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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)29 years in industry

WILL K KNIGHT

Advisor at BALEFIRE, LLC

Ridgeland, MS

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 29, 2007 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

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Current firm: BALEFIRE, LLC
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Nov 1, 1996earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 29derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Dec 13, 2005
First registration: Nov 29, 2007
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 4984357

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
BALEFIRE, LLC	Independent wealth	Apr 24, 2025	n/a	yes	Ridgeland, MS	Current employment
CSENGE ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Independent wealth	Oct 18, 2019	Mar 31, 2025	no	CLEARWATER, FL	Previous registration
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	May 9, 2016	Sep 27, 2019	no	RIDGELAND, MS	Previous registration
NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Nov 29, 2007	May 9, 2016	no	JACKSON, MS\|GREENWOOD, MS\|Ridgeland, MS	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
CSENGE ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	BALEFIRE, LLC	Mar 31, 2025	Apr 24, 2025	24	Firm change	RIA to RIA
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	CSENGE ADVISORY GROUP, LLC	Sep 27, 2019	Oct 18, 2019	21	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC	KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	May 9, 2016	May 9, 2016	0	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
131167:168733:FL:2025-03-31	Mar 31, 2025	Apr 24, 2025	CLEARWATER, FL	Firm change
283330:131167:MS:2019-09-27	Sep 27, 2019	Oct 18, 2019	RIDGELAND, MS	Firm change
42046:283330:MS:2016-05-09	May 9, 2016	May 9, 2016	RIDGELAND, MS	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ BALEFIRE, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 24, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CSENGE ADVISORY GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 18, 2019 to Mar 31, 2025factForm ADV
→ KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 9, 2016 to Sep 27, 2019factForm ADV
→ NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 29, 2007 to May 9, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 31, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Will K Knight left Csenge Advisory Group, Llc for Balefire, Llc (registered 2025-04-24)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:76ab4aeb-0ce7-b6f3-ff84-1a9875b2906e
First observed: Nov 29, 2007
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 5 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

WILL K KNIGHT

Advisor at BALEFIRE, LLC

Ridgeland, MS

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

BALEFIRE, LLC

Independent wealth

Apr 24, 2025

n/a

yes

Ridgeland, MS

Current employment

CSENGE ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

Independent wealth

Oct 18, 2019

Mar 31, 2025

CLEARWATER, FL

Previous registration

KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

May 9, 2016

Sep 27, 2019

RIDGELAND, MS

Previous registration

NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Nov 29, 2007

May 9, 2016

JACKSON, MS|GREENWOOD, MS|Ridgeland, MS

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

CSENGE ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

BALEFIRE, LLC

Mar 31, 2025

Apr 24, 2025

Firm change

RIA to RIA

KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

CSENGE ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

Sep 27, 2019

Oct 18, 2019

Firm change

Ibd to RIA

NFP ADVISOR SERVICES, LLC

KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

May 9, 2016

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

131167:168733:FL:2025-03-31

Mar 31, 2025

Apr 24, 2025

CLEARWATER, FL

Firm change

283330:131167:MS:2019-09-27

Sep 27, 2019

Oct 18, 2019

RIDGELAND, MS

Firm change

42046:283330:MS:2016-05-09

May 9, 2016

RIDGELAND, MS

Firm change