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The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock
Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
Made on Aug 27, 2026
Price at call $13.55
6-month call Bull +21.8%
Target by Feb 2027 $16.50
Great value below $15.00
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 +21.8% to $16.50
Predicted High $16.50 at 6 months
Predicted Low $12.90 at 1 month
Max Drawdown (predicted) -4.8%

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 27, 2026 1:04 pm
Bull TTD trends higher to $16.50 (+21.8% from $13.55) by Feb 2027. dip-then-recover
ThesisTTD trades at a deep discount to fair value but sentiment is deeply negative and momentum is broken; near-term drift lower or sideways likely before value gravity and a risk-on regime pull it toward the mid-teens over months.
Invalidated ifA break below $9.50 on heavy volume or a guidance cut would invalidate the recovery thesis; conversely a fast reclaim of $16 would front-load the path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $13.55 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 27, 2026 — $13.55 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 10, 2026 $11.61–$15.49 typical range · internal point $13.20 — ±14.3% 6/10 sentiment bleed continues, no catalyst near term
What actually happened: closed $13.88 on Sep 9, 2026 = +2.4% vs the call (predicted -2.6%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 5.0 pp  ·  accuracy 8/10  ·  typical range ±14.3%: inside the band  ·  S&P -1.2% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 27, 2026 $10.73–$16.37 typical range · internal point $12.90 — ±20.8% 5/10 broken narrative overshoots below fair value
What actually happened: closed $12.60 on Sep 25, 2026 = -7.0% vs the call (predicted -4.8%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 2.2 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±20.8%: inside the band  ·  S&P +0.2% over the same window — beat it
2 months Oct 27, 2026 $13.40 — -1.1% 4/10 stabilization as value buyers step in
3 months Nov 27, 2026 $14.50 — +7.0% 4/10 risk-on regime lifts oversold names
4 months Dec 27, 2026 $15.30 — +12.9% 4/10 value gravity toward composite fair value
5 months Jan 27, 2027 $16.00 — +18.1% 4/10 pre-earnings positioning, sentiment thaws
6 months Feb 27, 2027 $16.50 — +21.8% 4/10 converges near deterministic baseline endpoint

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 $16.26 (+20.0%) — 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$13.55
Composite fair value$17.31
Signal-adjusted fair value$20.66
DCF fair value$19.60
Anchored-PE fair value$21.73
Buy-below (value lens)$15.00
Value net score+48
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+74
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 97.5%  3m 72.0%  6m 68.4%  
Daily σ (realism noise)4.5%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 1.06  3m 0.90  5m 0.71  
Trailing 6-month return-43.4%

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 Jul 30, 2026 27d behind TTD-20260730-143259-1bed
ext-forensic-memo Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-TTD-20260826-153403-f279
ext-lens-quality Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-TTD-20260826-153403-f279
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-TTD-20260826-153403-f279
ext-lens-value Aug 26, 2026 freshest ext-TTD-20260826-153403-f279
scenario-valuation Aug 27, 2026 freshest TTD-20260813-001111-7624
valuation-synthesis Aug 27, 2026 freshest TTD-20260813-001111-7624

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

Saved History

7 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Sep 5, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $14.44 $18.40 +27.4% Mar 2027 view
Aug 31, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $13.78 $16.60 +20.5% Mar 2027 view
Aug 27, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $13.55 $16.50 +21.8% Feb 2027 viewing
Aug 26, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $13.00 $16.40 +26.2% Feb 2027 view
Aug 25, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $13.16 $17.60 +33.7% Feb 2027 view
Aug 13, 2026 v0.6.0 Bull $13.49 $19.40 +43.8% Feb 2027 view
Jul 4, 2026 v0.3.0 Neutral $19.10 $19.33 +1.2% 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.