Trading Outlook
ETFs – Highlights: Friday’s defining feature was the sharp divergence between strong oil-related ETFs and weaker natural gas, precious metals, and mining shares. Fund flows also diverged from returns: XLE and USO rallied while experiencing withdrawals, whereas GDX and COPX attracted money despite declining. Weekly figures reinforced the split, with...
Analysis
COMMENTARY: The S&P 500 declined 0.47% for the week ending October 23, 2026, as investors weighed rising geopolitical tensions, accelerating energy prices, and renewed inflation concerns. Global commodity markets experienced divergent performance, with crude oil rallying on supply-disruption fears while natural gas and precious metals declined. Attacks affecting Middle Eastern...
Research
WTIB pairs legacy energy exposure with bitcoin scarcity in a capital-efficient ETF structure, seeking to address an environment defined by inflation volatility, geopolitical energy risk, fiscal uncertainty and alternative-asset adoption, while carrying meaningful futures, leverage and crypto-related risks for investors.
ETF-Commodity - Model Allocation
ETF Implimentation
Oil & Gas
XES: State Street Oil & Gas Equipment & Service
ET: Energy Transfer LP (MLP)
UNG: USCF Investments – Spot Gas
USO: USCF Investments – Spot Oil
Precious Metals
GLD: SPDR Gold Shares
SLV: iShares Silver Trust
Industrial Metals
REMX: VanEck Rare Earth & Strategic Metals
PPLT: Abrdn Physical Platinum
PALL: Abrdn Physical Palldium
LIT: Global-X Lithium & Battery Tech.
CPER: U.S. Copper Index
Metal Miners
PICK: iShares Global Metals & Mining Producers
COPX: Global-X
SETM: Sprott Critical Materials
Agriculture
DBA: Invesco DB Agriuculture
MOO: VanEck Agribusiness
Strategies
ETFCommodities.com House Model — May 2026 Monthly Attribution Report MTD through May 29, 2026 May Review ETFCommodities.com’s House Model was essentially flat in May, but materially outperformed the benchmark as GSG sold off sharply. The model returned +0.01% MTD versus GSG down 7.53%, producing +7.55% of active return. The month...
