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Disciplined Alpha LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 167254

Filed as DISCIPLINED ALPHA LLC

Disciplined Alpha LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2013, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

13 years
registered since 2013
$36,939,229
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Disciplined Alpha LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Disciplined Alpha LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Disciplined Alpha LLC located?

Disciplined Alpha LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Disciplined Alpha LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Disciplined Alpha LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2013. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 167254.

How much does Disciplined Alpha LLC manage?

Disciplined Alpha LLC reports $36,939,229 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Disciplined Alpha LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Disciplined Alpha LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $96,286,535 in the October 2021 data and $36,939,229 in the October 2026 data, down 62%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 3 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Disciplined Alpha LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (2); investment companies (1); other (1).

Which custodians does Disciplined Alpha LLC use?

Disciplined Alpha LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Disciplined Alpha LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/167254

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$36,939,229

$36,939,229 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $36,939,229.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $33,822,569 (92%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 2 Assets $3,077,983 (8%)
Other
Clients 1 Assets $38,677 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2013 (13 years)
Employees
Total: 3. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Marblehead, MA
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
MA

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$96.3M 2021 $139M 2022 $29.3M 2023 $28.7M 2024 $33.6M 2025 $36.9M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$36,939,2293March 31, 2026
October 2025$33,635,0613March 28, 2025
October 2024$28,672,9843March 28, 2024
October 2023$29,305,0043September 28, 2023
October 2022$139,213,3703March 31, 2022
October 2021$96,286,5353March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $96,286,535 in the October 2021 data and $36,939,229 in the October 2026 data, down 62%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 3 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
disciplinedalpha.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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