Quantitative BTC Forecast Report

Bitcoin Market Intelligence

A multi-model view of BTC/USD that separates the long-term power-law anchor, current market regime, risk distribution, and forecast governance into one decision-ready report.

2026-05-18 16:50:48 UTC
Data through: 2026-05-18 UTC
Regime: Sideways (Medium Volatility) Cycle: Mid Bull Signal: Fair Value (Neutral) Sentiment: Fear
Valuation
Fair Value (Neutral)
Score 0.56 / 1.00
Power-law distance
-39.9%
Below trend
Tail risk
14.72%
99% VaR over 10 days
Forecast confidence
Low
Balanced posture
BTC/USD Spot
$76,385.20
Kraken live spot
2,826 daily observations
Forecast Evidence
The report shows the target, the range, and why the model trusts it.

Price prediction pages usually compress uncertainty into a single number. This report keeps the power-law anchor, live data provenance, Monte Carlo distribution, and backtest gates visible.

Power-Law Anchor
Below trend
Trend value $127,181 with price/trend at 0.60x.
Simulation Breadth
100,000 paths
Monte Carlo fan chart spans 180 days and reports percentile bands instead of a single target.
Model Blend
Sideways (Medium Volatility)
Ensemble weights are tied to recent accuracy with low confidence gates.
Data Provenance
Kraken live spot
2,826 daily observations from 2018-08-23 to 2026-05-18.
01 Data
Daily BTC history plus live spot update
Price history covers 2018-08-23 to 2026-05-18; the current spot check comes from Kraken live spot.
02 Macro Anchor
Power-law trend and residual bands
log10(price) = -16.493 + 5.68 * log10(days since genesis); residual dispersion is 0.127 log10.
03 Scenario Engine
Distribution-aware Monte Carlo paths
100,000 stochastic paths create percentile fan bands for the next 180 days.
04 Governance
Backtests, drift checks, and ensemble gates
Forecast confidence is Low and the current risk posture is Balanced.
Overall Valuation Signal

What this means: This is the blended valuation read across Bitcoin's long-term growth trend, current risk levels, and network fundamentals. It is a context signal, not a standalone trade instruction.

Fair Value (Neutral)
Fear & Greed Index

What this means: This measures market emotions on a scale from 0 (extreme fear) to 100 (extreme greed). When investors are extremely fearful, it may signal a buying opportunity. When everyone is greedy, it might be time to be cautious. Markets often swing back to the middle after reaching extremes.

Fear
Key Market Metrics

These are the most important numbers to understand Bitcoin's current market condition. Think of these as your "dashboard" for making investment decisions.

Valuation Score
0.56

Overall attractiveness score from 0 to 1. Above 0.7 = bullish, below 0.3 = bearish.

Market Regime
Sideways (Medium Volatility)

Is Bitcoin trending up (bull), down (bear), or moving sideways? This helps you choose your strategy.

Cycle Phase
Mid Bull

Bitcoin historically moves in ~4-year cycles. Knowing where we are helps set expectations.

Mayer Multiple
0.94

Price vs. 200-day average. Below 0.8 = potential buy zone, above 2.4 = potentially overheated.

NVT Ratio
300.72

Like a P/E ratio for Bitcoin. High values suggest price may be ahead of actual usage.

Volatility
41.6%

How much the price swings in a year. Higher = more risk, but also more opportunity.

Price Analysis & Trends

Understanding where Bitcoin's price has been and how it compares to its long-term growth pattern. These charts help you see if we're in a cheap or expensive period.

Power-Law Positioning
Below trend: 39.9% below power-law trend

The long-term anchor is shown as a log-log power-law trend, with residual bands around the trend so BTC's current location is visible as a distribution, not just a line.

