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RIA / WealthAdvisorChartered Financial Consultant16 years in industry

MICHAEL JOHN COOLEY

Advisor at ALTITUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

SALINE, MI | DES MOINES, IA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 4, 2019 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: ALTITUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 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, 2009earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 16derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Chartered Financial Consultant
Exams: S65
First exam: Feb 5, 2019
First registration: Mar 4, 2019
Dual registered: no
IAPD individual key: 7078892

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
ALTITUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	Independent wealth	Jan 1, 2026	n/a	yes	DES MOINES, IA\|SALINE, MI	Current employment
FORTHRIGHT CAPITAL	Independent wealth	Jul 11, 2025	Aug 5, 2025	no	Ypsilanti, MI\|LAS VEGAS, NV	Previous registration
RIDGEBROOKE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	State registered	Jul 18, 2024	Jun 13, 2025	no	Knoxville, TN\|COOKEVILLE, TN	Previous registration
HERITAGE INVESTORS	n/a	Mar 4, 2019	Oct 3, 2019	no	KNOXVILLE, TN	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
FORTHRIGHT CAPITAL	ALTITUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	Aug 5, 2025	Jan 1, 2026	149	Firm change	RIA to RIA
RIDGEBROOKE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	FORTHRIGHT CAPITAL	Jun 13, 2025	Jul 11, 2025	28	Firm change	Other
HERITAGE INVESTORS	RIDGEBROOKE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	Oct 3, 2019	Jul 18, 2024	1,750	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ ALTITUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jan 1, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FORTHRIGHT CAPITALRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 11, 2025 to Aug 5, 2025factForm ADV
→ RIDGEBROOKE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 18, 2024 to Jun 13, 2025factForm ADV
→ HERITAGE INVESTORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 4, 2019 to Oct 3, 2019factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Aug 5, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Michael John Cooley left Forthright Capital for Altitude Capital Management Llc (registered 2026-01-01)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jun 13, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Michael John Cooley left Ridgebrooke Capital Management Llc for Forthright Capital (registered 2025-07-11)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago