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Momentum Advisors

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 159574

Filed as MOMENTUM ADVISORS · Legal name Momentum Advisors, LLC

Momentum Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2012, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 17, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$414,662,880
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Momentum Advisors compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Momentum Advisors reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is Momentum Advisors located?

Momentum Advisors' principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Momentum Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Momentum Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 159574.

How much does Momentum Advisors manage?

Momentum Advisors reports $414,662,880 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 17, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Momentum Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Momentum Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $283,159,154 in the October 2021 data and $414,662,880 in the October 2026 data, up 46%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 10 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Momentum Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (220); high net worth individuals (134); charitable organizations (12).

Which custodians does Momentum Advisors use?

Momentum Advisors' 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 Momentum Advisors report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), 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/159574

What changed in Momentum Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in GA, LA, MA, NC, PA, TX.

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • 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 April 28, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$414,662,880

$414,662,880 as of October 2026, filing dated July 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $412,517,689.Non-discretionary: $2,145,191.

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 220 Assets $94,363,851 (23%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 134 Assets $257,021,846 (62%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $6,632,225 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 12 Assets $54,499,767 (13%)
Other
Clients 3 Assets $2,145,191 (1%)

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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Momentum Advisors, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 10. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
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)
2 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Melville, NYSomerset, NJ
States registered or notice-filed
13 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 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
$283M 2021 $323M 2022 $332M 2023 $353M 2024 $400M 2025 $415M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$414,662,88010July 17, 2026
October 2025$400,137,5509April 1, 2025
October 2024$353,137,9937March 29, 2024
October 2023$332,046,0009August 14, 2023
October 2022$323,325,0009April 5, 2022
October 2021$283,159,1548April 6, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $283,159,154 in the October 2021 data and $414,662,880 in the October 2026 data, up 46%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 10 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. May 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in GA, LA, MA, NC, PA, TX.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 7.
    • Added an office in Melville, NY.
    • 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
momentum-advisors.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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