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Silver spot price in USD per troy ounce with today's change.

How to read it: Green arrow = up on the day, red = down. Spot is the London/OTC price, not the COMEX future.

Data: CNBC XAG=

Gold spot price per ounce with today's change.

How to read it: Same conventions as !s. For the full picture (futures curve, ratios, DXY) use !gold.

Data: CNBC XAU=

Platinum spot price per ounce.

How to read it: Platinum below gold (Au/Pt > 1) has been the norm since 2015; !metals shows the ratio.

Data: CNBC XPT=

Palladium spot price per ounce.

How to read it: Thin market, big daily moves are normal.

Data: CNBC XPD=

Copper, COMEX front-month future, USD per pound.

How to read it: There is no true copper spot quote on CNBC, so this is the most-active futures contract. Copper is the growth bellwether: !copper shows the term structure.

Data: CNBC @HG.1

WTI crude, front-month future, USD per barrel.

How to read it: Brent, products and the curve are in !oil.

Data: CNBC @CL.1

All five metals on one line: silver, gold, platinum, palladium, copper.

How to read it: Arrows only, no dollar changes. Use !metals for ratios and futures premiums.

Data: CNBC XAG= XAU= XPT= XPD= @HG.1

One-line market overview: S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq, Russell 2000 and the VIX with percent moves.

How to read it: Tagged (closed) outside regular hours. VIX moving opposite to the indices is normal; VIX rising with the indices is the tell.

Data: CNBC .SPX .DJI .IXIC .RUT .VIX

Quote for any CNBC symbol: price, change, volume, market cap, P/E, 52-week range, and the pre/after-hours print when the session is closed. Up to three symbols on one line.

How to read it: Symbols are CNBC style: AAPL, .SPX, @CL.1 (WTI), XAU= (gold spot), BTC.CM= (bitcoin). !quote is an alias. Unknown symbol → "no quote (try !stock <name>)".

Data: CNBC quote service

Search by company name, then quote the best match. Prefers US common stock over ETFs, preferred shares and foreign listings, and lists up to three alternatives.

How to read it: "!stock alphabet" gives GOOGL and mentions GOOG. Multi-word names are retried on the first word if the full phrase misses.

Data: CNBC symbol lookup · CNBC quote service

Three lines: spot prices for Au/Ag/Pt/Pd/Cu, the key ratios, and the futures premium (implied carry) for gold, silver and platinum.

How to read it: Au/Ag above 80 means silver is cheap versus its 50-year mean near 60. Au/Cu above 600 lb per oz is the fear reading. A negative futures premium (backwardation) means someone wants the metal now: physical squeeze.

Data: CNBC XAU= XAG= XPT= XPD= @HG.1 @GC.1 @SI.1 @PL.1

Gold spot and COMEX future, 52-week range, macro drivers (Au/Ag, dollar index, 10-year yield, GLD), and the front three contract months with annualised carry.

How to read it: Carry near the funding rate (2 to 5%/yr) is normal contango. Above 8%/yr is steep; below zero is backwardation and a shortage signal.

Data: CNBC XAU= @GC.1 @GC.2 @GC.3 .DXY US10Y GLD

Silver spot and future, SLV, the gold/silver ratio with context, and the futures curve with carry.

How to read it: Silver moves 1.5 to 2x gold on the day. Ratio above 80 = silver cheap, below 50 = silver rich.

Data: CNBC XAG= XAU= @SI.1 @SI.2 @SI.3 SLV

COMEX copper front month, 52-week range, the term structure across three contracts, and the gold/copper ratio.

How to read it: Contango (later months higher) = supply is fine. Backwardation = someone is short metal today. Au/Cu above 600 has coincided with every growth scare since 2008; below 400 is a boom.

Data: CNBC @HG.1 @HG.2 @HG.3 XAU=

Official central-bank gold holdings (World Gold Council tonnage) valued at today's spot: top eight holders, the Eurosystem total, and the Fed's book value versus market value.

How to read it: The US Treasury still books its gold at $42.22/oz. The ratio between that and spot is the size of the unrealised revaluation.

Data: World Gold Council table (Dec 2024) · CNBC XAU= · FRED M2SL

Running all-time-high tracker for gold and silver: the high, when it printed, and today's price versus it. The bot also announces new highs in the channel.

How to read it: "= at high" means the current print is the record.

Data: CNBC XAU= XAG= · scripts/metal_highs.dat

Assets priced in gold ounces instead of dollars: the S&P 500, the Dow, a barrel of WTI, the median new home, and the dollars of M2 per ounce of US official gold.

