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Royal Bank of Canada
Financial Services · Banks - Diversified
Made on Aug 2, 2026
Price at call $209.51
6-month call Bear -5.0%
Target by Feb 2027 $199.00
Great value below $170.00
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 -5.0% to $199.00
Predicted High $212.00 at 1 month
Predicted Low $199.00 at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted) -5.0%

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 2, 2026 12:40 am
Bear RY trends lower to $199.00 (-5.0% from $209.51) by Feb 2027. ride-then-fade
ThesisRY trades well above fair value but momentum, quality, and a calm risk-on tape support continued drift higher near-term before mild value gravity pulls it back toward the deterministic endpoint. Low beta and consistent EPS beats limit downside urgency, so the fade is gradual rather than sharp.
Invalidated ifA break below $190 on rising volume, or a shift to risk-off regime with Canadian bank credit stress, would invalidate the sticky-premium thesis.
Checkpointtime after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $209.51 at call Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10 Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made Aug 2, 2026 $209.51 at call The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks Aug 16, 2026 $202.66–$216.36 typical range · internal point $210.80 ±3.3% 7/10 Momentum and calm tape sustain drift higher
What actually happened: closed $216.56 on Aug 14, 2026 = +3.4% vs the call (predicted +0.6%)  ·  direction HIT (called flat, was flat)  ·  off by 2.8 pp  ·  accuracy 9/10  ·  typical range ±3.3%: OUTSIDE the band  ·  S&P +4.7% over the same window — lagged it
1 month Sep 2, 2026 $199.58–$219.44 typical range · internal point $212.00 ±4.7% 6/10 Safe Canadian bank narrative persists, low vol
2 months Oct 2, 2026 $210.50 +0.5% 5/10 Valuation stretch starts capping upside
3 months Nov 2, 2026 $207.00 -1.2% 5/10 Mild mean reversion as premium looks rich
4 months Dec 2, 2026 $204.00 -2.6% 4/10 Value gravity edges in over months
5 months Jan 2, 2027 $201.50 -3.8% 4/10 Drift toward deterministic endpoint continues
6 months Feb 2, 2027 $199.00 -5.0% 4/10 Convergence near baseline as premium compresses

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 $197.98 (-5.5%) — 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 · 1 note — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • 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$209.51
Composite fair value$132.71
Signal-adjusted fair value$140.14
DCF fair value
Anchored-PE fair value$132.71
Buy-below (value lens)$170.00
Value net score-59
Value confidence6 / 10
Quality net score+54
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 21.6%  3m 16.4%  6m 17.5%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.0%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m 1.26  3m 0.59  5m 0.72  
Trailing 6-month return24.1%

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 2, 2026 freshest RY-20260802-000311-0f3b
ext-forensic-memo Aug 2, 2026 freshest ext-RY-20260802-002813-a539
ext-lens-quality Aug 2, 2026 freshest ext-RY-20260802-002813-a539
ext-lens-sentiment Aug 2, 2026 freshest ext-RY-20260802-002813-a539
ext-lens-value Aug 2, 2026 freshest ext-RY-20260802-002813-a539
scenario-valuation Aug 2, 2026 freshest RY-20260802-000311-0f3b
valuation-synthesis Aug 2, 2026 freshest RY-20260802-000311-0f3b

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
Aug 2, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $209.51 $199.00 -5.0% Feb 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.