THE 4 MARKET REGIMES
The engine classifies markets into one of four states based on Liquidity, Credit, Inflation, and Growth data.
| Regime | Signal | Winner | Why |
|---|
| INFLATIONARY BOOM | Liquidity Loose + Inflation Up | Silver / Bitcoin | Money is cheap, demand is high. High-beta hard assets outperform. |
| GOLDILOCKS | Growth Up + Inflation Down | Tech (SPY/QQQ) | The perfect economy. Rates fall, earnings rise. Buy growth. |
| STAGFLATION | Inflation Up + Growth Down | Gold Miners (GDX) | Fed is trapped. Gold wins when stocks and bonds both lose. |
| DEFLATIONARY CRASH | Credit Stress + Liquidity Tight | Treasuries (TLT) | Plumbing breaks. Flight to safety in USD and government bonds. |