How to read it: If the S&P is flat in dollars but falling in ounces, the "gain" was the dollar losing. M2 per ounce is the price gold would need to fully back the money supply.

Data: CNBC XAU= .SPX .DJI @CL.1 · FRED MSPUS M2SL

WTI, Brent and the spread; RBOB gasoline, heating oil and natural gas; the 3-2-1 crack spread and the WTI one-to-six month curve.

How to read it: Crack spread above $30/bbl means refiners are printing money and product is tight. M1−M6 backwardation above $3 means barrels are wanted now, not later.

Data: CNBC @CL.1 @CL.6 @BZ.1 @RB.1 @HO.1 @NG.1

US crude production from the EIA weekly report against its 52-week and 5-year highs, WTI/Brent, SPR fill, the futures curve, the crack spread, and a five-signal supply-stress score.

How to read it: "AT RECORD" needs output within 0.5% of the 5-year max. Stress score counts: backwardation > $3, crack > $25, WTI > $80, SPR under half full, production falling year on year.

Data: EIA WCRFPUS2 WCSSTUS1 · CNBC @CL.1 @CL.6 @CL.12 @BZ.1 @RB.1 @HO.1

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: barrels, percent of the 714M capacity, the weekly change and the change versus one year ago.

How to read it: Draws above 1M bbl per week are a release programme, not maintenance.

Data: EIA WCSSTUS1

Crude, gasoline, distillate, propane and natural-gas inventories as a percent of their same-week five-year average.

How to read it: Below 90% is tight, below 80% is a shortage, above 110% a glut. Distillate is the one to watch: diesel shortages hit freight and farming first.

Data: EIA WCESTUS1 WGTSTUS1 WDISTUS1 WPRSTUS1 NW2_EPG0_SWO_R48_BCF

Four pass/fail crisis indicators: SPR under 50% of capacity, crude stocks under 90% of the 5-year average, production falling more than 1% year on year, and WTI backwardation above $3.

How to read it: Score out of four. Two failing is High; buffers are thinning even if prices look calm.

Data: EIA WCSSTUS1 WCESTUS1 WCRFPUS2 · CNBC @CL.1 @CL.6

Eight binary tail-risk tests scored out of eight: VIX > 25, VVIX > 110, inverted 10y-2y curve, WTI backwardation > $5, gold up > 2% on the day, S&P down > 2%, a dollar move over 1%, high-yield spread > 5%.

How to read it: 0-1 LOW, 2-3 ELEVATED, 4-5 HIGH, 6+ EXTREME. The fired tests are named so you can see what is driving the score.

Data: CNBC .VIX .VVIX US10Y US2Y @CL.1 @CL.6 XAU= .SPX .DXY · FRED BAMLH0A0HYM2

VIX and VVIX with a regime label, the four main indices, and a divergence note when volatility disagrees with price.

How to read it: Under 15 complacent, 15-20 normal, 20-30 stressed, over 30 panic. VIX rising on an up day is the warning.

Data: CNBC .VIX .VVIX .SPX .IXIC .DJI .RUT

BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, LTC with daily moves and the BTC/ETH ratio.

How to read it: Prices from Coin Metrics via CNBC, 24/7.

Data: CNBC BTC.CM= ETH.CM= SOL.CM= XRP.CM= DOGE.CM= LTC.CM=

Corn, wheat, soybeans, live cattle, lean hogs, coffee, sugar, cotton, cocoa and orange juice futures with correct units.

How to read it: Grains in $/bushel, livestock and coffee in $/lb, sugar and cotton in ¢/lb, cocoa in $/tonne.

Data: CNBC @C.1 @W.1 @S.1 @LC.1 @LH.1 @KC.1 @SB.1 @CT.1 @CC.1 @OJ.1

"Market weather": a composite of risk appetite (VIX, equities, dollar), inflation pressure (oil, yields) and uncertainty (VVIX, gold), each component scored and shown.

How to read it: Fair/Partly cloudy/Overcast/Rain/Storm from the risk score. Not meteorology.

Data: CNBC .VIX .SPX .NDX .DXY @CL.1 US10Y .VVIX XAU=

The Buffett indicator: total US corporate equities from the Fed's flow of funds divided by GDP, with the value a year ago, the record, and a same-day estimate scaled by the S&P.

How to read it: Buffett's own scale: under 100% fair, 100-150% overvalued, above 150% strongly overvalued.

