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Howard Bailey Securities, LLC

Fort Wayne, INSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 282712

Filed as HOWARD BAILEY SECURITIES, LLC

Howard Bailey Securities, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Fort Wayne, IN, registered since 2019, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 22, 2026.

7 years
registered since 2019
$582,792,249
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Howard Bailey Securities, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Howard Bailey Securities, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

What does Howard Bailey Securities, LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 22, 2026 states: Up to $1,000,000: 1.35% a year; Above $1,000,001: 0.75% a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Howard Bailey Securities, LLC located?

Howard Bailey Securities, LLC's principal office is in Fort Wayne, IN, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Howard Bailey Securities, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Howard Bailey Securities, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2019. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 282712.

How much does Howard Bailey Securities, LLC manage?

Howard Bailey Securities, LLC reports $582,792,249 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 22, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Howard Bailey Securities, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Howard Bailey Securities, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $246,486,992 in the October 2021 data and $582,792,249 in the October 2026 data, up 136%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 46 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Howard Bailey Securities, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,617); high net worth individuals (83); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (53).

Which custodians does Howard Bailey Securities, LLC use?

Howard Bailey Securities, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Howard Bailey Securities, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation) and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/282712

Does Howard Bailey Securities, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 22, 2026 says: "We have no minimum account opening balance."

What changed in Howard Bailey Securities, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 16 to 15. Regulatory assets under management went from $484,882,228 to $582,792,249 (+20%). Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription 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
AssetsAnnual rate
Up to $1,000,0001.35%
Above $1,000,0010.75%
The brochure's wording
Our default annual fee is 1.35% for up to $1 Million in assets under managements. The annual fee will decrease to 0.75% for assets under management starting at $1,000,001.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
We have no minimum account opening balance.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 22, 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
$582,792,249

$582,792,249 as of October 2026, filing dated July 22, 2026.

Discretionary: $582,792,249.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 1,617 Assets $403,650,149 (69%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 83 Assets $169,880,751 (29%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 53 Assets $7,314,109 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 3 Assets $1,947,240 (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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2019 (7 years)
Employees
Total: 46. Performing investment advisory functions: 15.
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)
4 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Brownsburg, INCarmel, INMishawaka, INPerrysburg, OH
States registered or notice-filed
9 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$246M 2021 $340M 2022 $373M 2023 $463M 2024 $485M 2025 $583M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$582,792,24946July 22, 2026
October 2025$484,882,22816June 10, 2025
October 2024$463,303,00015March 31, 2024
October 2023$372,998,14412March 31, 2023
October 2022$340,214,42112September 22, 2022
October 2021$246,486,9928March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $246,486,992 in the October 2021 data and $582,792,249 in the October 2026 data, up 136%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 46 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 16 to 15.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $484,882,228 to $582,792,249 (+20%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
howardbailey.comretirewithpurpose.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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AdvisorCensus. Howard Bailey Securities, LLC (CRD 282712): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/howard-bailey-securities-llc-fort-wayne-in-282712