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Lloyds Banking Group Plc
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
Made on Aug 10, 2026
Price at call $6.28
6-month call Bear -10.0%
Target by Feb 2027 $5.65
Great value below $4.50
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 -10.0% to $5.65
Predicted High $6.24 in 2 weeks
Predicted Low $5.65 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -10.0%

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 Aug 10, 2026 1:05 am
Bear LYG trends lower to $5.65 (-10.0% from $6.28) by Feb 2027. decay
ThesisLYG trades well above every valuation anchor with negative sentiment and a fading fallen-angel narrative, but a risk-on tape and low volatility limit near-term downside. Expect gradual mean reversion toward the deterministic $5.70 endpoint, with value gravity outweighing momentum over the 6-month horizon.
Invalidated ifA close above $6.80 on positive UK bank re-rating, or a break below $5.40 accelerating the decay, would invalidate this gradual glide path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $6.28 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 10, 2026 $6.28 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 24, 2026 $5.89–$6.67 typical range · internal point $6.24 ±6.3% 6/10 Risk-on tape holds, low vol, minor drift lower
1 month Sep 10, 2026 $5.71–$6.85 typical range · internal point $6.15 ±9.1% 6/10 Sentiment weight begins pulling price off highs
2 months Oct 10, 2026 $6.02 -4.1% 5/10 Fallen-angel narrative fades, valuation gap pressures
3 months Nov 10, 2026 $5.88 -6.4% 5/10 Value gravity dominates as regime cools
4 months Dec 10, 2026 $5.78 -8.0% 4/10 Year-end positioning, no catalyst to defend premium
5 months Jan 10, 2027 $5.70 -9.2% 4/10 Convergence toward deterministic baseline endpoint
6 months Feb 10, 2027 $5.65 -10.0% 3/10 Continued slow drift toward fair-value composite

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 $5.70 (-9.3%) — 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 · 1 degraded · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    [critical] Cash flow quality is poor — reported earnings may not reflect reality
    upstream:valuation-synthesis
  • Note
    Valuation anchor absent: dcf.
    anchor:dcf

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$6.28
Composite fair value$2.79
Signal-adjusted fair value$2.51
DCF fair value
Anchored-PE fair value$2.79
Buy-below (value lens)$4.50
Value net score-57
Value confidence5 / 10
Quality net score+14
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 32.2%  3m 31.6%  6m 33.2%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.0%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 1.52  3m 1.29  5m 1.60  
Trailing 6-month return8.1%

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 LYG-20260810-002942-0a20
ext-forensic-memo Aug 10, 2026 freshest ext-LYG-20260810-005432-9877
ext-lens-quality Aug 10, 2026 freshest ext-LYG-20260810-005432-9877
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 10, 2026 freshest ext-LYG-20260810-005432-9877
ext-lens-value Aug 10, 2026 freshest ext-LYG-20260810-005432-9877
scenario-valuation Aug 10, 2026 freshest LYG-20260810-002942-0a20
valuation-synthesis Aug 10, 2026 freshest LYG-20260810-002942-0a20

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 Bear $6.28 $5.65 -10.0% Feb 2027 viewing
Jul 11, 2026 v0.3.0 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.