A rules-based investment process

Invest Without Second-Guessing

Kairos replaces emotional investing with a disciplined, rules-based system designed to pursue growth when conditions are favorable and help protect capital when they're not.

Your assets stay in your own brokerage account.

The problem

Every investor eventually faces the same question

Markets don't move in straight lines. Some days they're calm. Some days they're volatile.

And eventually, every investor finds themselves asking the same questions. These aren't questions of intelligence, but uncertainty — and uncertainty is where emotions tend to take over.

Should I sell?
Is this just another pullback?
What if the market keeps falling?
What if I get out too early?

The process

A written plan for every market

Instead of relying on predictions, Kairos follows one consistent investment process — followed the same way every time.

01

Evaluate the market

Every trading day, the strategy evaluates current market conditions against a predefined set of investment rules.

02

Pursue growth

When conditions remain favorable, Kairos maintains exposure to pursue growth opportunities.

03

Preserve capital

When conditions deteriorate, it shifts into short-term U.S. Treasury Bills until the rules indicate it is time to return.

The shift

Stop asking “What should I do?”

Good investing isn't about making perfect predictions. It's about making consistent decisions. Kairos replaces emotional reactions with a disciplined framework — so instead of wondering what today's headlines mean, you already have a plan.

Why investors choose Kairos

Discipline, built into every decision

Invest with confidence

Know there is a clear process guiding your investment decisions instead of relying on instinct, emotion, or the latest market prediction.

Help protect capital in downturns

When market conditions weaken, Kairos is designed to reduce exposure rather than simply remaining invested and hoping for a recovery.

Re-enter with discipline

When conditions improve, the strategy follows the same written rules to move back into growth positions.

Spend less time watching

Kairos monitors market conditions every trading day, so you don’t have to follow financial news or decide whether today’s the day.

Tested across cycles

Designed for different markets

Kairos has been evaluated across multiple market environments, including the 2022 bear market, using an out-of-sample track record designed to demonstrate how the strategy behaved beyond the data used in development.

The objective isn't to avoid every decline. It's to follow the same disciplined process regardless of what the market is doing.

Illustrative equity curve comparing a disciplined, rules-based strategy against a passive benchmark across market cycles

Illustrative only. Hypothetical, backtested, and out-of-sample results are not indicative of future performance.

The founder

Built by an institutional portfolio manager

Kairos was created by Maxwell Hines, whose background includes managing institutional portfolios and developing disciplined investment processes centered on risk management.

Rather than relying on instinct or short-term market predictions, his philosophy has always been rooted in consistency, discipline, and clearly defined rules. Those same principles now power Kairos.

Honest fit

Is Kairos right for you?

This is for you if you:

  • Want a disciplined investment process instead of relying on emotions
  • Believe consistency is more important than predictions
  • Want a strategy that adapts to changing market conditions
  • Prefer following a written framework instead of reactive decisions
  • Value long-term discipline over short-term speculation

This probably isn't for you if you:

  • Look for guaranteed returns
  • Aim for quick wins
  • Prefer a strategy based on predicting short-term market movements

Frequently asked questions

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