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RIA / WealthAdvisorCertified Financial Planner11 years in industry

BRANDON DECKARD

Advisor at Q3 ADVISORS, LLC

Lakewood, CO

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 3:53 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 7
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Dec 19, 2014 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: Q3 ADVISORS, LLC
Current firm class: no raum reportedderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Dec 5, 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: 6
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Designations: Certified Financial Planner
Exams: S66
First exam: Dec 5, 2014
First registration: Dec 19, 2014
Dual registered: no
Other names: BRANDON F DECKARD|Brandon Deckard|Brandon Forbes Deckard
IAPD individual key: 6399986

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
Q3 ADVISORS, LLC	No RAUM reported	Apr 10, 2025	n/a	yes	Lakewood, CO	Current employment
SHARKEY HOWES & JAVER INC	Independent wealth	Sep 22, 2024	Apr 22, 2025	no	DENVER, CO	Previous registration
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Former SEC adviser	Feb 3, 2023	Sep 4, 2024	no	LAKEWOOD, CO	Previous registration
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Bd affiliated wealth	Sep 28, 2021	Nov 16, 2022	no	Scottsdale, AZ	Previous registration
AE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Feb 10, 2020	Aug 20, 2021	no	Scottsdale, AZ\|Woodland Hills, CA	Previous registration
VANGUARD ADVISERS, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Aug 18, 2016	Feb 13, 2020	no	SCOTTSDALE, AZ	Previous registration
EDWARD JONES	National bd RIA	Dec 19, 2014	Aug 2, 2016	no	MESA, AZ\|ST LOUIS, MO\|GILBERT, AZ\|CHANDLER, 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
SHARKEY HOWES & JAVER INC	Q3 ADVISORS, LLC	Apr 22, 2025	Apr 10, 2025	-12	Firm change	Other
FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	SHARKEY HOWES & JAVER INC	Sep 4, 2024	Sep 22, 2024	18	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORS	Nov 16, 2022	Feb 3, 2023	79	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
AE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	Aug 20, 2021	Sep 28, 2021	39	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
VANGUARD ADVISERS, INC.	AE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC	Feb 13, 2020	Feb 10, 2020	-3	Firm change	Ibd to RIA
EDWARD JONES	VANGUARD ADVISERS, INC.	Aug 2, 2016	Aug 18, 2016	16	Firm change	Other

Relationships

Registered with (7)

→ Q3 ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Apr 10, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ SHARKEY HOWES & JAVER INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 22, 2024 to Apr 22, 2025factForm ADV
→ FIDELITY PERSONAL AND WORKPLACE ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 3, 2023 to Sep 4, 2024factForm ADV
→ RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 28, 2021 to Nov 16, 2022factForm ADV
→ AE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Feb 10, 2020 to Aug 20, 2021factForm ADV
→ VANGUARD ADVISERS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 18, 2016 to Feb 13, 2020factForm ADV
→ EDWARD JONESRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Dec 19, 2014 to Aug 2, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Apr 22, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Brandon Deckard left Sharkey Howes & Javer Inc for Q3 Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-04-10)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Sep 4, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Brandon Deckard left Fidelity Personal And Workplace Advisors for Sharkey Howes & Javer Inc (registered 2024-09-22)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Nov 16, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Brandon Deckard left Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc for Fidelity Personal And Workplace Advisors (registered 2023-02-03)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago