The Tactical Radar Portfolios on Autopilot, from an engineer and a CPA

I'm Chris, one of the co-founders of Autopilot. Ryan Schilhab is an engineer, and Pat, the other half of the team, is a CPA. They built a rules-based system for their own money, and they run it on Autopilot as three Portfolios meant to stack.

Here's what each layer does.

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

Ryan Schilhab, P.E., is an independent Pilot, and the three Portfolios are created and managed under Ryan's profile. Their description says the firm is Cliff Radar Capital, LLC, and the system is their proprietary Tactical Radar System: rules-based, macro-driven, and run daily. They say they invest in it themselves.

They also say AI was used in building their models. The models are tools. The rules and the decisions are theirs.

2) Tactical Radar Foundation

The base layer. A macro engine they call EMP reads the market regime twice a week and produces a risk score, and a second model decides how much to hold and where. Capital moves across eight risk bands, from fully risk-on to maximum defense, as conditions change.

3) Tactical Radar Pulse

The middle layer. Within the sectors the macro read approves, it swaps broad exposure for the strongest individual stocks, ranked and sized by their scoring model, and it exits a position when its score decays.

4) Tactical Radar Strike

The concentrated layer. It scans more than 830 stocks and holds only the top of the scoring stack, regardless of sector, sized by conviction under hard risk caps. Selections are monthly, and each holding has a daily risk line. Break it and it's out until it earns its way back.

5) What stacking means for you

They're designed to be held together. On Autopilot that's three separate Portfolios, and per our Form CRS each Portfolio has a $500 minimum. Subscriptions are tied to Pilots rather than Portfolios, so one Pilot subscription usually covers all three, but check the app. Do the math first.

I want to be honest with you. A system that moves to defense can help in a long decline and hurt in a fast rebound, if it steps out right before the market turns back up. Rules cut both ways.

6) How following works

Pick a 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: The Tactical Radar Portfolios, from engineer Ryan Schilhab and CPA Pat, stack three rules-based layers: Foundation sets overall risk from a macro read, Pulse picks the strongest stocks in approved sectors, and Strike holds a concentrated top tier. Following all three means three separate $500 minimums.

Frequently asked questions

Ryan Schilhab, P.E. portfolio

Ryan Schilhab, P.E., an independent Pilot, runs three Tactical Radar Portfolios on Autopilot with Pat, a CPA: Foundation, Pulse, and Strike, built as rules-based, macro-driven layers meant to be held together.

Ryan Schilhab, P.E. Autopilot

All three Tactical Radar Portfolios are on Autopilot. Each is a separate Portfolio with its own $500 minimum per our Form CRS. Subscriptions are tied to Pilots, so one Pilot subscription usually covers all three.

How can I follow Ryan Schilhab, P.E.'s portfolio in my own brokerage?

Pick a Portfolio 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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