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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Plannerdual registered (broker-dealer)14 years in industry

Nicholas Wayne Rygiel

Advisor at PROTOCOL WEALTH, LLC

Havertown, PA | DENVER, CO

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 3, 2012 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: PROTOCOL WEALTH, 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: Oct 1, 2011earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 14derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66|S63
First exam: Dec 27, 2011
First registration: Jan 3, 2012
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: NICHOLAS WAYNE RYGIEL|Nicholas W Rygiel|Nick W Rygiel|Nick Wayne Rygiel
IAPD individual key: 5996576

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
PROTOCOL WEALTH, LLC	Independent wealth	Jul 9, 2025	n/a	yes	DENVER, CO\|Havertown, PA	Current employment
ORIGIN INVESTMENT ADVISORY LLC	Independent wealth	Dec 7, 2022	May 18, 2023	no	BYRN MAWR, PA\|SARASOTA, FL	Previous registration
IRONCLAD FINANCIAL	n/a	Jul 25, 2022	Oct 23, 2025	no	HAVERTOWN, PA	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Jan 3, 2012	Jul 9, 2022	no	BALA CYNWYD, PA	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
IRONCLAD FINANCIAL	ORIGIN INVESTMENT ADVISORY LLC	Oct 23, 2025	Dec 7, 2022	-1,051	Firm change after gap	Other
ORIGIN INVESTMENT ADVISORY LLC	PROTOCOL WEALTH, LLC	May 18, 2023	Jul 9, 2025	783	Firm change after gap	RIA to new firm
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	IRONCLAD FINANCIAL	Jul 9, 2022	Jul 25, 2022	16	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ PROTOCOL WEALTH, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 9, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ IRONCLAD FINANCIALRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 25, 2022 to Oct 23, 2025factForm ADV
→ ORIGIN INVESTMENT ADVISORY LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 7, 2022 to May 18, 2023factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 3, 2012 to Jul 9, 2022factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Oct 23, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Nicholas Wayne Rygiel left Ironclad Financial for Origin Investment Advisory Llc (registered 2022-12-07)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
May 18, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Nicholas Wayne Rygiel left Origin Investment Advisory Llc for Protocol Wealth, Llc (registered 2025-07-09)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jul 9, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Nicholas Wayne Rygiel left Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for Ironclad Financial (registered 2022-07-25)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago