John William Coon

CRD 5485775 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Seal Beach, CA

IA RegisteredBroker

Also appears in the source record as: John Coon

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (5): Series 65Series 63Series 24SIESeries 7
Registered states (50): Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Years in the industry (source record): 18
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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Current firm

From the firm record

Firm: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Firm CRD: 7691
SEC number: 801-14235
Assets under management: $1.8T as of Jun 29, 2026
Website: www.merrilledge.com/GUIDED-INVESTING ↗
Phone: 800-637-7455
Firm location: New York, NY, 10036

Employment history (9)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Seal Beach, CA · IA capacity

Sep 10, 2020 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Seal Beach, CA · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
IA capacity

Nov 28, 2018 → Jun 2, 2020
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
BD capacity

Nov 21, 2018 → Jun 2, 2020
Mutual Trust Co. Of America Securities
BD capacity

Mar 16, 2018 → Nov 7, 2018
Orchard Securities, LLC
BD capacity

Aug 24, 2012 → Oct 27, 2017
Tnp Securities, LLC
BD capacity

Aug 26, 2009 → Jul 3, 2012
Ari Financial Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 7, 2009 → Aug 18, 2009
Wilson-Davis & Co., Inc.
BD capacity

Oct 1, 2008 → Dec 31, 2008

Source & corrections

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