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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 53.5 WATCH
DORMANT
band · contested
▼ SHORT XLE
expression · bearish energy
WRONG
result · return -0.3% · vs SPY -22.7%
2024-01-06
born 2023-01-06 (E110) → window closed

other ideas on the same ticker, same direction: Hydrocarbons melt: oil sees $45 before $65 40 (XLE)

⚖ Why this result

fully deterministic — computed from daily closes on the scoring date; 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 → return (sign flipped for a SHORT) = -0.3% (the call lost money).
  3. Benchmark: holding SPY over the same window returned +22.4% → vs SPY = -0.3 − (+22.4) = -22.7% — what this call made or lost against just owning the index. This is the number the result uses.
    Direction-only 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:
    · RIGHT — return ≥ +10% AND beat SPY by 5+
    · HALF — return ≥ +5% OR beat SPY at all
    ▶ WRONG — everything else
  5. Credit: supporters of a WRONG earn 0 each, opposers the opposite — this feeds the scoreboard. 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 newest first

Sacks
Sacks energy 47% · 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 50% · 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”
Chamath
Chamath energy 27% · n=22 · E110 (2023-01-06) · sentiment · strength 2 ▶ 1:08:11 SUPPORT · horizon 12mo
“I think energy will have a really shit year.”
Jason
Jason energy 50% · 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”

Who built this conviction

each voice's total push on the score, in conviction points across every mention — supports and opposes · share = % of all mention-driven movement

Jason
Jason 50%
2 scoring events · 66% of moves
+50.1 → net +50.1
Chamath
Chamath 27%
1 scoring event · 18% of moves
+13.5 → net +13.5
Sacks
Sacks 47%
1 scoring event · 16% of moves
+0.0 / -12.0 → net -12.0

⏳ decay drained -43.1 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 +13.5 53.5 E110 Chamath support x2 (new voice)
E111 2023-01-13 decay -2.1 51.4 E111 silent
E112 2023-01-20 decay -2.1 49.3 E112 silent
E113 2023-01-27 decay -2.0 47.3 E113 silent
E114 2023-02-04 decay -1.9 45.4 E114 silent
E115 2023-02-11 decay -1.8 43.6 E115 silent
E116 2023-02-17 decay -1.7 41.9 E116 silent
E118 2023-03-03 decay -1.7 40.2 E118 silent
E119 2023-03-11 decay -1.6 38.6 E119 silent
E120 2023-03-17 decay -1.5 37.1 E120 silent
E121 2023-03-24 decay -1.5 35.6 E121 silent
E122 2023-03-31 decay -1.4 34.1 E122 silent
E123 2023-04-07 decay -1.4 32.8 E123 silent
E124 2023-04-14 decay -1.3 31.5 E124 silent
E125 2023-04-21 decay -1.3 30.2 E125 silent
E126 2023-04-28 decay -1.2 29.0 E126 silent
E128 2023-05-12 decay -1.2 27.8 E128 silent
E129 2023-05-19 decay -1.1 26.7 E129 silent
E130 2023-05-26 decay -1.1 25.7 E130 silent
E131 2023-06-02 decay -1.0 24.6 E131 silent
E132 2023-06-10 decay -1.0 23.6 E132 silent
E133 2023-06-16 decay -0.9 22.7 E133 silent
E134 2023-06-24 decay -0.9 21.8 E134 silent
E135 2023-07-01 decay -0.9 20.9 E135 silent
E136 2023-07-09 decay -0.8 20.1 E136 silent
E137 2023-07-14 decay -0.8 19.3 E137 silent
E139 2023-07-27 decay -0.8 18.5 E139 silent
E140 2023-08-04 decay -0.7 17.8 E140 silent
E141 2023-08-11 decay -0.7 17.1 E141 silent
E142 2023-08-18 decay -0.7 16.4 E142 silent
E143 2023-08-25 decay -0.7 15.7 E143 silent
E144 2023-09-01 reinforce +10.1 25.8 E144 Jason support x1
E144 2023-09-01 oppose -12.0 13.8 E144 Sacks opposes x2
E146 2023-09-22 decay -0.6 13.3 E146 silent
E147 2023-09-29 decay -0.5 12.8 E147 silent
E148 2023-10-07 decay -0.5 12.2 E148 silent
E149 2023-10-13 decay -0.5 11.8 E149 silent
E150 2023-10-20 decay -0.5 11.3 E150 silent
E151 2023-10-27 decay -0.5 10.8 E151 silent
E152 2023-11-03 decay -0.4 10.4 E152 silent
E156 2023-12-08 decay -0.4 10.0 E156 silent
E157 2023-12-16 decay -0.4 9.6 E157 silent
E158 2023-12-23 decay -0.4 9.2 E158 silent
E159 2023-12-29 decay -0.4 8.8 E159 silent
E160 2024-01-06 decay -0.4 8.5 E160 silent