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Donoghue Forlines LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 285403

Filed as DONOGHUE FORLINES LLC

Donoghue Forlines LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2016, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

9 years
registered since 2016
$370,522,245
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Other
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Donoghue Forlines LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Donoghue Forlines LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; other.

What does Donoghue Forlines LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Donoghue Forlines LLC located?

Donoghue Forlines LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Donoghue Forlines LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Donoghue Forlines LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 285403.

How much does Donoghue Forlines LLC manage?

Donoghue Forlines LLC reports $370,522,245 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Donoghue Forlines LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Donoghue Forlines LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $569,253,130 in the October 2021 data and $370,522,245 in the October 2026 data, down 35%. Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Donoghue Forlines LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (8); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (5).

Which custodians does Donoghue Forlines LLC use?

Donoghue Forlines LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Donoghue Forlines 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/285403

What changed in Donoghue Forlines LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 3.

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
  • Other

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

Asset-based fee: 1% of assets a year

The brochure's wording
Generally, the annual fee for accounts is 1.00% of assets under management. Fees are generally non-negotiable.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 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
$370,522,245

$370,522,245 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $370,522,245.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 5 Assets $999,915 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 8 Assets $367,470,284 (99%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,515,498 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $536,548 (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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Market timing services
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (9 years)
Employees
Total: 7. 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.

States registered or notice-filed
51 states or jurisdictions
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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
$569M 2021 $656M 2022 $399M 2023 $376M 2024 $389M 2025 $371M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$370,522,2457March 27, 2026
October 2025$389,233,8778May 2, 2025
October 2024$376,099,9568March 28, 2024
October 2023$398,833,42611August 21, 2023
October 2022$656,077,66412August 18, 2022
October 2021$569,253,13015June 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $569,253,130 in the October 2021 data and $370,522,245 in the October 2026 data, down 35%.

Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 7 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 3.

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
donoghueforlines.comdonoghueforlinesetfs.comdonoghueforlinesfunds.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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