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CME Group Inc.
Financial Services · Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Made on Aug 10, 2026
Price at call $263.66
6-month call Neutral +2.6%
Target by Feb 2027 $270.50
Great value below $220.00
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 +2.6% to $270.50
Predicted High $270.50 at 6 months
Predicted Low $260.00 at 2 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -1.4%

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 10, 2026 12:55 am
Neutral CME trends range-bound to $270.50 (+2.6% from $263.66) by Feb 2027. dip-then-recover
ThesisCME trades slightly above composite fair value with strong quality and calm risk-on tape offsetting a mild stretched signal. Expect a modest drift lower toward the signal-adjusted anchor near $260, then gentle recovery as the quasi-utility narrative and beat cadence reassert, ending near the anchored-PE around $270.
Invalidated ifA break below $250 on volume or a regime flip to risk-off would falsify the constructive drift; a breakout above $278 would indicate stronger momentum than modeled.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $263.66 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 10, 2026 $263.66 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 24, 2026 $246.25–$281.07 typical range · internal point $263.00 ±6.6% 7/10 Low-vol drift, no catalyst, tracks recent range
1 month Sep 10, 2026 $238.43–$288.89 typical range · internal point $261.50 ±9.6% 6/10 Mild mean-reversion toward signal-adjusted fair value
2 months Oct 10, 2026 $260.00 -1.4% 5/10 Stretched whisper weighs, no earnings catalyst
3 months Nov 10, 2026 $264.00 +0.1% 5/10 Quality bid reasserts, quasi-utility narrative supports
4 months Dec 10, 2026 $267.00 +1.3% 4/10 Year-end positioning favors stable cash generators
5 months Jan 10, 2027 $269.00 +2.0% 4/10 Approach to anchored-PE anchor, calm tape
6 months Feb 10, 2027 $270.50 +2.6% 3/10 Convergence near anchored-PE fair value

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 $263.72 (+0.0%) — 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

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$263.66
Composite fair value$213.67
Signal-adjusted fair value$259.78
DCF fair value$234.45
Anchored-PE fair value$269.71
Buy-below (value lens)$220.00
Value net score-35
Value confidence8 / 10
Quality net score+89
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 24.5%  3m 33.1%  6m 28.5%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.1%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.86  3m -0.60  5m -0.42  
Trailing 6-month return-11.3%

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 10, 2026 freshest CME-20260810-000802-d053
ext-forensic-memo Aug 10, 2026 freshest ext-CME-20260810-004545-6152
ext-lens-quality Aug 10, 2026 freshest ext-CME-20260810-004545-6152
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 10, 2026 freshest ext-CME-20260810-004545-6152
ext-lens-value Aug 10, 2026 freshest ext-CME-20260810-004545-6152
valuation-synthesis Aug 10, 2026 freshest CME-20260810-000802-d053

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 10, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $263.66 $270.50 +2.6% Feb 2027 viewing
Jul 11, 2026 v0.3.0 Bull $240.27 $272.00 +13.2% 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.