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Cenovus Energy Inc.
Energy · Oil & Gas Integrated
Made on Jul 21, 2026
Price at call $28.26
6-month call Neutral +3.0%
Target by Jan 2027 $29.10
Great value below $24.00
Model v0.4.0

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 +3.0% to $29.10
Predicted High $29.10 at 6 months
Predicted Low $27.40 at 2 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -3.0%

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 Jul 21, 2026 8:51 am
Neutral CVE trends range-bound to $29.10 (+3.0% from $28.26) by Jan 2027. dip-then-recover
ThesisCVE trades close to composite fair value ($29.12) after a strong 6-month run, so upside is capped while modestly negative value and sentiment signals plus a neutral regime argue for a small drift lower before value gravity pulls it back toward $29. Negative beta and muted narrative suggest choppy, mean-reverting action rather than a directional move.
Invalidated ifA decisive close above $31 or below $25 on oil/earnings catalysts would falsify the range-bound mean-reversion thesis.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $28.26 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Jul 21, 2026 $28.26 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 4, 2026 $26.09–$30.43 typical range · internal point $28.10 ±7.7% 6/10 Weak momentum and heavy sentiment cap near-term upside
What actually happened: closed $29.57 on Aug 3, 2026 = +4.6% vs the call (predicted -0.6%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 5.2 pp  ·  accuracy 8/10  ·  typical range ±7.7%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.3% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Aug 21, 2026 $25.11–$31.41 typical range · internal point $27.70 ±11.1% 6/10 Mild drift lower as overbought 6m rally digests
What actually happened: closed $32.48 on Aug 20, 2026 = +14.9% vs the call (predicted -2.0%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was up)  ·  off by 16.9 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±11.1%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +1.8% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Sep 21, 2026 $27.40 -3.0% 5/10 Value lens attractive-below-24 keeps pressure on rallies
3 months Oct 21, 2026 $27.90 -1.3% 5/10 Q3 results stabilize tape, gravity toward fair value
4 months Nov 21, 2026 $28.50 +0.8% 5/10 Neutral regime, negative beta cushions broader wobbles
5 months Dec 21, 2026 $28.90 +2.3% 4/10 Drift toward composite fair value into year-end
6 months Jan 21, 2027 $29.10 +3.0% 4/10 Convergence to $29.12 anchor, quality lens supportive

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 $29.15 (+3.1%) — 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 · 2 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: anchored_pe.
    anchor:anchored_pe

Equation Inputs

Everything feeding the v0.4.0 model — value anchors, the stock's own price behaviour, and the tunable knobs.

Value anchors (from deep analysis)

Price at call$28.26
Composite fair value$29.12
Signal-adjusted fair value$29.12
DCF fair value
Anchored-PE fair value
Buy-below (value lens)$24.00
Value net score-15
Value confidence8 / 10
Quality net score+25
Memo confidence7 / 10
Deserved value (base)
Quality tilt
Deserved value (used)
Coherence (value × quality)

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 35.3%  3m 38.6%  6m 37.7%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.4%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -1.50  3m -0.55  5m -0.61  
Trailing 6-month return56.2%

Knobs (equation params)

ladderArray
llm_modelclaude-opus-4-7
max_tokens3000
control_knobsArray
Neutral band (%)5
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 v0.4.0 #d5854b4b2216

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 Jul 21, 2026 freshest CVE-20260721-030001-1e52
ext-forensic-memo Jul 21, 2026 freshest ext-CVE-20260721-083846-b166
ext-lens-quality Jul 21, 2026 freshest ext-CVE-20260721-083846-b166
ext-lens-sentiment Jul 21, 2026 freshest ext-CVE-20260721-083846-b166
ext-lens-value Jul 21, 2026 freshest ext-CVE-20260721-083846-b166
scenario-valuation Jul 21, 2026 freshest CVE-20260721-030001-1e52
valuation-synthesis Jul 21, 2026 freshest CVE-20260721-030001-1e52

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

Saved History

2 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Aug 15, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $31.01 $30.90 -0.4% Feb 2027 view
Jul 21, 2026 v0.4.0 Neutral $28.26 $29.10 +3.0% Jan 2027 viewing

Not Yet Modeled

What this v0.4.0 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.