Weekly Global Commodity Reports provide a near-term view of market conditions for exchange-traded commodities. These reports are designed to help users track futures price movement, climate-driven risk signals, and short-term shifts in cash pricing, climate risk, and market events on a weekly cadence.
Weekly reports are most useful when you need to monitor changes that can move quickly, such as futures markets, short-term climate volatility, and trade or disruption news that affects exchange-traded commodities. They work best as a decision-support tool for fast-moving markets.
A practical way to use them:
Start with the futures + WA%R page to see if climate risk is building and whether the trading signal changed.
Scan the cash price table to see which origins moved the most week-over-week.
Review the two-week climate risk table to identify spikes (even if the average looks calm).
Use the season analysis section to understand whether risk is unusually high versus historical norms.
Check catastrophes and news to see if there’s a non-climate driver that may override signals.
Jump into country pages when one origin stands out and you need more detail.
If something looks important, the fastest next step is usually open the platform for deeper charts, longer history, and region-level drilldowns, or use Helios Horizon to ask a focused follow-up question (for example, why a country’s risk driver shifted from too wet to heat stress).
Who Receives Weekly Reports
Weekly reports are sent for exchange-traded commodities only. These are commodities traded on major exchanges, such as:
coffee
soybeans
cocoa
wheat
rice
oil palm fruit
corn
sugarcane
If you are subscribed to an exchange-traded commodity on the platform, you will receive its weekly report unless you opt out.
Delivery Schedule and Format
Weekly reports are emailed every Monday (except holidays) from Helios Reporting.
Each email includes:
the commodity name and report week in the subject or title
a PDF attachment containing the report
a reminder to log in to the platform for deeper analysis
The PDF is meant to be a weekly “market brief” you can read quickly, save, and share internally.
Report Structure
Weekly reports follow a consistent structure:
This week’s key takeaways (futures, cash pricing, climate risk, season status, news, disruptions)
Country-level pages (prices and climate risk by country)
Appendix (extra context and short-horizon deep dives)
Definitions and FAQs
Because weekly reports are focused on faster-moving markets, most charts and tables use shorter time windows than the monthly report.
1) This Week’s Key Takeaways
Futures prices (weekly report only)
The first page of the weekly report starts with futures pricing, which is not included in monthly standard-commodity reports.
What you’ll see:
rolling futures closing price (price axis on the left)
WA%R climate risk (risk axis on the right)
a weekly timeline showing the past 8 weeks and the next 8 weeks
Helios trading recommendation (bullish, bearish, or neutral)
the last time the recommendation changed
Why futures and WA%R are shown together:
WA%R is treated as an early signal that can influence futures prices later
price changes often lag climate risk changes, because markets react after impacts become widely reported and priced in
This relationship is strongest when climate is a dominant driver and weaker when other forces outweigh it (tariffs, political instability, major policy shocks)
Trading recommendation and explanation:
The report includes the current recommendation and a short explanation of why the signal is bullish or bearish based on climate indicators
The explanation may also note if a signal is expected to transition soon (for example, bearish today but predicted to shift bullish tomorrow)
A risk disclosure statement is included near the recommendation section
Tip for new readers:
The report includes a link or shortcut to the definitions and FAQ section so you can quickly look up terms if this is your first time reading it
Cash prices (global summary)
The next key takeaways section focuses on cash prices for the commodity, typically export prices such as FOB, shown in USD per kilogram.
What you’ll see:
a global summary view across countries
average export price by country
price range (when available)
week-over-week change (absolute and percentage)
a chart showing historical cash prices (typically ~6 months back) and forecast values into the future (often ~3 months forward)
How to interpret the cash price table:
each row represents a country price series
many series are averages across varieties and terms unless a specific variety is explicitly shown
you can click a country entry in the report to jump to that country’s detailed section
Forecast values:
the report lists expected price levels at 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year
forecasts are most useful for comparing directionality and relative differences across origins, not just a single number in isolation
Global climate risk (short-window view)
Weekly reports include a condensed climate risk view designed for short-term monitoring.
