The Agent: An analyst that never sleeps between sessions. It reads the tape, argues with itself, and files trade proposals — every one of which waits for the principal's hand.
The Quant Engine: Regime detection, backtests that carry their own error bars, position sizing that reads the whole book before it speaks. Numbers with their uncertainty still attached. Read the quant engine.
The Risk Book: The portfolio measured as one thing: volatility, effective bets, clusters, beta. The desk knows what it is actually holding.
The Watcher: Awake through every market hour, silent by design. It observes, it flags, it never trades. When the market closes, it sleeps.
The Broker Link: The account is the source of truth and the desk mirrors it — reconciled to the cent. By design, no wire from here places an order.