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The Buckle, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail
Made on Aug 31, 2026
Price at call $42.96
6-month call Bull +15.2%
Target by Mar 2027 $49.50
Great value below $40.00
Model v0.6.0

Projection vs Actual (6M history + forecast)

The masterbrain's trajectory (blue, curved through its 7 checkpoints), the deterministic v0.3 control (dashed), and the actual price (green) overlaid from the prediction date forward.
Forecast Change +15.2% to $49.50
Predicted High $49.50 at 6 months
Predicted Low $42.40 at 1 month
Max Drawdown (predicted) -1.3%

Forecast

The masterbrain trajectory — 7 dated checkpoints. Short rungs (2w, 1m) show the typical range as the primary claim; point calls run from 2 months out. Every claim still gets graded. Predicted Aug 31, 2026 1:04 pm
Bull BKE trends higher to $49.50 (+15.2% from $42.96) by Mar 2027. dip-then-recover
ThesisBKE trades at a meaningful discount to fair value with strong earnings consistency, but weak sentiment and negative 6-month momentum cap near-term upside. Expect a slow grind higher toward the mid-$40s, with value gravity pulling closer to $50 by spring as the fallen-angel cloud dissipates.
Invalidated ifBreak below $40 on rising volume, or a missed quarterly print breaking the 4-of-4 beat streak.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $42.96 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 31, 2026 — $42.96 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 14, 2026 $40.32–$45.60 typical range · internal point $43.10 — ±6.1% 6/10 Low-beta drift in risk-on tape, minimal catalysts
What actually happened: closed $40.70 on Sep 11, 2026 = -5.3% vs the call (predicted +0.3%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 5.6 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±6.1%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.4% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Oct 1, 2026 $39.13–$46.79 typical range · internal point $42.40 — ±8.9% 5/10 Sentiment overhang keeps price range-bound near value zone
What actually happened: closed $42.95 on Sep 30, 2026 = 0.0% vs the call (predicted -1.3%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 1.3 pp  ·  accuracy 10/10  ·  typical range ±8.9%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.5% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Oct 31, 2026 $43.80 — +2.0% 5/10 Value buyers step in near attractive-below-$40 threshold
3 months Dec 1, 2026 $45.20 — +5.2% 5/10 Q3 earnings beat likely extends streak, sentiment improves
4 months Dec 31, 2026 $46.50 — +8.2% 4/10 Year-end positioning, dividend consideration lifts quality names
5 months Jan 31, 2027 $47.80 — +11.3% 4/10 Value convergence accelerates as narrative fades further
6 months Mar 3, 2027 $49.50 — +15.2% 4/10 Grind toward composite fair value, still discounted

Why ranges on the short rungs? A 102-prediction trial (2026-07-21) showed 2-week point calls carry no information here — three prompt formulations all lost to simply predicting zero — while the stock's own volatility scale (σ×√t) described those windows well. So the short rungs claim what's actually knowable: the typical travel, with earnings timing flagged where the variance will come from. The internal point calls keep being generated and graded to map where real skill begins. Full evidence: stocks/predictions/V0.5-DESIGN.md §8.

Deterministic control (v0.3 value line) targets $50.07 (+16.5%) — both lines get graded at every checkpoint, so the brain has to beat the formula, not just replace it. Brain: claude-opus-4-7.

Weaknesses

No weaknesses recorded for this run.

All inputs present, no fallbacks used — nothing to flag.

Equation Inputs

Everything feeding the v0.6.0 model — value anchors, the stock's own price behaviour, and the tunable knobs.

Value anchors (from deep analysis)

Price at call$42.96
Composite fair value$57.36
Signal-adjusted fair value$61.78
DCF fair value$59.61
Anchored-PE fair value$66.74
Buy-below (value lens)$40.00
Value net score+34
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+45
Memo confidence6 / 10
Deserved value (base)—
Quality tilt—
Deserved value (used)—
Coherence (value × quality)—

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 28.6%  3m 30.9%  6m 32.6%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.9%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.66  3m 0.05  5m 0.46  
Trailing 6-month return-18.9%

Knobs (equation params)

ladder["w2","m1","m2","m3","m4","m5","m6"]
llm_modelclaude-opus-4-7
max_tokens3000
control_knobs{"w_dcf":0.5,"k_qual":0.200000000000000011102230246251565404236316680908203125,"reach_6m":0.450000000000000011102230246251565404236316680908203125,"coh_floor":0.5,"conf_gain":0.059999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375,"noise_phi":0.84999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375,"conf_floor":0.40000000000000002220446049250313080847263336181640625,"w_composite":0.5,"noise_window":"3m","flat_band_pct":5,"horizon_months":6,"noise_sigma_fallback":0.01499999999999999944488848768742172978818416595458984375}
Neutral band (%)5
earnings_briefv1
prompt_versionp1
control_versionv0.3.0

Version & Tech Chain

What produced this prediction — stamped on the record so versions can be compared by success rate later.
Model v0.6.0 #271041f8fcd5

Tech composition (what this version is built from)

#ProcessKindGroup
1 Synthesis valuation-synthesis deterministic final
2 Scenario Analysis scenario-valuation deterministic valuation
3 Valuation / Mispricing ext-lens-value llm extended
4 Company Quality ext-lens-quality llm extended
5 Forensic Memo (combiner) ext-forensic-memo llm extended
6 Classification company-classification llm foundation
7 Live Quote fmp-quote data market-data

Inputs used (the runs that fed this prediction)

Upstream processRanLagRun id
company-classification Aug 3, 2026 27d behind BKE-20260803-164946-3ed1
ext-forensic-memo Aug 31, 2026 freshest ext-BKE-20260831-011724-bd9b
ext-lens-quality Aug 31, 2026 freshest ext-BKE-20260831-011724-bd9b
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 31, 2026 freshest ext-BKE-20260831-011724-bd9b
ext-lens-value Aug 31, 2026 freshest ext-BKE-20260831-011724-bd9b
scenario-valuation Aug 31, 2026 freshest BKE-20260831-010001-36db
valuation-synthesis Aug 31, 2026 freshest BKE-20260831-010001-36db

Inputs flagged 7d+ behind the freshest one may be stale relative to the rest of the analysis.

Saved History

6 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Sep 5, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $43.17 $49.75 +15.2% Mar 2027 view
Aug 31, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $42.96 $49.50 +15.2% Mar 2027 viewing
Aug 27, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $43.22 $50.50 +16.8% Feb 2027 view
Aug 23, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $43.75 $52.25 +19.4% Feb 2027 view
Aug 18, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $43.19 $48.80 +13.0% Feb 2027 view
Aug 4, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $46.10 $52.50 +13.9% Feb 2027 view

Not Yet Modeled

What this v0.6.0 forecast deliberately ignores — the work ahead, in plain sight.
  • Scenario probabilities — one path, no bull/bear split (base_prob = 1.0).
  • Intraday / sub-2-week behaviour — the first claim is at 14 days by design (EOD product).
  • Position sizing / portfolio context — the path is a price claim only.