SPIKE manual

How to use SPIKE Spot Index

A concise operating guide for SSI users, respondents and partners. It is updated together with functional, copy and interface changes in the product.

1

What SSI publishes

SPIKE Spot Index publishes methodology-based Ukrainian agricultural spot market indices. Index values are not generated by AI: they are calculated from respondent, Monitor/MN7R and verified administrative data.

  • Grains Export — grain export positions.
  • Oilseeds Export — seasonal oilseed export positions.
  • Oilseeds Crush — domestic processing market with VAT-inclusive logic.
2

How to read analytics

Analytics explains already published index values: movement, volatility, spreads, commodity groups and the archive from 2025-09-01 for core positions.

  • Charts show published values, not forecasts.
  • If a spread price is missing for a date, the latest available value is carried forward.
  • AI Market Read is a public preview of the analytical layer, not a trading recommendation.
3

What MediaHub does

MediaHub separately monitors Telegram, RSS/API news, editor-submitted materials and files, then turns them into daily / weekly / monthly context around the market and index movement.

  • Daily report is published after the index publication.
  • Weekly/monthly report is published on Saturday and replaces daily on that day.
  • SSI Telegram daily contains daily indices plus a concise index digest.
4

For respondents

A respondent receives an onboarding email, sets a permanent password, starts the SPIKE Telegram bot and then receives the survey form on schedule.

  • Telegram request: 16:00 Kyiv.
  • Reminder: 17:00 Kyiv.
  • Final calculation and publication: 19:00 Kyiv on weekdays.