Trend Price
$127,181
Current fair-value anchor from the power-law model.
Price / Trend
0.60x
Above 1.00x means price is above the anchor; below 1.00x means discounted.
Residual Z-Score
+0.26
Distance from the trend after normalizing by historical residual dispersion.
Fit Quality
R^2 0.642
Fixed Santostasi-style power-law parameters with live residual diagnostics
log10(price) = -16.493 + 5.68 * log10(days since genesis)
Price History & Power-Law Bands

What you're seeing: Full available BTC price history on a log scale, the power-law trend, and residual context bands. The 68% band approximates one historical residual sigma; the wider band approximates two sigma. Price outside the center range deserves extra risk review.

Data window: 2018-08-23 to 2026-05-18. Bands are descriptive context, not guaranteed support or resistance.

Drawdown from All-Time High

What you're seeing: This shows how far Bitcoin has fallen from its highest price ever. For example, -50% means Bitcoin is half the price of its peak. Bigger drawdowns often represent better buying opportunities, but also indicate higher risk. Bitcoin has historically recovered from all drawdowns, but past performance doesn't guarantee future results.

Historical context: Bitcoin has experienced multiple 70%+ drawdowns in its history, but has always eventually reached new all-time highs.

Valuation Models

Different ways to determine if Bitcoin is cheap or expensive right now. These models have historically identified good buying and selling zones.

Mayer Multiple History

What you're seeing: This compares today's price to the average price over the last 200 days. It's like comparing today's temperature to the average for this time of year. Values below 0.8 have historically been good times to buy (green zone), while values above 2.4 have often preceded price corrections (red zone).

Buy Zone (<0.8): Historically good accumulation opportunities    Sell Zone (>2.4): Historically preceded corrections

Power-Law Residual Z-Score

What you're seeing: This measures how far Bitcoin's price has deviated from its long-term growth trend, similar to how we might measure if someone's height is unusual compared to the average. Scores above +2.0 suggest Bitcoin is expensive relative to its historical pattern, while scores below -1.0 suggest it's cheap. Think of this as a "temperature gauge" for Bitcoin's valuation.

How to read this: The further the line is from zero, the more extreme the valuation. Positive numbers mean potentially overvalued, negative numbers mean potentially undervalued.

Risk & Future Projections

Understanding potential risks and what the future might hold. These tools help you decide how much to invest and what outcomes to expect.

Rolling Volatility (30d)

What you're seeing: How much Bitcoin's price has been jumping around recently. High volatility means bigger daily price swings (more risk, but also more opportunity). Low volatility means calmer, more stable price movements. Most investors prefer to buy during low volatility periods.

Risk Metrics

Professional risk measurements that help you understand potential losses and returns. These numbers help you decide how much of your portfolio should be in Bitcoin.

VaR (99%)
14.72%

Maximum expected loss over 10 days (99% confidence). Lower is less risky.

CVaR (99%)
18.63%

Average loss beyond VaR over 10 days. Shows tail risk severity.

Sortino Ratio
-1.17

Return per unit of downside risk. Higher is better. Above 1.0 is good.

Omega Ratio
0.88

Probability-weighted gains vs losses. Above 1.0 means gains outweigh losses.

Confidence & Risk Posture

What this means: How confident we are in our forecasts and what kind of risk environment we're in. High confidence means our models are reliable. Risk posture tells you whether to be aggressive or defensive with your portfolio.

Confidence
Low

How reliable our predictions are based on historical accuracy.

Risk Posture
Balanced

Suggested approach: Aggressive (more risk), Balanced, or Defensive (less risk).

Mempool & Fee Pressure

What this means: Real-time data about Bitcoin network activity. The mempool is like a waiting room for transactions. When it's crowded, fees go up. This helps you understand current network demand and can be a proxy for market interest in Bitcoin. (Data from local node)

Backlog
1.2 vMB

3,158 pending transactions waiting to be confirmed

Fastest Fee
2 sat/vB

Pay this for quick confirmation. Lower in 30m: 1 sat/vB · 60m: 1 sat/vB

Median Fee
1.21 sat/vB

Middle fee rate. Range of fees: 150.13 sat/vB

Difficulty Adjustment
21.2%

Mining difficulty expected change: -0.88%

History window: 1462 days (2022-05-18 → 2026-05-18).

