Platform How it works Scan, proposal, covered execution LLMs The model proposes. The bridge vetoes. Scan Liquid markets, every session Skills Five rules, more in the queue Universe 52 liquid tickers, why Covers Nothing naked. Always covered. Orders How it enters and how it exits Risk Veto, size, kill switch
Brokers Brokers You connect the account Early access Pre-register, not live
Helmsman Why Helmsman Vs discretionary and bots Who it is for Traders, not passengers Philosophy Helm, not autopilot About Who builds Helmsman
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Risk

The numbers do not come from chat.

A model can help you read the tape. It cannot tell you how many SLV to buy. Size, stop and target come from an engine with fixed rules on your account: a risk fraction, caps, heat, buying power. You see the line. Then you say yes or no.

The course stays yours

Trading breaks when size becomes a mood. Helmsman makes size a calculation. It is the opposite of adrenaline. It is why the product exists.

What it holds under the thumb

Risk per tradefixed fraction
Portfolio heatcap
Kill-switchhuman to disarm

If three broker errors land in a row, or session drawdown clears a threshold, the switch arms. Preview and confirm stop. You disarm it by clearing the file — not a chat that «tries again». Positions already open stay yours: the kill-switch is not a trailing stop, it is a halt.

Why this part is boring, and must stay boring

Low conviction: refuse. Too many positions: cap. Heat over the ceiling: no. Long-only skill: no invented shorts. Idempotency: no doubling the same name. The LLM does not compute lots. It does not compute the stop. It does not «nudge» size because the prompt was persuasive.

We are in early access: when a client is in, they operate in paper. Skills and adapters are moving fast. Live comes when these vetoes still hold with real money — not before.

From size to the stop that leaves with the order →

Want to see size and stop before you say yes?

We are in early access. Skills and adapters are moving fast: you can pre-register.

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Pass-through

We do not decide. We do not execute.

Helmsman is middleware: it translates, vetoes, forwards. The LLM proposes. You confirm. The broker — on your account — is the final executor.

01

The LLM

Not us

Claude or another third-party model can hallucinate, botch the numbers, invent a name. That call is not Helmsman.

02

The bridge

This is us

Routing, rules, covers. If the stop is missing, if size moved, if you did not say yes — the pipe closes. We do not hold your book.

03

The broker

Final executor

Alpaca, Tradier, or the venue you connect. If an order exists, it exists on their book. Helmsman is not your intermediary and not your bank.

If the order exists, it exists on your account, after your yes. Helmsman is the pipe. Not the captain. Not the till.

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