Platinum Breaks Out While Gold and Silver Keep Waiting
The Daily Dashboard - Monday, August 24, 2026
Trader's Brief
Platinum (PPLT) clears its 14-day CCI average for the first time this month, up 2.04% to $17.02, the board's cleanest breakout.
Gold and silver post a third straight day of real gains with the CCI trend still refusing to confirm either move.
The dollar's CCI keeps falling even as the price barely budges, RED for a fourth straight session.
Fresh CFTC data show gold's speculative net long grew again through August 18, a smaller add than the prior week's surge.
Crude oil and natural gas both hold confirmed GREEN trend signals heading into Jackson Hole week.
Supercycle Score: 33 / 100 - Headwind
Up 1 point from Friday's 32. The Score is the inverse of the US Dollar's own 52-week range position: UUP closed Friday at $27.90, 67.1% up its 52-week range ($26.47-$28.60). Flip that number and you get the Score.
The Board
Instrument | Price | Chg % | Bar | Posture | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Dollar (UUP) | $27.90 | -0.04% | █░░░░░░░░░ | 13 | RED |
Gold (GLD) | $423.36 | +1.95% | ████████░░ | 86 | YELLOW |
Silver (SLV) | $62.72 | +1.72% | ████████░░ | 86 | YELLOW |
Copper (CPER) | $39.99 | +1.63% | ██████░░░░ | 60 | YELLOW |
Crude Oil (USO) | $134.64 | +0.07% | ████████░░ | 86 | GREEN |
Nat Gas (UNG) | $9.99 | -0.20% | ██████░░░░ | 62 | GREEN |
Corn (CORN) | $19.01 | +0.96% | █████████░ | 92 | YELLOW |
Soybeans (SOYB) | $26.24 | +0.27% | █████████░ | 87 | GREEN |
Palladium (PALL) | $24.45 | +1.03% | ██████░░░░ | 62 | YELLOW |
Platinum (PPLT) | $17.02 | +2.04% | █████████░ | 92 | GREEN |
Nasdaq (QQQ) | $713.44 | +0.35% | █████░░░░░ | 55 | YELLOW |
S&P 500 (SPY) | $765.72 | +0.41% | █████░░░░░ | 56 | YELLOW |
Board tally: 4 GREEN, 7 YELLOW, 1 RED. Color tracks the inflection, not the level. Every instrument but the dollar closed green Friday, yet seven of twelve stay YELLOW because a one-day pop and a confirmed 14-day trend are two different tests.
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Brad Hoppmann
Supercycle Trader
25-year financial-publishing veteran
The Supercycle Read is published each trading morning by Supercycle Trader. Data sources: FMP (price/OHLC/technical indicators, Treasury rates, CFTC Commitment of Traders), computed in-house via the Golden Thread CCI(20) methodology. Prices and figures reflect the prior trading session's close (Friday, August 21, 2026) unless otherwise noted. This is market commentary, not investment advice. Past signals do not guarantee future results.