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⚡ Energy is overheated after 2022 and underperforms in 2023

Everybody rushed into energy in 2022; with recession lowering consumption, energy has a poor 2023.

0 CONVICTION
peaked 47.4 WATCH
DORMANT
band · contested
▼ SHORT XLE
expression · bearish energy
MISS
outcome · R -0.3% · α -22.7%
2024-01-06
window closed

also touching these tickers, same direction: Hydrocarbons melt: oil sees $45 before $65 13 (XLE)

⚖ Why this verdict

fully deterministic — evaluate.py replays this from daily closes; nothing below is editable or hand-set

  1. Window: 2023-01-06 → 2024-01-06 — first mention + 12-month horizon, then the window locks.
  2. The call: ▼ SHORT XLE (primary play). XLE rose 0.3% over the window → direction-adjusted R = -0.3% (the call lost money).
  3. Benchmark: holding SPY over the same window returned +22.4%α = -0.3 − (+22.4) = -22.7% — what this call made or lost against just owning the index. This is the number the verdict uses.
    Stock-selection read: +22.1% — did XLE move the predicted way relative to the market. The two only differ on a SHORT: this call was right about direction relative to the index but still cost money versus holding it.
  4. Rule fired:
    · HIT — R ≥ +10% AND α ≥ +5
    · PARTIAL — R ≥ +5% OR α ≥ 0
    ▶ MISS — everything else
  5. Credit: supporters of a MISS earn 0 each, opposers the inverse — this feeds the scoreboard weights. supported: Chamath, Jason | opposed: Sacks

Conviction timeline

bands: green ≥ 65 · watch ≥ 45 · ember ≥ 15

Plays vs SPY · % since first mention (2023-01-06)

Plays

expressionsymbolkindrelevancerationale
▼ SHORT XLEetf PRIMARY the sector both speakers called overheated / 'a really shit year'

Mention log

Jason
Jason energy w=1.00 · n=17 · E110 (2023-01-06) · annual_prediction · strength 2 ▶ 1:07:50 SUPPORT · horizon 12mo
“it just feels like everybody rushed into it in 2022 So it feels like it's overheated. And if we are in a recession, people might lower consumption in terms of energy”
Chamath
Chamath energy w=0.55 · n=22 · E110 (2023-01-06) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 1:08:11 SUPPORT · horizon 12mo
“I think energy will have a really shit year.”
Sacks
Sacks energy w=0.94 · n=16 · E144 (2023-09-01) · explicit_prediction · strength 2 ▶ 31:41 OPPOSE
“The US is already roughly energy independent. We produce about 20 million barrels of oil a day, and we consume about 20 million. ... So oil is still going to be huge. It's the number one global commodity.”
Jason
Jason energy w=1.00 · n=17 · E144 (2023-09-01) · sentiment · strength 1 ▶ 30:18 SUPPORT
“oil is, of course, a declining commodity with renewables and nuclear and people are going to rely on it less”

Who built this conviction

each voice's total force on the score — supports and opposes from every mention, weighted exactly as the replay applied them · share = % of all mention-driven movement

Jason
Jason w=1.00
2 scoring events · 73% of moves
+50.3 → net +50.3
Sacks
Sacks w=0.94
1 scoring event · 16% of moves
+0.0 / -11.2 → net -11.2
Chamath
Chamath w=0.55
1 scoring event · 11% of moves
+7.4 → net +7.4

⏳ decay drained -38.5 over the idea's life — that's time passing, attributed to no one

Score events

episodekindΔafternote
E110 2023-01-06 init +40.0 40.0 E110 born by Jason (annual_prediction x2)
E110 2023-01-06 reinforce +7.4 47.4 E110 Chamath support x2 (new voice) [w=0.55]
E111 2023-01-13 decay -1.9 45.5 E111 silent
E112 2023-01-20 decay -1.8 43.7 E112 silent
E113 2023-01-27 decay -1.7 41.9 E113 silent
E114 2023-02-04 decay -1.7 40.2 E114 silent
E115 2023-02-11 decay -1.6 38.6 E115 silent
E116 2023-02-17 decay -1.5 37.1 E116 silent
E118 2023-03-03 decay -1.5 35.6 E118 silent
E119 2023-03-11 decay -1.4 34.2 E119 silent
E120 2023-03-17 decay -1.4 32.8 E120 silent
E121 2023-03-24 decay -1.3 31.5 E121 silent
E122 2023-03-31 decay -1.3 30.2 E122 silent
E123 2023-04-07 decay -1.2 29.0 E123 silent
E124 2023-04-14 decay -1.2 27.9 E124 silent
E125 2023-04-21 decay -1.1 26.7 E125 silent
E126 2023-04-28 decay -1.1 25.7 E126 silent
E128 2023-05-12 decay -1.0 24.6 E128 silent
E129 2023-05-19 decay -1.0 23.7 E129 silent
E130 2023-05-26 decay -0.9 22.7 E130 silent
E131 2023-06-02 decay -0.9 21.8 E131 silent
E132 2023-06-10 decay -0.9 20.9 E132 silent
E133 2023-06-16 decay -0.8 20.1 E133 silent
E134 2023-06-24 decay -0.8 19.3 E134 silent
E135 2023-07-01 decay -0.8 18.5 E135 silent
E136 2023-07-09 decay -0.7 17.8 E136 silent
E137 2023-07-14 decay -0.7 17.1 E137 silent
E139 2023-07-27 decay -0.7 16.4 E139 silent
E140 2023-08-04 decay -0.7 15.7 E140 silent
E141 2023-08-11 decay -0.6 15.1 E141 silent
E142 2023-08-18 decay -0.6 14.5 E142 silent
E143 2023-08-25 decay -0.6 13.9 E143 silent
E144 2023-09-01 reinforce +10.3 24.2 E144 Jason support x1
E144 2023-09-01 oppose -11.2 13.0 E144 Sacks opposes x2 [w=0.94]
E146 2023-09-22 decay -0.5 12.5 E146 silent
E147 2023-09-29 decay -0.5 12.0 E147 silent
E148 2023-10-07 decay -0.5 11.5 E148 silent
E149 2023-10-13 decay -0.5 11.0 E149 silent
E150 2023-10-20 decay -0.4 10.6 E150 silent
E151 2023-10-27 decay -0.4 10.2 E151 silent
E152 2023-11-03 decay -0.4 9.8 E152 silent
E156 2023-12-08 decay -0.4 9.4 E156 silent
E157 2023-12-16 decay -0.4 9.0 E157 silent
E158 2023-12-23 decay -0.4 8.6 E158 silent
E159 2023-12-29 decay -0.3 8.3 E159 silent
E160 2024-01-06 decay -0.3 8.0 E160 silent