Methodology · Brier Ledger

Every prediction. Every horizon. Every error.

The Brier ledger is Aequara's public accountability surface. Every published prediction registers as a Brier prediction with a stated horizon. At horizon resolution, the prediction is scored, the error is published, and the running cohort calibration is updated. We earn trust by making mistakes legible. The alternative is the rating-agency model that pretends predictions are descriptions.

Live cohort · NPX-100

Current cohort scoring

0.143
Brier · lower is better
0.91
Calibration · target ≥ 0.85
247
Predictions · resolved
88·3
Strong · weak confluence

Recent resolved predictions

A sample of the last twelve resolved predictions across NPX-100 and sub-indices. Trustee Tier members access the full queryable ledger via Cipher.

Cycle
Prediction
Horizon
Confidence
Outcome
Verdict
2026Q1
NPX-AI tier-1 cohort outperforms NPX-100 broad over 90d
2026-04-01
0.72
+1.4σ outperformance
true
2026Q1
Constituent #47 exits 97–105 band by Q2 cycle
2026-05-06
0.61
retained at #103
miss
2026Q1
NPX-Ethics-90 governance-axis weight rebalancing holds
2026-05-06
0.84
held at 0.18 weight
true
2026Q1
3 entries to NPX-100 from sub-100 watchlist by next cycle
2026-05-06
0.55
4 entries
true
2026Q1
Issuer-pay revenue percentage holds at 0%
2026-05-06
0.99
0% confirmed (audit)
true
2025Q4
Methodology hash unchanged through Q1 2026 cycle
2026-02-04
0.95
cfe274c9... held
true
2025Q4
NPX-Sector industrials axis decoupling from NPX-100 broad
2026-02-04
0.46
recoupled within 14d
miss
2025Q4
Calibration target ≥ 0.85 sustained through Q1
2026-02-04
0.79
0.91 actual
true
2025Q4
Annual auditor letter publishes on schedule (Q1 cycle)
2026-02-04
0.92
published 2026-02-04
true
2025Q4
Sub-index NPX-Ethics-90 constituent count holds at 90
2026-02-04
0.78
89 (one exit, no replacement)
miss
2025Q3
NEXUS-Bench v0 wave-9 finalizes by 2026-05-09
2026-05-09
0.86
finalized 2026-05-09
true
2026Q1
Brand decision ratifies in May cycle (BRIER LABS or successor)
2026-05-08
0.81
AEQUARA ratified, USPTO filed
true
Cohort window: 2025Q3 → 2026Q1 · 247 resolved · 215 true · 32 miss · 0 pending
12-row public sample · full 247-row ledger via Trustee Tier
How to read this

Brier 0.143 is good. The miss rate matters more than the score.

The Brier score (Glenn Brier, 1950) is the mean squared error between forecast probability and realized outcome. 0.0 is perfect; 0.25 is what you'd score by always predicting 50/50. Aequara's 0.143 is materially better than naive — but the score alone is incomplete. The discipline is in the calibration: are confident predictions actually right at the rate we claimed?

Look at the ledger above. The 0.99-confidence prediction on issuer-pay revenue resolved true. The 0.46-confidence on sector decoupling resolved miss — and that's correct behavior: when we're uncertain we say so, and uncertain predictions miss frequently. A calibrated forecaster's miss rate matches their stated confidence; an overconfident one's doesn't. Read the ledger that way.

"For every flourish, an equal and opposite footnote."
What you can do with this

Three uses for the ledger.

i.

Verify our calibration

Every cohort. Every cycle. The math is open. If our 0.85-confidence predictions don't resolve true at ≥85% rate, our calibration claim is wrong — and you should be able to verify that without taking our word for it.

ii.

Track stewards over time

Each prediction is signed by a named steward. Trustee Tier sees per-steward Brier histograms. Stewards who calibrate poorly over multiple cycles rotate out of decision authority.

iii.

Shape your own predictions

Use Aequara's published predictions as priors for your own analysis. Or use them as a calibration baseline against your own forecasting discipline. The data is public. The methodology is documented.

The full ledger

Trustee Tier members access the queryable ledger via Cipher.

The 12 rows above are a sample. The full ledger contains every published prediction Aequara has ever made — by index, by steward, by horizon, by confidence band — with cohort statistics computed live. Public read, Trustee write.

Trustee Tier → CIPHER vault