Yes — Helios is specifically designed to help you decide when to buy.
Whether you're a commodity trader, a procurement manager, or part of a sourcing team, Helios delivers climate-driven price forecasts and trade signals that help you time your purchasing decisions with greater precision and confidence.
How Helios Supports Buy Timing
Helios provides forward-looking price forecasts for 70+ agricultural commodities, updated daily. But unlike generic market data tools, we also explain why we’re forecasting a movement — linking the forecast directly to real climate or supply conditions.
Example: “We expect cocoa prices to rise ~9% over the next 6 weeks due to elevated WA%R™ in West Africa and yield pressure from unseasonal dryness.”
You don’t just get a number — you get a narrative.
Risk-Adjusted Timing Recommendations
For each crop and region, Helios calculates:
WA%R™ (Weighted Average Percent of Risk): A proprietary signal showing the percent of production under stress
Anomaly patterns: Heat, drought, or excessive rainfall trends that affect yield
Seasonality and market share shifts
When stress is building, Helios flags early. When conditions ease, it tells you to hold off.
This helps you answer:
"Is now a good time to buy?”
“Will this price dip hold, or is risk building behind the scenes?”
“Should we contract early or wait another month?”
Actionable Signals via Horizon
Using Horizon, Helios’s AI analyst, you can ask:
"Should I buy now or wait?”
"What’s your recommendation on corn this week?”
"Why are you suggesting a hold for cocoa futures?”
"How confident are you in your coffee forecast?”
Horizon will return plain-English recommendations backed by Helios data, helping you make decisions even faster — with full explainability.