Stock Pro Private Client Portfolios $500K+ minimum

Set the strategy.
We run the trades.

Fully discretionary asset management for investors with $500K+ in deployable capital. You define goals, risk tolerance, and constraints. Stock Pro executes every trade — with the same engine that powers our research desk, applied as your fiduciary.

$500K+ Minimum to start
1.25% Standard tier · flat annual fee
Same·day Advisor access
/// Client portfolio · active Acct ····7841
Total assets under management
$2,148,720+1.8% MTD
StrategyBalanced growth
CustodianSchwab
Fee tierStandard · 1.25%
US equity
58%
Intl equity
18%
Fixed income
14%
Hedge
6%
Cash
4%
/// Recent activity
REBAL Trimmed energy by 30% · added to U.S. tech 2d ago
HARVEST Realized $4,210 short-term loss in long-duration bonds 5d ago
HEDGE Rolled broad-market collar overlay 1w ago
Tim › Q2 review on the books for May 14. Sending the planning memo Friday — including a note on the new state of WA capital gains rule.
100% Fee-only fiduciary
Schwab + IBKR Independent custody · you control accounts
Real·time Continuous portfolio repositioning
No·commissions No products, no kickbacks, no conflicts
/// Fit check

Built for some.
Not for everyone.

Most RIA websites pretend to be the right answer for everybody. We'd rather save you the discovery call if it's not a fit. Here's the honest version.
+ Built for you if

You're the right fit

  • You have $500K+ in deployable, liquid capital across taxable, IRA, Roth, or trust accounts.
  • You want your portfolio managed, not a list of signals to trade yourself.
  • You're tax-sensitive and care about after-tax return, not just gross performance.
  • You want an advisor who picks up the phone — not a 1-800 number routed to a call center.
  • You appreciate that risk control matters more than chasing the next hot trade.
  • You're comfortable granting limited discretionary authority within a written investment policy.
− Probably not for you if

You're better served elsewhere

  • You have less than $500K available — start with our subscription products instead.
  • You're a day trader, swing trader, or short-term speculator looking for tactical calls.
  • You want crypto, alts, private credit, or product-based solutions (annuities, IUL).
  • You aren't comfortable with discretionary management and want to approve every trade.
  • You're looking for a guaranteed return or want to chase the index by 5%.
  • You're shopping primarily on fees rather than fit and process.
/// The relationship

What being a Stock Pro
client actually looks like.

A clear, predictable rhythm — without the dead-air silence of typical "managed money" relationships, and without the noise of active-trader chat groups.
Real-time

Live dashboard

24/7 access to your portfolio, allocations, recent activity, and tax-lot status. The same view your advisor sees.

Monthly

Written commentary

A short, substantive note on portfolio activity, regime shifts, and any meaningful repositioning. Not marketing prose.

Quarterly

Review meeting

30–60 minutes with your advisor to walk through performance, attribution, tax posture, and any life changes that affect strategy.

Annually

Planning checkup

A wider conversation: tax projection for the year, retirement planning updates, estate review, and any new goals or constraints.

/// Fees, transparently

Flat fees. No surprises.

Two flat advisory tiers. No commissions, no product loads, no transaction kickbacks, no separate financial-planning charges. Pick the level of service you want — the fee is the only number.
/// Standard
1.25%/ year on assets

Discretionary management of a Stock Pro Flagship-style portfolio with full advisory support.

  • Discretionary portfolio management
  • Continuous engine-driven rebalancing
  • Tax-lot optimization and loss harvesting
  • Quarterly review meetings with your advisor
  • Annual financial-planning checkup
  • Same-day advisor access via portal or email
  • All custodial reporting and tax documents
Final fees disclosed in your advisory agreement and Form ADV Part 2A · No commissions, loads, or transaction kickbacks
/// Model archetypes

Three starting points.
Tuned to you.