Data: FRED NCBEILQ027S GDP SP500 · CNBC .SPX

Headline and core CPI year on year, the last month annualised, and the real policy rate (Fed funds minus CPI).

How to read it: Three-month annualised above the twelve-month rate means inflation is re-accelerating. A negative real rate means policy is stimulative whatever the Fed says.

Data: FRED CPIAUCSL CPILFESL FEDFUNDS

Total federal debt, debt to GDP with the year-ago comparison, actual interest paid as a share of federal receipts, the average rate on the debt, and what each extra point of rate costs.

How to read it: Interest above 25% of receipts is the fiscal-dominance zone: rates can't rise without the budget breaking.

Data: FRED GFDEBTN GDP A091RC1Q027SBEA W006RC1Q027SBEA DGS10

Median new-home price, 30-year mortgage rate, price to median income, the monthly payment as a share of income, and months of supply.

How to read it: Payment above 28% of gross income fails the lender rule of thumb. Six months of supply is balanced.

Data: FRED MSPUS MORTGAGE30US MEHOINUSA646N MSACSR

U3, U6, participation and employment-population ratio with year-ago values, and the Sahm rule computed live.

How to read it: Sahm rule fires when the 3-month average unemployment rate is 0.5pt above its 12-month low. It has called every recession since 1970.

Data: FRED UNRATE U6RATE CIVPART EMRATIO

3-month, 2-, 10- and 30-year Treasury yields, the 10y-2y and 10y-3m spreads in basis points, and whether the curve inverted in the past year.

How to read it: Inversion (spread below zero) precedes recessions by 6 to 18 months; the re-steepening is usually when the recession starts.

Data: FRED DGS3MO DGS2 DGS10 DGS30

Real median weekly earnings now, a year ago and in 1979; nominal hourly earnings against CPI; productivity growth; and the productivity-to-pay gap since 1979.

How to read it: The gap line is the whole story: output per hour up 140%+, real median pay up about 13%.

Data: FRED LES1252881600Q CES0500000003 CPIAUCSL OPHNFB

Consumer credit and revolving balances with growth, the average card APR and the implied interest bill, debt service as a share of income, and card delinquency versus a year ago.

How to read it: Rising delinquencies with rising balances is the stress combination.

Data: FRED TOTALSL REVOLSL TERMCBCCALLNS TDSP DRCCLACBS

M2 with nominal and real growth, velocity, the monetary base, and the Fed balance sheet against a year ago.

How to read it: M2 growing faster than CPI is real monetary expansion. Balance sheet up year on year means quantitative tightening has ended.

Data: FRED M2SL M2V BOGMBASE WALCL CPIAUCSL

Personal saving rate against a year ago, its 25-year average, high and low, and total personal saving.

How to read it: A rate well below the long-run average means households are spending down buffers.

Data: FRED PSAVERT PMSAVE

Manufacturing output index, total industrial production, capacity utilisation, factory employment and its 1979 peak.

How to read it: Output index below 100 means less is being made than in 2017.

Data: FRED IPMAN INDPRO TCU MANEMP

Recession score from five explicit tests: Sahm rule, inverted curve, manufacturing output falling, building permits down 10%+, initial claims up 15%+ year on year.

How to read it: Each test shows its value and its trigger. 2+ elevated, 4+ extreme.

Data: FRED UNRATE DGS10 DGS2 IPMAN PERMIT ICSA

Index of the Fed commands.

How to read it: Pick the plumbing line you care about.

Data: Fed H.4.1 via FRED

Overnight reverse repo balance against a year ago, its 1-year high and 5-year peak; discount-window borrowing and rate; other emergency facilities.

How to read it: Reverse repo is the excess-cash buffer. When it is drained, the next liquidity shock hits bank reserves directly. Discount window rising is banks needing the Fed.

Data: FRED RRPONTSYD WLRRAL WLCFLPCL WORAL DPCREDIT

Bank reserves, reverse repo and the Treasury General Account with year-on-year changes, net liquidity (Fed assets minus TGA minus RRP), Fed lending and swap lines.

How to read it: Net liquidity is the number the equity market trades on. TGA rising drains it; TGA spending adds to it.

Data: FRED WRBWFRBL WLRRAL WDTGAL WALCL WLCFLL SWPT

Bank Term Funding Program balance, its peak, and status.

How to read it: The 2023 bank-run facility. Zero means fully repaid.

Data: FRED H41RESPPALDKNWW

Treasuries held in custody at the Fed for foreign official accounts: weekly change, year-ago, and the 5-year peak.

