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Buckle Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail
Made on Aug 4, 2026
Price at call $46.10
6-month call Bull +13.9%
Target by Feb 2027 $52.50
Great value below $42.00
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 +13.9% to $52.50
Predicted High $52.50 at 6 months
Predicted Low $46.30 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 Aug 4, 2026 2:48 am
Bull BKE trends higher to $52.50 (+13.9% from $46.10) by Feb 2027. flat-then-break
ThesisBKE is a quiet, low-beta compounder trading below composite fair value with modest sentiment drag and no near-term catalyst. Expect a slow grind higher toward the signal-adjusted anchor as value gravity works, with early points close to spot and later points drifting up.
Invalidated ifBreak below $42 support or a same-store-sales miss on next print would negate the value-convergence path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $46.10 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 4, 2026 $46.10 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 18, 2026 $42.61–$49.59 typical range · internal point $46.30 ±7.6% 7/10 Low-vol drift, no catalyst, risk-on tape supportive
What actually happened: closed $43.19 on Aug 17, 2026 = -6.3% vs the call (predicted +0.4%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 6.8 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±7.6%: inside the band  ·  S&P +0.6% over the same window — beat it
1 month Sep 4, 2026 $41.04–$51.16 typical range · internal point $46.80 ±11.0% 6/10 earnings Aug 21 in window Quiet grind, small sentiment drag offset by regime
2 months Oct 4, 2026 $47.90 +3.9% 5/10 Value gravity begins, possible Q3 print approaches
3 months Nov 4, 2026 $49.50 +7.4% 5/10 Earnings beat streak likely extends, re-rating starts
4 months Dec 4, 2026 $50.80 +10.2% 4/10 Holiday retail seasonality, sentiment inflects positive
5 months Jan 4, 2027 $51.90 +12.6% 4/10 Convergence toward signal-adjusted fair value anchor
6 months Feb 4, 2027 $52.50 +13.9% 3/10 Endpoint near baseline, dividend and value support

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 $52.28 (+13.4%) — 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$46.10
Composite fair value$57.86
Signal-adjusted fair value$52.66
DCF fair value$62.09
Anchored-PE fair value$63.26
Buy-below (value lens)$42.00
Value net score+25
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+35
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 33.9%  3m 38.0%  6m 32.5%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.4%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 0.34  3m 0.13  5m 0.47  
Trailing 6-month return-2.6%

Knobs (equation params)

ladderArray
llm_modelclaude-opus-4-7
max_tokens3000
control_knobsArray
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 freshest BKE-20260803-164946-3ed1
ext-forensic-memo Aug 3, 2026 freshest ext-BKE-20260803-175115-a3b5
ext-lens-quality Aug 3, 2026 freshest ext-BKE-20260803-175115-a3b5
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 3, 2026 freshest ext-BKE-20260803-175115-a3b5
ext-lens-value Aug 3, 2026 freshest ext-BKE-20260803-175115-a3b5
scenario-valuation Aug 3, 2026 freshest BKE-20260803-164946-3ed1
valuation-synthesis Aug 3, 2026 freshest BKE-20260803-164946-3ed1

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

Saved History

3 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
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 viewing

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.