat's RSI jumped from 52.5 to 61.2 this week, and DBA/SOYB are both sitting within a few points of their 52-week highs. CORN is a flagged oddity to read carefully — 7D/30D are both positive but the underlying trend tag is still strong-down with a confirmed death-cross, i.e. this reads as a bounce inside a longer downtrend, not a reversal yet.
Uranium
| Stock | Price | RSI | 7D | 30D | vs SMA20 | Trend | 52wkHi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| URA | $42.97 | 40.7 | -2.7% | -4.2% | -3.7% | strong-down | -31.0% |
No change from the prior scan's read — still stuck in a collapse regime with no floor signal.
Currencies
| Stock | Price | RSI | 7D | 30D | vs SMA20 | Trend | 52wkHi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | $28.39 | 61.6 | 0.0% | +1.6% | +0.3% | strong-up | -0.6% |
| FXE | $105.30 | 40.8 | 0.0% | -1.4% | -0.3% | strong-down | -5.6% |
| FXY | $56.74 | 44.9 | +0.4% | -1.2% | -0.1% | strong-down | -10.3% |
The dollar is the pivot again — RSI up another 3 points to 61.6 and now within striking distance of a 52-week high. This is the single variable driving the reversal in gold/silver/international this week.
Housing
| Stock | Price | RSI | 7D | 30D | vs SMA20 | Trend | 52wkHi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XHB | $108.61 | 49.4 | -2.1% | +0.9% | -1.9% | up | -11.8% |
| ITB | $97.76 | 48.7 | -2.8% | +0.2% | -2.1% | weak-up | -17.2% |
Both names kept cooling from the prior scan's near-overbought reading — 30D gains have collapsed from +7.9%/+9.6% to essentially flat (+0.9%/+0.2%). This looks like digestion turning into a real pullback, not just a pause.
International
| Stock | Price | RSI | 7D | 30D | vs SMA20 | Trend | 52wkHi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | $88.57 | 53.2 | -1.1% | +0.4% | +0.3% | strong-up | -2.4% |
| EWG | $41.49 | 49.5 | -2.4% | +0.1% | +0.1% | weak-down | -7.1% |
| EWZ | $35.93 | 59.7 | +4.2% | +4.2% | +4.2% | strong-up | -14.5% |
| INDA | $49.30 | 52.8 | -0.7% | +3.2% | +0.1% | weak-up | -11.2% |
| EWJ | $94.55 | 55.9 | -0.6% | +3.1% | +1.0% | strong-up | -3.1% |
| FXI | $33.48 | 50.5 | +3.5% | -3.4% | +1.4% | strong-down | -20.3% |
| EEM | $66.90 | 49.5 | -1.0% | -0.4% | -1.2% | strong-up | -6.5% |
Europe and Japan both cooled from the prior scan's strong-up breakouts (VGK RSI 61.6→53.2, EWJ 60.2→55.9). Brazil (EWZ) is the standout — RSI 51.3→59.7 with the week's best 7D print in the group. China's recovery (FXI) is still intact and even accelerated on the week (+3.5% 7D) even though the 30D figure is still negative, continuing the biggest single reversal flagged in the prior scan.
Factor Rotation
| Stock | Price | RSI | 7D | 30D | vs SMA20 | Trend | 52wkHi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VUG | $87.40 | 57.2 | +1.0% | +2.8% | +2.1% | strong-up | -3.5% |
| VTV | $219.20 | 61.7 | 0.0% | +2.4% | +0.8% | strong-up | -1.3% |
| MTUM | $321.77 | 50.4 | -1.3% | +1.0% | -1.8% | strong-up | -6.9% |
| QUAL *(data 07-09)* | $218.50 | 59.3 | -0.9% | +3.1% | +1.0% | strong-up | -0.8% |
| RSP | $214.30 | 61.0 | -0.1% | +2.6% | +1.2% | breakout | -1.0% |
Growth (VUG, RSI 57.2) and value (VTV, RSI 61.7) narrowed further from last scan's split, which was already closing. This continues to look like broad-based cooling from stretched levels rather than a hard style rotation.
What the Commodities Are Telling Us
This tape doesn't fit a clean inflationary/deflationary/stagflationary label. Oil is up on what reads like a supply-risk premium (consistent with the Hormuz-strait escalation this week), and the grain complex is accelerating — both inflation-flavored inputs. But the classic inflation-hedge trade, gold, is doing the opposite: it's down on the week as the dollar re-firms. Growth-sensitive pockets — housing, most of international equities — are cooling from extended levels rather than breaking down outright. Read together, this looks like a dollar-driven mixed tape, not a regime call: a genuine energy-specific supply premium sitting on top of broad, unrelated cooling in rate- and dollar-sensitive assets.
Cross-Asset Signals
- UUP re-firming (RSI 58.9→61.6, near its 52-week high) is the connective thread — it's what's dragging gold, silver, and most international names back down, mirroring last scan's dollar-rollover story in reverse.
- Oil and gold moved in opposite directions this week despite the same geopolitical headline — worth tracking whether gold ever confirms a haven bid, or whether this stays an energy-only story.
- FXI and EWZ are the two names still accelerating against the broader cooling trend — both worth a fresh look given the divergence from the rest of the international book.
What Changed Since Prior Scan (2026-07-07)
| Category | Then | Now | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| UUP (dollar) | RSI 58.9, cooling off | RSI 61.6, near 52wk high | Dollar re-firmed — reverses the prior scan's "rollover" thesis |
| GLD | RSI 45.4, +2.4% 7D | RSI 42.9, -0.7% 7D | Gold fading again, no haven bid despite this week's Iran/Hormuz escalation |
| SLV | RSI 41.7, +4.7% 7D | RSI 38.9, -3.2% 7D | Same reversal as gold |
| USO | RSI 30.5, -22.8% 30D | RSI 40.1, -15.6% 30D | Oil catching a bid — the one asset reading consistently with the supply-risk headline |
| UNG | RSI 52.9, +3.0% 30D | RSI 36.2, -9.1% 7D | Natural gas cratered the opposite direction — energy is diverging internally |
| WEAT | RSI 52.5 | RSI 61.2 | Wheat is the accelerating story in ag |
| XHB/ITB | 30D +7.9%/+9.6% | 30D +0.9%/+0.2% | Housing breakout has essentially stalled |
| FXI | RSI 38.8, -5.6% 30D | RSI 50.5, +3.5% 7D | China recovery continuing, not fading |
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