Markets

4,036.7 USD/oz

38 stored readings in 7 days. Never amber or red in this window.

GC=F close 4036.70. Fixed thresholds: 5-step move -0.6% (amber at 8%, red at 12%). Status green.

COMEX gold futures (GC=F). A jump is read as a flight-to-safety move: amber at +8% in five trading days, red at +12%. Source: Yahoo Finance, observed 2026-10-28 22:00 MDT.

102.85 USD/bbl

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CL=F close 102.85. Fixed thresholds: 5-step move +3.4% (amber at 15%, red at 25%). Status green.

NYMEX WTI futures (CL=F). Amber at +15% in five trading days, red at +25%. A slow climb stays green. Source: Yahoo Finance, observed 2026-10-28 22:00 MDT.

17.2 index

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^VIX close 17.20. Fixed thresholds: amber at 30, red at 40. Status green.

CBOE Volatility Index. Amber at 30 (fear), red at 40 (panic), the levels traders use. It closed above 30 on 12 days in 2025 and 48 in 2022. Source: Yahoo Finance, observed 2026-10-29 01:00 MDT.

101.854 index

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DX-Y.NYB close 101.85. Fixed thresholds: 5-step move +0.2% (amber at 3%, red at 5%). Status green.

ICE US Dollar Index. A move of 3% in five trading days, up or down, is amber, and 5% is red. Source: Yahoo Finance, observed 2026-10-28 22:00 MDT.

121.32 index

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FRED DTWEXBGS latest 121.3202. Fixed thresholds: 5-step move -0.1% (amber at 3%, red at 5%). Status green.

Nominal Broad U.S. Dollar Index (DTWEXBGS). Amber at a 3% move over five readings, red at 5%. The Fed posts it weekly, about a week late. Source: FRED, observed 2026-10-23 12:00 MDT.

123.1 USD/bbl

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FRED DCOILBRENTEU latest 123.1. Fixed thresholds: 5-step move +6.8% (amber at 15%, red at 25%). Status green.

Europe Brent spot (DCOILBRENTEU). Amber at +15% over five readings, red at +25%. EIA posts it with a lag of up to a week. Source: FRED, observed 2026-10-27 12:00 MDT.

16.91 index

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FRED VIXCLS latest 16.91. Fixed thresholds: amber at 30, red at 40. Status green.

CBOE VIX close (VIXCLS). Amber at 30, red at 40. Source: FRED, observed 2026-10-28 12:00 MDT.

3.14 % spread

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FRED BAMLH0A0HYM2 latest 3.14. Fixed thresholds: amber at 6, red at 8; 5-step move -4.0% (amber at 20%, red at 40%). Status green.

ICE BofA US High Yield option-adjusted spread (BAMLH0A0HYM2). Widening spreads led the 2008, 2020, and 2023 stress. Amber when the spread widens 20% in five readings or tops 6 points, red at 40% or 8 points. It peaked at 4.6 in April 2025 and near 11 in March 2020. Source: FRED (ICE BofA), observed 2026-10-28 12:00 MDT.

0.031 USD bn / day

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Banks took $0.03 billion at the Fed's repo operations on 2026-10-29. Fixed thresholds: amber at 10, red at 50. Status green.

Dollars banks borrowed at the Fed's standing repo operations each day. Near zero in calm markets. Heavy use means overnight funding is short, as in September 2019. Fixed thresholds: amber at $10 billion, red at $50 billion. Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, observed 2026-10-29 12:00 MDT.

81,249.31 USD

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Bitcoin closed at $81,249, +0.6% on the day. Fixed thresholds: 1-step move +0.6% (amber at 10%, red at 18%). Status green.

Bitcoin daily closes. It trades on weekends and holidays when other markets are shut, so a weekend shock shows here first. Amber at a 10% one-day fall, red at 18%. Source: Coinbase Exchange, observed 2026-10-27 18:00 MDT.

0.179 % off $1

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USDT trades at $0.9982, 0.18% off its dollar peg. Fixed thresholds: amber at 0.5, red at 2. Status green.

How far Tether (USDT) trades from one dollar. A break in the largest stablecoin is a fast sign of crypto and funding stress. Fixed thresholds: amber at 0.5%, red at 2%. Source: Coinbase Exchange, observed 2026-10-29 16:59 MDT.