What you’ll see:
recent climate risk for the past two weeks
forecasted climate risk for the next two weeks
values shown for global and country-level views
organization by market share, so the most important producers appear first
Why the weekly report uses two-week windows:
weekly cadence is meant to capture short-term changes
a month-to-month view would move too slowly for weekly monitoring, especially for exchange-traded markets
Recent and forecasted risk fields:
average WA%R for the period
maximum WA%R for the period
risk rating associated with those values
primary risk driver explaining why risk is elevated
Why average and maximum both matter:
a low or moderate average can still hide short-lived spikes that may be important
spikes often represent “event risk” that can become market relevant even if the overall period was stable
Primary risk drivers include:
too wet / excessive rainfall
too dry / drought
heat stress
too cold / unseasonably cold temperatures
Growing season analysis (country-by-country)
Weekly reports include a growing season summary for each country.
What you’ll see:
season status (in season, out of season, just ended)
full-season climate risk rating (terrible to great)
seasonal average WA%R compared to historical average (10-year historical benchmark)
maximum risk point for the season (date, value/rating, and driver)
How to use this section:
compare this season’s risk to what’s “normal” historically
identify which countries are unusually risky this year
use maximum seasonal risk and date to flag the most critical periods (past or upcoming)
Weekly news highlights
The weekly report includes top news for the commodity, typically grouped into categories such as:
trade
supply & demand
climate
price
For each article, the report includes:
title
date (newest to oldest)
source
read more link
Selecting "read more" opens the full article within the Helios platform, where you can also view related coverage.
Catastrophes and major disruptions
Weekly reports also include a catastrophes section that flags major disruption events affecting covered growing regions, such as:
hurricanes
earthquakes
force majeure events
other natural disasters
This section is meant to quickly surface whether there are acute disruptions that may affect production, logistics, or near-term availability.
2) Country-Level Pages
After the key takeaways, the report shifts into individual country pages. These pages go deeper into the countries that matter most for the commodity.
Country pricing pages
A country pricing page shows the specific cash price series used for that country (for example, FOB export prices, sometimes with a named variety).
What you’ll see:
historical price line (solid)
predicted price line (dotted)
weekly x-axis (rather than monthly)
growing season phases aligned to each week
latest price and week-over-week change (value and percent)
notes on whether next month’s prediction has changed since last week
week-to-week changes in forecasts can reflect new weather signals or updated inputs
This alerts you when the forecast itself has shifted, not just the observed price
Narrative explanation: a short paragraph summarizes the expected direction for the month. It includes context such as comparisons to last month and the same time last year
Variety handling:
when multiple varieties exist for a country, the report may show each variety separately plus an “average of all varieties”
each variety row includes current price, last week’s price, week-over-week change, and forecast points (3m, 6m, 1y)
Country climate risk pages
Each country also includes a climate risk page focused on short-term dynamics.
What you’ll see:
climate risk displayed by week for the past three months and next three months
risk shown as WA%R (weighted average percent of risk days)
historical period on the left and forecast period on the right
risk broken down by risk factor (the bar color indicates the driver)
Interpreting mixed drivers:
when you see competing drivers (for example, too wet and too dry both appearing), it can mean:
highly volatile conditions week to week, or
different regions within the country are experiencing different extremes, especially in country-level aggregates
Growing region table
Below the chart is a table that breaks the country into top growing regions (often the top four), typically organized by production market share.
For each region, you’ll see:
seasonal climate risk rating
recent risk (past two weeks): average and max + driver
forecasted risk (next two weeks): average and max + driver
This region breakdown helps you pinpoint whether national risk is coming from one hotspot or multiple regions.
3) Appendix
Weekly reports include an appendix section for additional context and “closer-in” analysis.
Common appendix elements include:
Short-horizon futures + WA%R zoom
A tighter view of futures closing price and WA%R focused on the last three weeks and next three weeks. This is meant to help you focus on immediate shifts rather than the broader two-month window.
WA%R context table
A table that summarizes:
today’s WA%R
maximum and minimum WA%R over the past two weeks
predicted maximum and minimum WA%R over the next two weeks
This helps you quickly assess:
whether risk is rising, stable, or compressing
how extreme the next two weeks may be relative to the last two weeks
10-year WA%R historical context
A longer-term chart showing how WA%R has behaved over the past ten years, including:
annual averages
annual maximums
notable trend shifts (for example, a period of low risk followed by sharp increases in recent years)
This provides a baseline for interpreting whether current risk levels are historically unusual.
4) Definitions and FAQs
The final section includes definitions and FAQs to help users interpret the report consistently.
It typically covers:
what WA%R means and how to interpret its levels
what bullish and bearish mean in the context of Helios signals
definitions of risk ratings and season status
how to use the report in practice
a summary of methodology and caveats
This section is useful when onboarding new readers or sharing reports with stakeholders who aren’t familiar with the platform yet.