Eric R. Ervin

Alpine, CA

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CRD#: 2885854

Professional summary

Eric Roy Ervin, CFP®, who also goes by Eric R Ervin, was a registered financial advisor .

Eric is registered as an IAR (Investment Advisor Representative) and started their career in finance in 1997. Eric had worked at 6 firms and has passed the Series 65, Series 63, SIE, Series 3, Series 7, Series 10 and Series 9 exams.

At a Glance

Always Fiduciary

Aliases

Eric R Ervin

Other business activities

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1) Reality Shares, Inc. and its subsidiary Blockforce Capital Management, LLC; Investment related; 8826 Summerhill Point, Alpine, CA 91901; ETF sponsor and digital-asset quantitative asset manager, both in wind-down: operations ceased 03/31/2026, fund wind-down communicated to investors 02/2026, administrative dissolution expected to complete approx. 10/2026; Founder, President and CEO (officer of both); relationship start 10/2011 (Reality Shares) and 10/2016 (Blockforce); approx. 6 hours/month, approx. 2 during securities trading hours; Duties: concluding the administrative dissolution of both entities only. Neither entity is conducting business. Not investment-advisory with respect to Firm clients. 2) JJB Investment Management LLC; Investment related; 4310 W Prien Lake Rd, Lake Charles, LA 70605; unaffiliated proprietary trading firm that trades only its principal's own capital and manages no outside investor money; Consultant (independent contractor, fixed monthly fee); relationship start 01/2026; approx. 30 hours/month, approx. 15 during securities trading hours; Duties: advising on algorithmic trading systems and strategy research for digital-asset markets. All decisions on whether, when and where any strategy is deployed rest with JJB. No advice to Firm clients or their accounts.

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Past

July 31, 1997 - September 22, 2004

MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.

CRD#: 7556

PURCHASE, NY

State Registrations and Notice Filings

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IAR

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IAR

California
(9/11/2026)

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Exams

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General Securities Sales Supervisor - Options Module Examination

Current firm

No current employment

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Eric R. Ervin

Professional summary

At a Glance

Aliases

Other business activities

Blog Corner

CRS (Client Relationship Summary)

Certified licenses

Experience

REALITY SHARES ADVISORS

ALPS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

MORGAN STANLEY

MORGAN STANLEY

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.

MORGAN STANLEY DW INC.

State Registrations and Notice Filings

Exams

Series 65

Passed: 8/8/1997

Series 63

Passed: 8/7/1997

SIE

Passed: 7/10/2018

Series 3

Passed: 8/22/1997

Series 7

Passed: 7/30/1997

Series 10

Passed: 8/28/2001

Series 9

Passed: 8/28/2001

Current firm

No current employment

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No current employment

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