Operating principles

Every decision leaves
a usable record.

True North Quant combines systematic coverage with explicit judgment. The software preserves both.

The principles

Discipline must appear in the process.

Each principle maps to a visible control in the research and portfolio system.

01

Write the reasoning

Every decision starts with a written case. The record separates observed facts from judgment.

02

Test the opposing view

An independent reviewer attacks the thesis, the evidence, and the proposed kill condition.

03

Keep the complete set

The process retains approved, rejected, missed, and invalidated cases. It does not hide an inconvenient result.

04

Use deterministic controls

Software applies portfolio and execution rules from stored state. It does not invent quantities or bypass a failed check.

05

Change one thing at a time

Research improvements become falsifiable hypotheses. Tests compare a clear change with a fixed baseline.

06

State the limits

Model results remain model results. Missing evidence stays missing, and uncertainty remains visible.

Founder

Built from an operator’s investment process.

The same person who builds the system uses its research and model portfolio process.

Felipe Arosemena

Felipe Arosemena

Founder · Toronto

Engineering

More than ten years in financial technology, including senior engineering roles and risk systems.

Markets

More than eight years across equities, options, and digital assets, first discretionary and then systematic.

Current boundary

The public record describes model portfolios.

The method makes no live performance claim. It keeps model evidence distinct from verified live results.