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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

Registered advisor

Nicholas Wayne Rygiel

Protocol Wealth, LLCindependent RIAHavertown, Pa dual registrantIAPD 5996576

Certified Financial Planner

Feed of 09/14/2026

Also filed as Nicholas Wayne Rygiel

At current firm

1 y

since Jul 9, 2025

In the industry

14 y

since Oct 1, 2011 (earliest exam, job or registration)

Prior registered firms

IAPD previous registrations

State registrations

current, as an IAR

Firms today

current registrations

Exams

S66, S63

IA exams only

Book size

not public

not estimated here

Signals

dated events on this person

Registration history

IAPD current and previous registrations

Protocol Wealth, LLC independent RIA current
since Jul 9, 2025 · Denver, Co
Origin Investment Advisory LLC independent RIA
Dec 7, 2022 to May 18, 2023 · Byrn Mawr, Pa
Ironclad Financial unclassified
Jul 25, 2022 to Oct 23, 2025 · Havertown, Pa
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse
Jan 3, 2012 to Jul 9, 2022 · Bala Cynwyd, Pa

Moves

a registration end followed by a registration begin elsewhere

Ironclad Financial to Origin Investment Advisory LLC
left Oct 23, 2025, registered Dec 7, 2022 (-1051 days) · Other
Origin Investment Advisory LLC to Protocol Wealth, LLC
left May 18, 2023, registered Jul 9, 2025 (783 days) · RIA to a newly registered adviser
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to Ironclad Financial
left Jul 9, 2022, registered Jul 25, 2022 (16 days) · Other

Signals

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

Transition signals

Mobility scoring is not published yet. The observable conditions this page will draw on once the historical validation is done: tenure, the firm’s own departures and ownership changes, new state registrations, a new adviser entity with this person on Schedule A, and colleagues’ moves. Until precision and lead time are measured on known moves, no label is printed. Read the methodology.

Provenance

Source: IAPD individual compilation feedreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
Firm class: Independent wealth managerderived
Years in industry: 14derivedfrom the earliest dated exam, employment or registration
Not published: disclosure flags, outside business text, branch street address