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Royal Gold, Inc.
Basic Materials · Gold
Made on Sep 5, 2026
Price at call $262.19
6-month call Neutral -4.6%
Target by Mar 2027 $250.00
Great value below $205.00
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 -4.6% to $250.00
Predicted High $269.00 at 1 month
Predicted Low $250.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -4.6%

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 Sep 5, 2026 1:06 pm
Neutral RGLD trends range-bound to $250.00 (-4.6% from $262.19) by Mar 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisRGLD sits above composite fair value with strong sentiment and gold's structural bid supporting near-term levels, but anchored-PE near current price and value-lens attractive zone near $205 create gradual gravity over 6 months. Expect a modest early lift on momentum and gold sentiment, then slow drift toward the anchored-PE around $260 with mild downside pressure from valuation.
Invalidated ifA break below $240 on sustained volume or a decisive gold selloff breaking $3000/oz would invalidate the mild-bullish-then-fade path.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $262.19 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Sep 5, 2026 — $262.19 at call — —The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Sep 19, 2026 $242.50–$281.88 typical range · internal point $266.50 — ±7.5% 6/10 Risk-on regime and gold bid extend near-term momentum
What actually happened: closed $249.65 on Sep 18, 2026 = -4.8% vs the call (predicted +1.6%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 6.4 pp  ·  accuracy 8/10  ·  typical range ±7.5%: inside the band  ·  S&P -0.9% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Oct 5, 2026 $233.66–$290.72 typical range · internal point $269.00 — ±10.9% 5/10 Sentiment tailwind persists absent catalysts
What actually happened: closed $234.64 on Oct 2, 2026 = -10.5% vs the call (predicted +2.6%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 13.1 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  typical range ±10.9%: inside the band  ·  S&P +0.1% over the same window — lagged it
2 months Nov 5, 2026 $265.00 — +1.1% 5/10 Momentum cools as valuation gravity emerges
3 months Dec 5, 2026 $260.00 — -0.8% 5/10 Drift toward anchored-PE fair value zone
4 months Jan 5, 2027 $256.00 — -2.4% 4/10 Value lens pressure, no earnings catalyst nearby
5 months Feb 5, 2027 $252.00 — -3.9% 4/10 Composite fair value gravity continues pulling lower
6 months Mar 5, 2027 $250.00 — -4.6% 4/10 Settles between fair value and current, mild fade

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 $259.04 (-1.2%) — 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 · 0 degraded · 2 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Note
    EPV de-weighted — growth IS the value proposition for this type of company
    upstream:classification
  • 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$262.19
Composite fair value$216.52
Signal-adjusted fair value$228.43
DCF fair value—
Anchored-PE fair value$261.91
Buy-below (value lens)$205.00
Value net score-66
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+66
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 40.6%  3m 37.7%  6m 41.3%  
Daily σ (realism noise)2.4%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 1.75  3m 1.24  5m 1.54  
Trailing 6-month return-6.3%

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 Sep 5, 2026 freshest RGLD-20260905-023001-e799
ext-forensic-memo Sep 5, 2026 freshest ext-RGLD-20260905-024707-35ee
ext-lens-quality Sep 5, 2026 freshest ext-RGLD-20260905-024707-35ee
ext-lens-sentiment Sep 5, 2026 freshest ext-RGLD-20260905-024707-35ee
ext-lens-value Sep 5, 2026 freshest ext-RGLD-20260905-024707-35ee
scenario-valuation Sep 5, 2026 freshest RGLD-20260905-023001-e799
valuation-synthesis Sep 5, 2026 freshest RGLD-20260905-023001-e799

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

Saved History

1 frozen snapshot — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Sep 5, 2026 v0.6.0 Neutral $262.19 $250.00 -4.6% Mar 2027 viewing

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.