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Trace Capital Management LP

Houston, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 322094

Filed as TRACE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP

Trace Capital Management LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Houston, TX, registered since 2022, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$1,680,044,964
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Trace Capital Management LP compensated?

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

What does Trace Capital Management LP's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1% to 2% 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 Trace Capital Management LP located?

Trace Capital Management LP's principal office is in Houston, TX, according to its Form ADV.

Is Trace Capital Management LP registered with the SEC or a state?

Trace Capital Management LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 322094.

How much does Trace Capital Management LP manage?

Trace Capital Management LP reports $1,680,044,964 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Trace Capital Management LP's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Trace Capital Management LP: Regulatory assets under management: $1,471,679,310 in the October 2023 data and $1,680,044,964 in the October 2026 data, up 14%. Total employees: 12 in October 2022 and 16 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Trace Capital Management LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (4).

Does Trace Capital Management LP 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/322094

What changed in Trace Capital Management LP's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 13 to 15.

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

Asset-based fee: 1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
This management fee generally ranges from 1% to 2% per annum of capital commitments and generally is reduced upon the end of a fund’s commitment period.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 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
$1,680,044,964

$1,680,044,964 as of October 2026, filing dated March 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,680,044,964.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 0 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 4 Assets $1,680,044,964 (100%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 16. Performing investment advisory functions: 15.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
TX

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
Not reported 2022 $1.47B 2023 $1.57B 2024 $1.78B 2025 $1.68B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,680,044,96416March 26, 2026
October 2025$1,782,589,92214March 28, 2025
October 2024$1,566,474,49815March 28, 2024
October 2023$1,471,679,31013September 8, 2023
October 2022Not reported12June 7, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $1,471,679,310 in the October 2023 data and $1,680,044,964 in the October 2026 data, up 14%.

Total employees: 12 in October 2022 and 16 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 13 to 15.

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
tracecapital.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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