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Portfolio Strategies Inc

Tacoma, WASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 104685

Filed as PORTFOLIO STRATEGIES INC

Portfolio Strategies Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Tacoma, WA, registered since 1983, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 25, 2026.

43 years
registered since 1983
$50,213,258
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Portfolio Strategies Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Portfolio Strategies Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

What does Portfolio Strategies Inc's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 20, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.8% to 2.5% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Portfolio Strategies Inc located?

Portfolio Strategies Inc's principal office is in Tacoma, WA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Portfolio Strategies Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Portfolio Strategies Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1983. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 104685.

How much does Portfolio Strategies Inc manage?

Portfolio Strategies Inc reports $50,213,258 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 25, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Portfolio Strategies Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Portfolio Strategies Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $122,780,190 in the October 2021 data and $50,213,258 in the October 2026 data, down 59%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Portfolio Strategies Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (289).

Which custodians does Portfolio Strategies Inc use?

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

Does Portfolio Strategies Inc 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/104685

What changed in Portfolio Strategies Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Added the business name Portfolio Strategies.

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

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: 0.8% to 2.5% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
The Registrant’s annual investment advisory fee shall be based upon a percentage (%) of the market value and type of assets placed under the Registrant’s management (generally between 0.80% and 2.50%).

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 20, 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
$50,213,258

$50,213,258 as of October 2026, filing dated September 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $50,213,258.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 289 Assets $36,686,089 (73%)
High net worth individuals
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $5,052,899 (10%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $8,346,786 (17%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $127,484 (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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
PORTFOLIO STRATEGIES
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1983 (43 years)
Employees
Total: 4. 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
17 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
$123M 2021 $94.3M 2022 $73M 2023 $59.5M 2024 $55.4M 2025 $50.2M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$50,213,2584September 25, 2026
October 2025$55,448,4965May 5, 2025
October 2024$59,547,2025April 29, 2024
October 2023$73,004,6085June 8, 2023
October 2022$94,340,7667March 30, 2022
October 2021$122,780,1908March 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $122,780,190 in the October 2021 data and $50,213,258 in the October 2026 data, down 59%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 4 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. September 2026
    • Added the business name Portfolio Strategies.

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
portstrat.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. Portfolio Strategies Inc (CRD 104685): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/portfolio-strategies-inc-tacoma-wa-104685