How to read it: A steady decline is reserve diversification. A sharp weekly drop is someone selling.

Data: FRED WMTSECL1

Dollar swap lines outstanding to other central banks with the year-ago value and the 2020 peak.

How to read it: Above 10% of the 2020 peak means an offshore dollar shortage.

Data: FRED SWPT

Fed total assets against a year ago and the 2022 peak, then the asset and liability breakdown: Treasuries, MBS, loans, reserves, reverse repo, currency, TGA.

How to read it: QT progress is the peak-to-now line.

Data: FRED WALCL TREAST WSHOMCB WLCFLL WRBWFRBL WLRRAL WCICL WDTGAL

ECB policy rates, total assets, gold at market value, MRO and TLTRO lending, TARGET2 balances for Germany, Italy, Spain, France and the Netherlands, and a fragmentation verdict.

How to read it: Germany's TARGET2 claim above €1T means capital is sitting in the north. The 2012 crisis peaked near €750B.

Data: ECB Data Portal FM, ILM, TGB datasets

Macro regime classifier. Growth (manufacturing, claims, Sahm, permits), inflation (CPI momentum, core, oil, dollar) and liquidity (net liquidity, real rates, curve, credit spreads) each scored as a percentile of their own history.

How to read it: Goldilocks, Reflation, Stagflation or Deflationary bust, with the one input closest to flipping the regime.

Data: FRED IPMAN ICSA UNRATE PERMIT CPIAUCSL CPILFESL DCOILWTICO DTWEXBGS WALCL WTREGEN WLRRAL FEDFUNDS DGS10 DGS2 BAMLH0A0HYM2

Financial conditions composite 0-100: high-yield and investment-grade spreads, VIX, curve, funding spread, discount window, dollar momentum, reserves to GDP, each as a 5-year percentile.

How to read it: Under 25 calm, 25-50 normal, 50-75 elevated, over 75 crisis. Shows the top contributors and the one-month change.

Data: FRED BAMLH0A0HYM2 BAMLC0A0CM VIXCLS DGS10 DGS3MO SOFR DFF WLCFLPCL DTWEXBGS WRBWFRBL GDP

Days of supply, the way oil analysts measure tightness: commercial crude over refinery inputs, SPR over net imports, distillate and gasoline over demand, each with its 5-year percentile; import dependence; and oil spending as a share of GDP.

How to read it: Low percentile = thin cover. Distillate at a low percentile is the diesel pinch. Oil spend above about 4% of GDP has preceded every US recession since 1970.

Data: EIA WCESTUS1 WCSSTUS1 WDISTUS1 WGTSTUS1 WCRRIUS2 WCRIMUS2 WCREXUS2 WRPUPUS2 WDIUPUS2 WGFUPUS2 WPULEUS3 · CNBC @CL.1 · FRED GDP

Who financed the last twelve months of US federal borrowing: the Fed, foreign investors, domestic private buyers, or government trust funds, in dollars and as a share of new issuance.

How to read it: When the Fed's share is negative and domestic private buyers absorb most of the issuance, the marginal lender is money funds and households demanding yield. When the Fed's share turns positive, it is financing the deficit again.

Data: FRED GFDEBTN FYGFDPUN FDHBFRBN FDHBFIN FDHBPIN TREAST WMTSECL1

The price of things in hours of work at the average private wage: a gallon of gas, a barrel of oil, an ounce of gold, one unit of the S&P 500, the median new home, one bitcoin, now versus one and ten years ago.

How to read it: Dollars lie; hours don't. The verdict names what got most expensive in labour terms over a decade.

Data: FRED CES0500000003 GASREGW DCOILWTICO SP500 MSPUS · CNBC XAU= @CL.1 .SPX BTC.CM=

When a nick was last seen in this channel and what they last said. Reports the last join, part, quit, kick or netsplit with its reason, and the last public line, each with a relative age and a date once it is older than two days.

How to read it: Tracking is per channel: asking in one channel never reports another. A nick change is followed, so asking for an old nick tells you who they became and what happened to them since. A nick the bot does not know gets up to three suggestions ("Did you mean: gecko_x2, gecko_x8, or eggo?") matched on edit distance plus leetspeak and suffix folding, so geko finds gecko_x2 and sh4rp finds SharP-. Wildcards work too: !seen gecko* lists the matches by recency.

Data: join/part/quit/kick/nick/message tracking, scripts/seen.dat · seeded from logs/peakoil.log, 2025-07-19 onward