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RIA / WealthAdvisor19 years in industry

JASON SCOTT NICHOLS

Advisor at STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD

Frederick, MD

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Oct 15, 2007 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Aug 28, 2007earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 19derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 3
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Aug 28, 2007
First registration: Oct 15, 2007
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 5401068

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
STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD	Bd affiliated wealth	Jan 6, 2022	n/a	yes	Frederick, MD	Current employment
NICHOLS FINANCIAL	n/a	Apr 16, 2018	Feb 28, 2022	no	KNOXVILLE, MD	Previous registration
GLOBAL FINANCIAL PRIVATE CAPITAL, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Mar 26, 2010	May 22, 2018	no	KNOXVILLE, MD\|SARASOTA, FL	Previous registration
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 15, 2007	Sep 29, 2008	no	GAITHERSBURG, MD\|GAITHERSBURG, MD\|GAITHERSBURG, MD\|GAITHERSBURG, MD\|GERMANTOWN, MD\|MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, MD\|WOODBINE, MD\|DAMASCUS, MD\|MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, MD	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
NICHOLS FINANCIAL	STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD	Feb 28, 2022	Jan 6, 2022	-53	Firm change after gap	Other
GLOBAL FINANCIAL PRIVATE CAPITAL, INC.	NICHOLS FINANCIAL	May 22, 2018	Apr 16, 2018	-36	Firm change after gap	Other
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	GLOBAL FINANCIAL PRIVATE CAPITAL, INC.	Sep 29, 2008	Mar 26, 2010	543	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTDRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 6, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ NICHOLS FINANCIALRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 16, 2018 to Feb 28, 2022factForm ADV
→ GLOBAL FINANCIAL PRIVATE CAPITAL, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 26, 2010 to May 22, 2018factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 15, 2007 to Sep 29, 2008factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Feb 28, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Jason Scott Nichols left Nichols Financial for Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd (registered 2022-01-06)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago