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ConocoPhillips
Energy · Oil & Gas E&P
Made on Sep 3, 2026
Price at call $136.05
6-month call Bull +18.0%
Target by Mar 2027 $160.50
Great value below $120.00
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 +18.0% to $160.50
Predicted High $160.50 at 6 months
Predicted Low $137.80 in 2 weeks

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 Sep 3, 2026 1:00 pm
Bull COP trends higher to $160.50 (+18.0% from $136.05) by Mar 2027. other
ThesisCOP trades at a meaningful discount to composite fair value ($213) with recent positive momentum (18.6% trailing 6m) and no earnings catalyst pending. Path drifts higher toward the deterministic baseline as value gravity acts, but negative beta and thin narrative cap upside; expect gradual grind, not a breakout.
Invalidated ifBreak below $120 on oil weakness or a shift to risk-on regime that abandons defensives would falsify the drift-up path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $136.05 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Sep 3, 2026 — $136.05 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 17, 2026 $127.70–$144.40 typical range · internal point $137.80 — ±6.1% 7/10 Momentum carries near-term drift with neutral tape
What actually happened: closed $132.54 on Sep 16, 2026 = -2.6% vs the call (predicted +1.3%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 3.9 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±6.1%: inside the band  ·  S&P -2.5% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Oct 3, 2026 $123.95–$148.15 typical range · internal point $140.20 — ±8.9% 6/10 Value gap begins pulling price higher slowly
What actually happened: closed $126.76 on Oct 2, 2026 = -6.8% vs the call (predicted +3.1%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 9.9 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±8.9%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.3% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Nov 3, 2026 $144.00 — +5.8% 5/10 Q3 earnings window supports re-rating on beat history
3 months Dec 3, 2026 $148.50 — +9.2% 5/10 Post-print drift toward prior model endpoint
4 months Jan 3, 2027 $152.00 — +11.7% 4/10 Year-end positioning into defensive energy names
5 months Feb 3, 2027 $156.00 — +14.7% 4/10 Continued value convergence, sentiment still fragile
6 months Mar 3, 2027 $160.50 — +18.0% 3/10 Approaches deterministic baseline as discount narrows

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 $168.72 (+24.0%) — 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

0 blocking · 0 degraded · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf

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$136.05
Composite fair value$213.62
Signal-adjusted fair value$214.04
DCF fair value—
Anchored-PE fair value$215.43
Buy-below (value lens)$120.00
Value net score+20
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+42
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 27.4%  3m 30.8%  6m 31.1%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.9%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -1.57  3m -1.01  5m -1.31  
Trailing 6-month return18.6%

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 6, 2026 27d behind COP-20260806-000518-d183
ext-forensic-memo Sep 2, 2026 freshest ext-COP-20260902-232512-7e68
ext-lens-quality Sep 2, 2026 freshest ext-COP-20260902-232512-7e68
ext-lens-sentiment Sep 2, 2026 freshest ext-COP-20260902-232512-7e68
ext-lens-value Sep 2, 2026 freshest ext-COP-20260902-232512-7e68
scenario-valuation Sep 2, 2026 freshest COP-20260902-230001-529f
valuation-synthesis Sep 2, 2026 freshest COP-20260902-230001-529f

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

Saved History

4 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Sep 3, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $136.05 $160.50 +18.0% Mar 2027 viewing
Aug 14, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $124.52 $148.00 +18.9% Feb 2027 view
Aug 6, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $115.04 $131.00 +13.9% Feb 2027 view
Jul 9, 2026 v0.3.0 Bear $110.72 $102.99 -7.0% Jan 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.