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DLK Investment Advisors, LLC

Mercer Island, WASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 328897

Filed as DLK INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

DLK Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Mercer Island, WA, registered since 2024, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

1 year
registered since 2024
$140,734,631
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is DLK Investment Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), DLK Investment Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.

How much does DLK Investment Advisors, LLC charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Hourly rate: $250 to $500 an hour (financial planning services). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is DLK Investment Advisors, LLC located?

DLK Investment Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Mercer Island, WA, according to its Form ADV.

Is DLK Investment Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

DLK Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2024. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 328897.

How much does DLK Investment Advisors, LLC manage?

DLK Investment Advisors, LLC reports $140,734,631 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (79% discretionary).

How have DLK Investment Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2025?

In the Form ADV data for DLK Investment Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $100,661,144 in the October 2025 data and $140,734,631 in the October 2026 data, up 40%. Total employees: 2 in October 2025 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does DLK Investment Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (26); high net worth individuals (6).

Which custodians does DLK Investment Advisors, LLC use?

DLK Investment Advisors, 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 DLK Investment Advisors, 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/328897

What changed in DLK Investment Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $100,661,144 to $140,734,631 (+40%).

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
  • Hourly charges

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 brochure for them.

Minimum annual fee: $3,000

The brochure's wording
DLK bases its fees on a percentage of assets under management and fixed fees for certain accounts not meeting the Firm’s minimum fee of $3,000 per annum.

Hourly rate: $250 to $500 an hour (financial planning services)

The brochure's wording
The Firm’s financial planning fees range from $250 to $500 per hour depending on the level and scope of the services required and the professionals rendering the services.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$140,734,631

$140,734,631 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $111,133,453.Non-discretionary: $29,601,178.

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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 26 Assets $33,900,478 (24%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 6 Assets $106,793,434 (76%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $40,719 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
DLK INVESTMENT ADVISORS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2024 (1 year)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
WA

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
$101M 2025 $141M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$140,734,6312March 30, 2026
October 2025$100,661,1442March 27, 2025

Regulatory assets under management: $100,661,144 in the October 2025 data and $140,734,631 in the October 2026 data, up 40%.

Total employees: 2 in October 2025 and 2 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
  1. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $100,661,144 to $140,734,631 (+40%).

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

Not reported.

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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AdvisorCensus. DLK Investment Advisors, LLC (CRD 328897): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/dlk-investment-advisors-llc-mercer-island-wa-328897