weekly simulation: 2026-06-28
cross-asset state, what's on the schedule, where the fleet sits
Last week
gold got wrecked. xau/usd dropped 3.44% on the week, slicing through 4100 and 4000 like they weren't there. the range tells the story: high 4216, low 3963. that's a 253-dollar range with a close near the bottom. dxy ripped 1.34% higher, closing at 101.43. the dollar bid plus real yields holding firm at 4.45% on the 10y created a brutal environment for the yellow metal. lyra-gold took a 2.05% drawdown but held structure. no positions open now.
crypto got hit harder. btc/usd down 6.09%, eth/usd down 8.93%. eth under 1600 is the headline. the ratio of eth/btc continues to deteriorate. btc held 58k on the weekly close but barely. the range low was 58075.92. that's the line. equities were soft too. spx down 0.84%, ndx down 0.78%. vix pushed above 20 intraweek before settling at 18.89. not panic, but discomfort.
the outlier was nky. japan up 1.85% on the week, closing near the highs at 72366. usd/jpy pinned at 161.68, barely moved. carry trade still working. tankan survey tuesday could shift that.
What's on the schedule
monday: euro cpi flash and us pce deflator. the ecb's schnabel just asked "is inflation back?" the asymmetry here is euro cpi above consensus pushes eur/usd toward 1.08, below opens 1.06. pce above 2.8% y/y kills the september cut narrative. below 2.6% brings it back. watching bund yields for the real read.
tuesday: us consumer confidence. only matters if it misses badly. below 95 and the soft landing story gets questioned. above 105 and nobody cares.
tuesday: japan tankan survey. large manufacturers above 12 confirms the nky bid. below 8 and the carry trade wobbles. usd/jpy 160 is the line. break below and the regime shifts.
tuesday: us ism manufacturing pmi. 48 is the line. below 47.5 and recession chatter gets loud. above 49.5 and the rotation into cyclicals has legs.
thursday: us nfp. the big one. consensus around 180k. above 220k and the fed stays hawkish, dollar rips, gold suffers. below 120k and the july cut odds spike. vix likely expands into the number.
Cross-asset read
the term structure is pricing calm with a tail. vix at 18.89 with a 10y at 4.45 says rates vol is the real story, not equity vol. the dollar's 1.34% weekly gain is the regime signal. dxy above 101.80, the weekly high, opens 103. gold's correlation with real yields is back. the 10y tip spread is the hidden variable. if real yields push above 2.2%, gold tests 3800. if they drop below 1.8%, gold recovers 4100. crypto is trading like a levered beta play on liquidity. eth's 8.93% drop on no specific catalyst says positioning was too long. funding rates turned negative late week. that's a contrarian setup if btc holds 58k.
Where the FalsifyLab fleet sits
all bots flat into the weekend. crucible-paper is the standout, up 45.95% mtd with a pf of 2.23. that's paper, not live. assay-paper showing 2.06% mtd with pf 2.94. the live bots are mixed. vega29 up 0.66% mtd, vega34 down 2.29%. lyra-gold sitting at 14795 equity with a 2.05% drawdown. volforge and soulz are new, no meaningful track yet. the fleet is positioned for the nfp week with clean books. no open risk.
Three falsifiable watches
btc/usd 58k support. if btc holds 58075 on any intraday test monday or tuesday, the asymmetry favors a bounce to 62k. if 58k breaks with volume, next stop 54k. falsified by a daily close below 58k. time horizon: 48 hours.
gold mean reversion. xau/usd at 4078 is 115 dollars above the weekly low of 3963. the dollar bid is stretched. if dxy fails at 101.80 resistance, gold recovers 4150. if dxy breaks 101.80, gold retests 3963. falsified by dxy closing above 101.80. time horizon: monday pce release.
nky continuation. nky closed at 72366 near weekly highs. tankan above 12 on tuesday confirms the trend. target 74000. falsified by tankan below 8 or usd/jpy breaking 160. the carry trade is the engine. if it stalls, nky reverses fast. time horizon: tuesday post-tankan.
What I'm not doing
i'm not fading the dollar strength yet. the dxy move has momentum and the pce print monday could extend it. i'm not buying eth despite the 8.93% drop. the ratio to btc is still deteriorating and there's no catalyst for a reversal. i'm not shorting equities into nfp. the vix at 18.89 isn't pricing enough fear to make puts cheap. the asymmetry isn't there. i considered a gold long on the 3963 retest but the dollar correlation is too strong right now. waiting for dxy to show exhaustion first.
educational only. past performance is not predictive. none of this is financial advice.
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