Mempool stats source: fallback (4y).

LSTM training window (overlap only): 2825 days (2018-08-23 → 2026-05-17).

AI Model Health Check

What this means: This monitors how accurate our AI predictions have been recently. Think of it like a report card for the model. If accuracy drops, we may need to retrain it with newer data. This helps ensure you're getting reliable forecasts.

Rolling MAE
$1,098

1.5% of price

Mean Clamp Rate
8.8%
Return Clamp Rate
0.6%
Retrain Signal
Model Stable
AI Forecast Intelligence

What this means: This summarizes how the neural network was run, what evidence supports it, and which model controls are active.

Architecture
Standard LSTM

8 ensemble seed(s)

Execution
Modal

A100 worker pool up to 6; runner cpu; remote call 7.4 min

Holdout
Available

No-touch holdout evaluated: 2025-05-23 to 2025-11-18

Feature Set
8

0 dropped; 8 clipped by train-only bounds

Model Notes
  • Train-only clipping is active on 8 feature column(s), reducing outlier leakage into forecasts.
  • Best no-touch holdout horizon: 7-day with MAE $4,301, coverage 100.0%, and width 38.1%.
  • Modal task parallelism is enabled: CV, ensemble seeds, and path simulations can fan out across 6 one-GPU worker container(s).
Monte Carlo Price Projection (Fan Chart)

What you're seeing: This shows 100,000 possible price scenarios for the next 180 days based on Bitcoin's historical behavior. The dark blue center line is the median outcome. The shaded areas show where the simulated price paths cluster:
Darker blue area: 50% chance price will be in this range (25th-75th percentile)
Lighter blue area: 90% chance price will be in this range (5th-95th percentile)

This is like a weather forecast - it shows a range of possibilities, not a single prediction.

Remember: These are probabilities, not certainties. Use this to set realistic expectations and plan for multiple outcomes.

Prophet Forecast

What you're seeing: This is a time-series forecast model (developed by Meta/Facebook) that identifies patterns and trends in Bitcoin's price history. The darker line shows the expected path, while the shaded area shows the uncertainty range. This model is best for understanding general trends rather than precise price targets.

AI Neural Network Predictions

What you're seeing: This uses artificial intelligence (specifically, an LSTM neural network) trained on Bitcoin's price patterns and network data. The AI learns from history to predict short-term price movements. The shaded area represents the confidence range - wider bands mean more uncertainty. This works best for near-term predictions (days to weeks) rather than long-term forecasts.

Note: Holdout intervals are over-conservative (very high coverage with wide ranges) for 60d, 90d, 120d, 150d, 180d. Treat these horizons as scenario planning only, not precise targets.

Combined Forecast (Best of All Models)

What you're seeing: Instead of relying on just one prediction method, this combines multiple models (AI, statistical, and simple baselines) weighted by their recent accuracy. It's like getting a second opinion from several doctors and averaging their diagnoses based on their track records. The current market regime (Sideways (Medium Volatility)) influences which models get more weight.

Orange line: The combined prediction · Dashed lines: Individual model predictions for comparison

Note: The dashed LSTM Daily Path (component) is the day-by-day simulation path used in blending; it may differ from the decision-horizon medians shown in the LSTM card.

Key Drivers
  • NAIVE leads the blend based on recent accuracy.
  • LSTM provides secondary signal support.
  • NAIVE shows the lowest 7d MAE in backtests.
NAIVE
79.6%

Ensemble share

PROPHET
2.4%

Ensemble share

LSTM
18.0%

Ensemble share

Ensemble Horizon Targets
7d
$76,763
30d
$77,025
90d
$77,558
180d
$77,689
Model Report Card

What this means: This shows how accurate each prediction model has been in recent history by testing them on real past data (36 tests from 2025-03-13 to 2025-11-13). Lower error numbers mean better accuracy.