Every Stock Pro portfolio starts from one of three archetypes, then gets adapted to your goals, time horizon, tax situation, and risk profile. These are starting points — not products.
/// Archetype 01

Conservative

Capital preservation · income

For investors prioritizing downside protection and income — typically retirees, near-retirees, or those with capital they cannot replace.

Equity
35%
Fixed income
50%
Hedge / alt
10%
Cash
5%
Target volatility~7%
Drawdown band~10%
/// Archetype 02

Balanced

Growth with guardrails

For investors with a 7–15 year horizon who want meaningful equity exposure without the full-cycle drawdowns of a 100% stock portfolio.

Equity
65%
Fixed income
22%
Hedge / alt
8%
Cash
5%
Target volatility~12%
Drawdown band~18%
/// Archetype 03

Growth

Long horizon · active

For investors with a 15+ year horizon and the conviction to stay invested through volatility — with adaptive defense layered in for the worst regimes.

Equity
85%
Fixed income
5%
Hedge / alt
7%
Cash
3%
Target volatility~16%
Drawdown band~25%

Allocations and risk bands are illustrative · actual portfolios are individualized to each client's IPS

/// Options as risk tooling

Options as insurance,
not as a casino.

Used surgically, options are the most precise risk-management tools available to a fiduciary. Used speculatively, they're how accounts blow up. We use them only the first way.
01

Protective collars

For concentrated positions — employer stock, founder shares, large appreciated holdings — a put + call collar caps upside in exchange for a defined floor on downside, often at near-zero net cost.

Used when: A client has a single position over ~10% of net worth.
02

Hedging overlays

Portfolio-level downside protection during regimes the engine flags as fragile. Long puts or put spreads on broad indices, sized to a defined dollar drawdown ceiling.

Used when: Volatility regime + breadth signal both turn negative.
03

Income strategies

Covered calls on existing equity holdings, or cash-secured puts on names we'd want to own anyway. Generates income on positions that would otherwise sit idle.

Used when: Volatility is rich relative to fundamental conviction.
What we don't do

No naked options. No leveraged speculation. No earnings plays. No "0DTE" gambling. No selling premium for the sake of selling premium. Options are a fiduciary tool here — every position has to make sense in the context of your written investment policy.

/// Tax strategy

After-tax return is the only return.

Strategy that ignores tax is a vanity metric. We optimize at the lot level on every rebalance — not at the year-end scramble.

Lot-level optimization

Every sale targets the most tax-efficient lot — long-term where possible, highest-cost-basis when realizing gains, lowest when harvesting losses.

Continuous loss harvesting

Realized losses are captured throughout the year — not just in December — and replaced with correlated holdings to keep market exposure intact.

Wash-sale guarding

Trade decisions account for the full 30-day wash-sale window across all your linked accounts — including IRAs, where the rule still applies.

Asset location

Tax-inefficient holdings (REITs, high-yield bonds) live in IRAs. Tax-efficient growth lives in taxable accounts. Same allocation, smarter buckets.

/// Your advisor

Who's actually at the wheel.

RIAs are personal businesses. The person managing your money matters more than the firm logo on the letterhead. So here's who you're hiring.
Tim Brockman, Stock Pro founder
/// Founder · Stock Pro RIA

Tim Brockman

Registered Investment Adviser · Washington State

Tim Brockman manages the Stock Pro algorithms to make investing smarter. He combines finance, technology, and creativity to design better, more efficient ways to invest. With an MBA and a passion for machine learning and portfolio systems, Tim turns complex ideas into real-world results for clients.

He also teaches Finance, Economics, and Business at Whatcom Community College and Bellingham Technical College, where students don't just study business — they run it. When he's not working with clients, teaching, or refining trading models, Tim's likely on the golf course, mountain biking at Galbraith, skiing at Mt. Baker, or coaching youth soccer. He lives in Bellingham with his family.

MBA RIA · WA Faculty · WCC + BTC
/// The onboarding journey

From hello to managed in five steps.

