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RIA / WealthAdvisor11 years in industry

Nickolas Ryan Minard

Advisor at ROOT FINANCIAL PARTNERS

AUSTIN, TX | Denver, CO

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 1:29 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 6
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 26, 2018 to Sep 14, 2026

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Facts

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Current firm: ROOT FINANCIAL PARTNERS
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, 2014earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 11derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 5
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S63|S66
First exam: Jul 17, 2017
First registration: Mar 26, 2018
Dual registered: no
Other names: Nickolas Minard|Nickolas Ryan Minard|Nick Minard|Nickolas Bretts
IAPD individual key: 6431806

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
ROOT FINANCIAL PARTNERS	Independent wealth	Aug 20, 2025	n/a	yes	Denver, CO\|AUSTIN, TX	Current employment
CONFIDENCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	Independent wealth	May 31, 2022	Aug 24, 2022	no	LOS ANGELES, CA\|Phoenix, AZ	Previous registration
TRAJAN WEALTH, L.L.C.	Independent wealth	Mar 26, 2021	Jun 8, 2022	no	SCOTTSDALE, AZ	Previous registration
VANGUARD ADVISERS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Dec 2, 2020	Feb 11, 2021	no	Scottsdale, AZ	Previous registration
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Wirehouse	Nov 30, 2018	Sep 28, 2020	no	JENKINTOWN, PA	Previous registration
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	National bd RIA	Mar 26, 2018	Aug 31, 2018	no	Phoenix, AZ	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
CONFIDENCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	ROOT FINANCIAL PARTNERS	Aug 24, 2022	Aug 20, 2025	1,092	Firm change after gap	RIA to RIA
TRAJAN WEALTH, L.L.C.	CONFIDENCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.	Jun 8, 2022	May 31, 2022	-8	Firm change	RIA to RIA
VANGUARD ADVISERS, INC.	TRAJAN WEALTH, L.L.C.	Feb 11, 2021	Mar 26, 2021	43	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	VANGUARD ADVISERS, INC.	Sep 28, 2020	Dec 2, 2020	65	Firm change	Wirehouse to ibd
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED	Aug 31, 2018	Nov 30, 2018	91	Firm change	Ibd to wirehouse

Team moves

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

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
5393:7691:AZ:2018-08-31	Aug 31, 2018	Nov 30, 2018	PHOENIX, AZ	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (6)

→ ROOT FINANCIAL PARTNERSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 20, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ CONFIDENCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
May 31, 2022 to Aug 24, 2022factForm ADV
→ TRAJAN WEALTH, L.L.C.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 26, 2021 to Jun 8, 2022factForm ADV
→ VANGUARD ADVISERS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 2, 2020 to Feb 11, 2021factForm ADV
→ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATEDRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 30, 2018 to Sep 28, 2020factForm ADV
→ CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 26, 2018 to Aug 31, 2018factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Aug 24, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Nickolas Ryan Minard left Confidence Wealth Management, Inc. for Root Financial Partners (registered 2025-08-20)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jun 8, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Nickolas Ryan Minard left Trajan Wealth, L.L.C. for Confidence Wealth Management, Inc. (registered 2022-05-31)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago