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-5.5% to $40.00
Predicted High$42.10in 2 weeks
Predicted Low$40.00at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted)-5.5%
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 2:40 am
Bear
QGEN trends lower to
$40.00
(-5.5% from $42.33)
by Feb 2027.
decay
ThesisQGEN trades slightly above composite fair value with weak sentiment and quality offsets, but low beta and dull narrative mean gravity toward $40 is gradual. Absent a catalyst and with no earnings print in the window, expect a mild drift lower toward deserved value, stabilizing near $40.
Invalidated ifA close above $46 or below $36 within 2 months, or an unscheduled earnings/guidance event.
Checkpointtime after the call
Datewhen it gets graded
Predictedthe claim: closing price
Current priceactual close — fills in over time
Predicted returnpredicted vs $42.33 at call
Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10
Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made
Aug 5, 2026
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$42.33at call
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The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks
Aug 19, 2026
$39.54–$45.12typical range · internal point $42.10
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±6.6%
6/10
Low-vol drift, risk-on tape offers slight support
What actually happened:
closed $43.76
on Aug 19, 2026 = +3.4% vs the call
(predicted -0.5%)
· direction HIT
(called flat, was flat)
· off by 3.9 pp
· accuracy 9/10
· typical range ±6.6%:
inside the band
· S&P +0.2%
over the same window — lagged it
1 month
Sep 5, 2026
$38.29–$46.37typical range · internal point $41.70
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±9.6%
6/10
Slow mean reversion toward composite fair value
What actually happened:
closed $43.47
on Sep 4, 2026 = +2.7% vs the call
(predicted -1.5%)
· direction HIT
(called flat, was flat)
· off by 4.2 pp
· accuracy 8/10
· typical range ±9.6%:
inside the band
· S&P -0.1%
over the same window — lagged it
2 months
Oct 5, 2026
$41.20
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-2.7%
5/10
Value gravity compounds, no catalyst to lift
What actually happened:
closed $44.75
on Oct 2, 2026 = +5.7% vs the call
(predicted -2.7%)
· direction MISS
(called flat, was up)
· off by 8.4 pp
· accuracy 4/10
· S&P 0.0%
over the same window — lagged it
3 months
Nov 5, 2026
$40.60
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-4.1%
5/10
Approaches deserved value near $40.79
4 months
Dec 5, 2026
$40.30
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-4.8%
4/10
Settles near composite fair value zone
5 months
Jan 5, 2027
$40.10
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-5.3%
4/10
Quiet consolidation, minimal macro sensitivity
6 months
Feb 5, 2027
$40.00
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-5.5%
4/10
Anchored at fair value absent new catalyst
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
$42.05
(-0.7%)
— 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
$42.33
Composite fair value
$40.33
Signal-adjusted fair value
$40.34
DCF fair value
$38.11
Anchored-PE fair value
$66.65
Buy-below (value lens)
$34.00
Value net score
-49
Value confidence
7 / 10
Quality net score
+20
Memo confidence
7 / 10
Deserved value (base)
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Quality tilt
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Deserved value (used)
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Coherence (value × quality)
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Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)