Typical timeline from first call to active portfolio management is two to four weeks — most of it waiting for asset transfers between custodians.
01

Discovery call

A 15-minute conversation: your situation, what you're trying to solve, current allocation. No pitch, no paperwork. We tell you honestly whether we're a fit.

15 min · Day 0
02

Wealth strategy session

An hour-long working session. We build a draft Investment Policy Statement, walk you through how the engine would manage your specific portfolio, and answer every question. You leave with the strategy in writing.

60 min · Week 1
03

Account setup

Open or transfer to your custodian (Schwab or Interactive Brokers). Sign the advisory agreement and Investment Policy Statement. Receive Form ADV Part 2A and Privacy Policy.

~30 min · Week 1–2
04

Funding & initial positioning

Asset transfers complete (typically 5–10 business days). We assess existing holdings, plan the transition trade by trade with tax sensitivity, and execute over a defined window.

1–2 weeks
05

Active management begins

The engine takes over day-to-day. You see live activity in your portal. Your first written commentary lands at the start of the next month. Your first review meeting is scheduled within 90 days.

Day-of-funding · ongoing
/// FAQ

Common questions.

Specific question we haven't answered? Book a 15-minute call — most things are easier to discuss than to read.

Book a 15-min call
What's the actual minimum?
$500,000 in deployable, liquid capital — across taxable accounts, IRAs, Roth IRAs, and trusts. We can sometimes work with households slightly below this if there's a clear path to growth. If you're well below, our subscription products are likely a better fit until you're ready.
How are fees actually charged?
Quarterly in arrears, calculated on the average daily balance of your assets under management, billed directly from your custodian account at Schwab or Interactive Brokers. The exact rate depends on your AUM tier — see the fee schedule above. There are no transaction commissions, no product loads, no separate planning fees, no kickbacks.
Where are my assets actually held?
At Charles Schwab or Interactive Brokers — your choice. Stock Pro never takes custody of your assets. They sit in your name at one of the two largest US brokerages, fully SIPC-protected, fully under your control. We have limited trading authority via your advisory agreement, but you can revoke it instantly.
Can I withdraw money any time?
Yes. There's no lock-up, no surrender period, no withdrawal penalty. The assets are yours, held at your custodian. Send a wire request through your portal and the money moves on the standard custodian timeline (usually 1–3 business days).
What's the difference between discretionary and non-discretionary?
Discretionary means we execute trades on your behalf within the boundaries of your written Investment Policy Statement — without checking with you on each one. That's what makes real-time, engine-driven management possible. Non-discretionary would require us to call you for permission on every trade, which defeats the purpose. If you prefer non-discretionary, the subscription products are a better fit.
What happens in a sharp downturn?
The engine's job is exactly this scenario: as the regime shifts and volatility expands, exposure compresses, hedge ratios increase, and capital rotates defensive automatically. We don't try to time bottoms — we try to lose less than the market on the way down so compounding survives. You get a written note explaining what changed and why, before the next session opens.
What tax documents will I receive?
Your custodian (Schwab or IBKR) issues your 1099-B, 1099-DIV, and 1099-INT directly — usually mid-February. We provide a tax summary memo that translates your activity for your CPA, and we coordinate directly with your CPA on planning if you'd like.
How is this different from Stock Pro Subscriptions?
Subscriptions deliver research — you get signals and model portfolios, you trade them yourself in your own brokerage account. Private Client Portfolios delivers management — Stock Pro builds, executes, and continuously rebalances your accounts as a fiduciary. Subscriptions start at $77/month with no minimum. Private Clients starts at $500K AUM with a tiered advisory fee.
/// Ready to see if it fits

The first call is a fit check, not a pitch.

Fifteen minutes. We learn about your situation, you learn how Stock Pro actually works. If we're a fit, we book a deeper strategy session. If not, we point you somewhere that is.