Risk Compass

How to use

Define your axes. The two axes are the tradeoffs you can't escape — pick the ones that matter for whatever you're factoring (e.g., defensive ↔ aggressive and stable ↔ volatile for a portfolio; fast decay ↔ slow decay and cheap ↔ expensive for content). Each corner of the plane is a functional role that some layer needs to fill.

Drop layers. Click anywhere on the plane to add a layer at that position. Drag it to retune which corner it commits to. Use the slider to set its weight (its share of the whole).

Label the input axis. Each layer has an "input axis" field — that's the underlying factor it depends on (e.g., beta, duration, audience attention, your free hours). When two layers share the same input axis, the tool flags them as contaminating each other — they'll move together under stress.

Read the panel. Coverage shows how many corners have at least one layer. Contamination counts layers that share input axes. The Action line tells you the most pressing move: cover a corner, differentiate overlapping layers, trim concentration, or hold.

Nothing is saved. Refresh clears the board.