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The TJX Companies, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail
Made on Aug 5, 2026
Price at call $157.55
6-month call Bear -5.7%
Target by Feb 2027 $148.50
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 -5.7% to $148.50
Predicted High $158.20 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $148.50 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -5.7%

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 5, 2026 1:33 am
Bear TJX trends lower to $148.50 (-5.7% from $157.55) by Feb 2027. flat-then-break
ThesisTJX trades well above every fair-value anchor but quality is elite and sentiment is supportive with no near-term earnings catalyst to break the drift. Expect modest early stability on risk-on tape, then gradual value gravity pulling the tape toward the deterministic endpoint over months.
Invalidated ifA close above 165 on strong volume or below 145 would invalidate the slow-drift-lower path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $157.55 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 5, 2026 $157.55 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 19, 2026 $149.50–$165.60 typical range · internal point $158.20 ±5.1% 7/10 Risk-on tape, low beta, no catalyst, minor drift up
What actually happened: closed $146.80 on Aug 19, 2026 = -6.8% vs the call (predicted +0.4%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 7.2 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±5.1%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +0.2% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 5, 2026 $145.89–$169.21 typical range · internal point $157.00 ±7.4% 6/10 Sentiment tailwind fades, range-bound consolidation
2 months Oct 5, 2026 $154.50 -1.9% 5/10 Pre-earnings positioning, mild valuation pressure
3 months Nov 5, 2026 $152.00 -3.5% 5/10 Q3 print likely beat but guidance caps upside
4 months Dec 5, 2026 $150.50 -4.5% 4/10 Holiday season priced in, value gravity increases
5 months Jan 5, 2027 $149.00 -5.4% 4/10 January tax-loss reversal absent, anchor pull
6 months Feb 5, 2027 $148.50 -5.7% 4/10 Convergence to deterministic endpoint near 149

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 $148.90 (-5.5%) — 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$157.55
Composite fair value$104.05
Signal-adjusted fair value$111.75
DCF fair value$87.29
Anchored-PE fair value$182.76
Buy-below (value lens)$120.00
Value net score-73
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+87
Memo confidence8 / 10
Deserved value (base)
Quality tilt
Deserved value (used)
Coherence (value × quality)

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 18.3%  3m 25.6%  6m 22.7%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.6%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.29  3m -0.28  5m 0.17  
Trailing 6-month return4.9%

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 5, 2026 freshest TJX-20260805-000621-5ecd
ext-forensic-memo Aug 5, 2026 freshest ext-TJX-20260805-011617-1af2
ext-lens-quality Aug 5, 2026 freshest ext-TJX-20260805-011617-1af2
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 5, 2026 freshest ext-TJX-20260805-011617-1af2
ext-lens-value Aug 5, 2026 freshest ext-TJX-20260805-011617-1af2
scenario-valuation Aug 5, 2026 freshest TJX-20260805-000621-5ecd
valuation-synthesis Aug 5, 2026 freshest TJX-20260805-000621-5ecd

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 5, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $157.55 $148.50 -5.7% Feb 2027 viewing
Jul 22, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $155.00 $145.50 -6.1% 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.