Energy market outlook 2026: 5 key sentiment drivers shaping Brent, WTI, TTF and LNG

Energy market Outlook 2026

In this Energy Market Outlook 2026, we demonstrate how 2025 marked a clear shift in market dynamics and how this will continue into the year ahead. Fundamentals remained the bedrock, yet sentiment increasingly shaped positioning and the direction of trade. Even with stable supply, soft demand and well-stocked inventories, markets moved in ways that the … Read more

How to turn news sentiment into strategy: A guide for institutional investors

news sentiment

This is a comprehensive guide for institutional investors, quants, and macro strategists on applying news sentiment to trading, risk management, and regime detection, with examples taken from Permutable AI’s market sentiment data.  We’re often asked how to apply our market sentiment insights in practice, how to turn the behavioural layer of markets into measurable, actionable … Read more

AI for commodity trading: Permutable AI’s one-year results review

AI for commodity trading

Although at Permutable, our core offering is market intelligence, one of our key differentiators is that we run a live systematic commodity trading strategy built on those insights which has delivered clear, repeatable results over the past year.  Clients asked whether our sentiment signals only back-test well. We took this one step further – using … Read more

Inside our newly redesigned macro newsletter – and why every institutional investor needs it

macro newsletter

In a world where market-moving information travels at the speed of light, the difference between profit and loss often comes down to having the right intelligence at precisely the right moment. That’s where our Permutable Insights Weekly macro newsletter comes in – a weekly briefing of our real-time intelligence for institutional investors who refuse to let alpha … Read more

Founder perspective: LLM trading applications – can Large Language Models simulate the past?

event trading

This article by Wilson Chan, Founder and CEO at Permutable AI explores LLM trading applications and specifically whether large language models can effectively simulate historical market conditions for trading strategies, aimed at quantitative analysts, macro strategists, and systematic trading teams considering AI integration in their workflows. There’s a lot of noise out there about the … Read more

Bitcoin outlook 2025: Robust institutional momentum, supportive macro tailwinds, and improving risk appetite

bitcoin outlook

In this article, we explore how macroeconomic catalysts, institutional flows, and real-time sentiment intelligence are shaping the Bitcoin outlook in 2025, positioning it as a strategic asset within diversified portfolios. Bitcoin’s rally through July has once again captured attention, climbing to fresh record highs between $117,000 and $123,000, surpassing Gold as the top asset for … Read more

Top market sentiment companies of 2025: A strategic comparison

sentiment companies

This article is a comprehensive comparison guide of leading sentiment analytics companies in the financial markets, aimed at institutional investors, traders, asset managers, and fintech professionals who are evaluating different sentiment analysis platforms to enhance their trading strategies and investment decision-making processes. As markets become increasingly data-driven, sentiment companies are playing a central role in … Read more

Is the VIX Volatility Index broken? Why real-time sentiment is the new signal for market risk

VIX Volatility Index

This article examines the limitations of the VIX volatility index in modern markets and demonstrates how real-time sentiment analysis provides superior risk signals for institutional investors.  It is written for institutional investors, systematic traders, risk managers, and portfolio managers seeking advanced market intelligence and risk assessment tools. For decades, institutional investors have turned to the … Read more

FAQ about our alternative data for institutional investing

alternative data

Alternative data has been changing the landscape of institutional investment strategies, transforming how hedge funds, asset managers, and systematic traders identify alpha opportunities in increasingly competitive markets. As traditional data sources become commoditised, sophisticated investors are turning to alternative data streams to gain decisive informational advantages. This comprehensive guide addresses some of the most common … Read more

What is multi entity sentiment code and do we use it to decode complex market narratives?

In today’s interconnected financial landscape, events rarely impact a single entity in isolation. Headlines often bundle together multiple assets, economies, and companies, each influenced in different ways and to varying degrees. Traditional sentiment analysis tools, while useful, tend to fall short in these nuanced scenarios – typically tagging sentiment to one main entity per text … Read more