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Square Wave Capital

Brooklyn, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 318517

Filed as SQUARE WAVE CAPITAL · Legal name Square Wave Capital LLC

Square Wave Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Brooklyn, NY, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$428,833,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Square Wave Capital compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Square Wave Capital reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Square Wave Capital located?

Square Wave Capital's principal office is in Brooklyn, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Square Wave Capital registered with the SEC or a state?

Square Wave Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 318517.

How much does Square Wave Capital manage?

Square Wave Capital reports $428,833,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Square Wave Capital's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Square Wave Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $27,259,196 in the October 2022 data and $428,833,000 in the October 2026 data, up 1473%. Total employees: 3 in October 2022 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Square Wave Capital serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (2); other (1).

Which custodians does Square Wave Capital use?

Square Wave Capital's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Square Wave Capital 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/318517

What changed in Square Wave Capital's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 3. Regulatory assets under management went from $104,721,000 to $428,833,000 (+310%).

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
  • 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 March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$428,833,000

$428,833,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $428,833,000.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 2 Assets $359,793,000 (84%)
Other
Clients 1 Assets $69,040,000 (16%)

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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Square Wave Capital LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 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
Not reported.

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
$27.3M 2022 $38.5M 2023 $66.7M 2024 $105M 2025 $429M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$428,833,0004March 31, 2026
October 2025$104,721,0003March 28, 2025
October 2024$66,747,7183March 27, 2024
October 2023$38,458,0713February 14, 2023
October 2022$27,259,1963June 16, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $27,259,196 in the October 2022 data and $428,833,000 in the October 2026 data, up 1473%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2022 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. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 3.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $104,721,000 to $428,833,000 (+310%).

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
squarewavecapital.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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