EVx PLATFORM

The Cagle Optionality Curve™

Options are a function of time — and they only shrink.

Wealth creation and enterprise value are maximized pre-sale, at LOI, and after — but the playbook available at each point is radically different. The curve shows what waiting actually costs.

DEAD ZONE LOI → close $$$$$ · 5 yrs out — you are here Full playbook: entities, §1202, incentives, trusts, margin work $$$ · 3 yrs out $ · 1 yr out Post-sale: limited playbook Pre-sale LOI to Purchase Agreement Post-sale

© Devery R. Cagle / DRCfn, Inc. · The Cagle Optionality Curve™ · Protected via Instant IP · Educational illustration — not tax, legal, or investment advice.

How to read your position.

Five years out

The last full-playbook on-ramp. Entity architecture, §1202 clocks, incentive design, trust layers, and margin work are all still on the table — and each one compounds until close.

Three years · one year

The menu shortens every year. Holding-period strategies expire first; by the final year, most of what remains is cleanup — provable, but no longer transformative.

The dead zone

The day an LOI lands, the playbook slams shut. Buyers move on their timeline, not yours. The only preparation window is before the call comes.

Post-sale

A limited playbook remains — deployment, protection, and purpose. Valuable work, but the multiplier moments have passed.

Where are you on the curve?

The EVx Assessment grades your position across the Three P's and the Four Capital Pillars™ in about five minutes.

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