Idle cash
should outwork
the bond market.
We build companies bespoke tools and a governed system to manage their capital and cash flow — a disciplined method, tracked publicly for 15 years, that has beaten both the market and bonds while surviving every drawdown with zero forced liquidations. You keep full control of your capital.
One rule. Two inputs.
Zero liquidations.
The same discipline that carried a leveraged account through 2018–2026 without a single wipe-out is the engine we build into every company system. The Governor is the two-rule method that decides, every week, whether capital can be put to work — and pulls it back to safety before a drawdown becomes a permanent loss.
Trend — Nasdaq-100 above its 200-day
Carry leverage only while the index trades above its 200-day moving average. Below it, the market's own price trend has turned against you.
Rates — the Fed is not hiking
And only while the Fed Funds rate is not rising over six months. A tightening Fed is the one macro signal that has repeatedly preceded the drawdowns that liquidate leveraged accounts.
Either flips → cut to 1:1
The moment one condition breaks, de-lever. No forecasting, no discretion — the rule decides for you.
Leverage does not kill you in the crash. The forced liquidation at the bottom does. The same $10,000 run at a static 2:1 came within twelve points of being wiped out in December 2018. The Governor's only job is to get you off margin before that happens — so a 2022 costs you a drawdown, not the game.
The Governor describes the risk posture of our own model portfolio. Figures shown are a historical backtest on the Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) with IBKR Reg-T margin and liquidation modelled — not a live return and not a promise. Leverage amplifies losses as well as gains and can result in losses exceeding your deposit. This is general research, published identically to every reader — not personalised investment advice and not a recommendation to use margin. Capital at risk. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Performance measured.
Not claimed.
Every decision the system has made is independently tracked on TipRanks — on the public record, and measured against both the S&P 500 and the bond market.
compares.
Custom tools. One governed system.
Bespoke software and decision systems that put your company’s capital and cash flow to work — built on the same method we’ve run publicly for 15 years, with Swiss discipline and institutional risk control.
Cash-Flow Command
Custom dashboards that map, forecast and stress-test your cash flow — so you always know how much capital is truly idle, how much must stay liquid, and what can safely be put to work.
- Live cash-position & runway dashboard
- 13-week rolling cash-flow forecast
- Seasonality & scenario stress-testing
- Liquidity buffer & covenant alerts
Capital Allocation System
The governed model that decides how idle cash is put to work — designed to beat the bond hurdle over time while keeping strict limits on how much capital is ever at risk.
- Bond-beating return objective
- Tiered liquidity: reserve / core / growth
- Position-sizing & concentration limits
- Fully documented allocation rationale
The Governor Risk Engine
An automated risk-regime monitor built into your system: it watches market trend and interest rates every week and de-risks the capital before drawdowns — the discipline behind zero forced liquidations.
- Weekly trend & rates regime check
- Automatic de-risking triggers
- Drawdown & downside modelling
- Board-ready executive reporting
The system is the product.
Every tool we build runs on the same engine: concentrated, conviction-driven allocation with documented reasoning, sizing logic and exit discipline behind every decision — and a public record to prove it.
See the Track RecordEvery build includes concentration control, drawdown monitoring, and quarterly narrative reporting for your board.
Human judgment. Machine precision.
Artificial intelligence lets us build and run bespoke capital tools faster — but every decision retains human conviction and accountability at its core.
Intelligent Screening
Systematic filtering of the investable universe by quality, valuation, momentum and risk — the analytical core wired into your tool, updated continuously.
Scenario Simulation
Multi-variable stress testing before any material capital decision. We define the downside before your company commits capital to the upside.
Continuous Monitoring
Real-time surveillance of earnings, macro signals and thesis-breaking events. The system acts only when it matters, avoiding reactive noise.
Executive Reporting
Complex analysis distilled into clear, defensible narratives your board and finance team can act on.
We deploy structured AI workflows to build and run more capital tooling, faster — while keeping every investment decision in human hands. The result: sharper systems, delivered with institutional clarity.
Book a Discovery CallA system proven in the open.
Before a single tool is built, you can inspect the method’s entire public record. Every position the system has taken is tracked independently — the winners and the losers.
How we work.
Institutional standards.
We don’t sell subscriptions to your company’s most important asset. We scope, build and support a bespoke capital and cash-flow system — in three stages, plus enterprise.
- Cash-flow & idle-capital audit
- What your capital earns vs. the bond hurdle
- Opportunity sizing & risk framing
- Written findings & recommendation
- 90-minute findings workshop
- Custom tool build
- Ongoing governed operation
- Everything in Discovery
- Custom cash-flow dashboard & forecast
- ⚡ Governed allocation model — tuned to your liquidity needs
- The Governor risk engine, wired in
- Board-ready reporting templates
- Team onboarding & documentation
- Scenario & drawdown simulations
- Fixed timeline & deliverables
- Everything in Build
- Monthly governed allocation update
- Live risk-regime monitoring & alerts
- Software maintenance & updates
- Quarterly board review (on-site or remote)
- Direct line to the research team
- Full documentation archive
- Priority support (48h SLA)
- Multi-entity & consolidated view
- Enterprise tooling & access controls
- Dedicated build & integration
- Custom SLAs & governance
- Executive & board reporting
Primus Pilus Capital LLC builds software and provides research and methodology. We are not an investment adviser and do not manage, hold or take custody of client funds. Your company retains full control of its capital and every decision. Tools and research are general in nature, not personalised investment advice.
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