AHF Research's Regime Rotation Portfolio on Autopilot

I'm Chris, one of the co-founders of Autopilot. AHF Research builds systematic Portfolios the way a software engineer would, with versioned parameters, automated reporting, and a research stack built in-house.

Its Portfolio on Autopilot switches between growth and defense based on a regime model. Here's how.

One thing first, because we're an SEC-registered investment adviser and I have to say it. Autopilot is the app. The actual investment advice comes from Autopilot Advisers, LLC. If you want the full legal version of anything in here, it's on our disclaimer page.

1) Who they are

AHF Research is an independent Pilot. It creates and manages AHF Regime Rotation.

Its description says AHF Research is an independent quantitative researcher and software engineer focused on systematic portfolio design and market-regime modeling, and that strategies are built, tested, monitored, and deployed through an internally developed research stack rather than outside signal tools or discretionary calls.

2) How the Portfolio works

It's a systematic ETF Portfolio with three sleeves: core growth tied to the Nasdaq-100, short-term Treasuries, and managed futures for diversification.

A proprietary, rules-based regime model decides whether to lean into growth or defense. Changes happen only when the model's state changes, not on a calendar.

3) What regime means

For those unaware, a market regime is the overall environment, broadly calm and rising, or stressed and falling. A regime model tries to tell which one you're in and position for it.

The formulas and thresholds are proprietary, so you're trusting the process more than you can inspect it. That's worth knowing.

4) The risk, said plainly

I want to be honest with you. The description itself calls this an aggressive strategy that may use leveraged ETFs, which can be volatile, lose a lot, and behave differently from their index over periods longer than a day.

And any regime model can switch at the wrong moment, stepping out before a rebound or staying in too long. The rules-based Portfolios on Autopilot are compared in Rules-based and quant Portfolios on Autopilot.

5) How following works

Pick the Portfolio, connect the brokerage you already use, and allocate money. You give Autopilot Advisers limited authority to send orders to the account you already have. When the Portfolio changes, we send them and your broker fills them. The money stays put.

A flat cash subscription, not a percentage of your balance. Per our Form CRS dated February 2026, Basic Tier has no Base Advisory and Licensing Fee, and Premium Tier is $29.99 to $199.99 a quarter or $99.99 to $699.99 a year. Pilot subscriptions are separate and add on for each Pilot you subscribe to. Because it's a flat dollar amount, it's a bigger share of a small account than a big one, so do the math at your balance.

TLDR: AHF Regime Rotation is a systematic ETF Portfolio that leans into Nasdaq-100 growth when its regime model says conditions are supportive and shifts to short-term Treasuries and managed futures when they aren't. Its own description calls it aggressive and says it may use leveraged ETFs.

Frequently asked questions

AHF Research portfolio

AHF Research, an independent Pilot, runs AHF Regime Rotation on Autopilot, a systematic ETF Portfolio that shifts between Nasdaq-100 growth and defensive sleeves of short-term Treasuries and managed futures based on a proprietary regime model.

AHF Research Autopilot

AHF Regime Rotation is its Portfolio on Autopilot. It changes only when its regime model changes state, and its description says it may use leveraged ETFs.

How can I follow AHF Research's portfolio in my own brokerage?

Pick AHF Regime Rotation in the app, connect the brokerage you already use, and allocate money. When the Portfolio changes, Autopilot Advisers sends the orders and your broker fills them.

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