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-9.2% to $83.50
Predicted High$93.50at 1 month
Predicted Low$83.50at 6 months
Max Drawdown (predicted)-9.2%
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 12:38 am
Bear
SHEL trends lower to
$83.50
(-9.2% from $91.98)
by Feb 2027.
ride-then-fade
ThesisSentiment tailwind from wartime oil geopolitics and strong Big Oil earnings keeps SHEL supported near-term, but a deeply stretched valuation versus fair-value anchors and neutral regime gradually pull the stock lower over the six-month window. Path drifts modestly higher first, then fades as macro tailwind normalizes.
Invalidated ifA break above $98 on rising volume, or a crude oil collapse below $60 that removes the sector tailwind faster than modeled.
Checkpointtime after the call
Datewhen it gets graded
Predictedthe claim: closing price
Current priceactual close — fills in over time
Predicted returnpredicted vs $91.98 at call
Conv.brain's confidence, 1–10
Driverwhy the brain put the point here
Prediction made
Aug 2, 2026
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$91.98at call
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The anchor — every point below is measured from this price and date.
2 weeks
Aug 16, 2026
$87.35–$96.61typical range · internal point $92.80
—
±5.0%
6/10
Sentiment tailwind and low beta keep drift positive
What actually happened:
closed $90.47
on Aug 14, 2026 = -1.6% vs the call
(predicted +0.9%)
· direction HIT
(called flat, was flat)
· off by 2.5 pp
· accuracy 9/10
· typical range ±5.0%:
inside the band
· S&P +4.7%
over the same window — beat it
1 month
Sep 2, 2026
$85.26–$98.70typical range · internal point $93.50
—
±7.3%
5/10
Sector momentum persists into early September
2 months
Oct 2, 2026
$92.20
—
+0.2%
5/10
Q3 anticipation flat, geopolitics still supportive
3 months
Nov 2, 2026
$89.50
—
-2.7%
5/10
Post-earnings digestion, valuation gravity begins
4 months
Dec 2, 2026
$87.00
—
-5.4%
4/10
Year-end profit taking on outsized 6m gains
5 months
Jan 2, 2027
$85.20
—
-7.4%
4/10
Transition narrative reasserts, sentiment cools
6 months
Feb 2, 2027
$83.50
—
-9.2%
4/10
Value convergence toward deterministic baseline
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
$79.03
(-14.1%)
— both lines get graded at every checkpoint, so the brain has to beat the formula, not just replace it.
Brain: claude-opus-4-7.