How to read this table:
MAE/RMSE: Average dollar error - lower is better (shows typical prediction accuracy)
MAPE: Error as a percentage of price - lower is better
PICP 95%: How often actual price fell within prediction range - closer to 95% is better
Width %: How wide the prediction range is relative to price - narrower is more precise

Model Horizon Obs MAE RMSE MAPE PICP 95% Width %
NAIVE 7d 36 $3,904 $4,964 3.7% N/A N/A
NAIVE 30d 36 $8,733 $10,829 8.6% N/A N/A
NAIVE 90d 36 $18,280 $20,610 18.9% N/A N/A
NAIVE 180d 36 $29,939 $32,484 36.6% N/A N/A
LOG_GROWTH 7d 36 $17,010 $18,945 15.5% N/A N/A
LOG_GROWTH 30d 36 $17,771 $19,151 16.5% N/A N/A
LOG_GROWTH 90d 36 $19,970 $21,723 19.9% N/A N/A
LOG_GROWTH 180d 36 $26,034 $29,247 32.4% N/A N/A
PROPHET 7d 36 $12,789 $16,593 13.1% 61.1% 26.6%
PROPHET 30d 36 $14,701 $20,619 15.3% 69.4% 29.9%
PROPHET 90d 36 $25,689 $34,250 28.6% 58.3% 64.7%
PROPHET 180d 36 $53,162 $63,426 69.0% 69.4% 312.2%
AI Model Performance (Current Version)

What this means: This tests our current AI model on recent data to see how well it performs without being retrained. This tells you how reliable the AI predictions are right now with the model version we're using today.

Origins: 26 · Stride: 7 · Paths/origin: 500 · 2025-05-23 → 2025-11-14

Method: Direct horizon head (frozen walk-forward)

Model Horizon Obs MAE RMSE MAPE PICP 95% Width % CRPS
LSTM (FROZEN DIRECT) 7d 26 $4,323 $5,710 4.0% 100.0% 38.5% $3,391
LSTM (FROZEN DIRECT) 30d 26 $9,577 $11,461 9.2% 100.0% 95.9% $7,038
LSTM (FROZEN DIRECT) 90d 26 $24,527 $28,200 27.3% 96.2% 107.1% $17,974
LSTM (FROZEN DIRECT) 180d 26 $60,726 $62,351 78.5% 100.0% 364.0% $45,190
AI Prediction Range Accuracy

What this means: This checks whether our AI's confidence ranges are properly calibrated. When the AI says "95% confident the price will be in this range," this verifies that the price actually falls in that range 95% of the time. Well-calibrated ranges help you trust the uncertainty estimates.

Calibrated vs Raw: Calibrated coverage is after interval scaling (targeting 95%). Raw coverage shows pre-calibration behavior.

Origins: 80 · Stride: 5 · Paths/origin: 1000

Model Horizon Obs MAE (med) PICP 95% (Cal) PICP 95% (Raw) Width % CRPS
LSTM 7d 80 $2,237 95.0% 85.0% 21.7% $1,662
LSTM 30d 80 $5,483 95.0% 87.5% 47.4% $4,022
LSTM 90d 80 $12,795 95.0% 65.0% 81.1% $10,013
LSTM 180d 80 $20,058 95.0% 77.5% 110.0% $14,596
📊 Key Takeaways & Action Items

What this means: Here's what all the data above tells us in plain English. These are the most important things to know right now for making investment decisions. Read these carefully - they're written specifically to help you understand what to do next.

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Please Read This ⚠️

This Report is Educational Only - Not Financial Advice

This analysis is provided for learning and research purposes. We are not financial advisors, and nothing in this report should be considered a recommendation to buy or sell Bitcoin.

What you should know:

  • Past performance does not guarantee future results. Bitcoin has been volatile and may continue to be.
  • You could lose money. Only invest what you can afford to lose completely.
  • Do your own research. This report is just one tool - combine it with your own analysis and judgment.
  • Consult a professional. Talk to a licensed financial advisor before making investment decisions.
  • Models can be wrong. All predictions are based on historical patterns and may not reflect future reality.

By using this report, you acknowledge that you understand these risks and that all investment decisions are your sole responsibility.