Chaps Lifestyle LLC

Chaps Lifestyle, LLC is a Washington state‑registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management through separately managed accounts and related advisory services. The firm’s brochure discloses a broad client mix—individuals alongside institutional and organizational types including pension and profit‑sharing plans, charitable organizations, state and municipal entities, banks and insurance companies, other advisers, corporations, and sovereign wealth funds—and it also offers an hourly, no‑asset‑management digital asset review.

The firm constructs customized SMAs across a range of strategies, including tax‑optimized large‑cap and total‑market equity, dividend income, low‑volatility equity, treasury ladders, covered‑call and option‑based downside protection, commodities hedges, and crypto‑focused SMAs, typically applying a tax‑management overlay where applicable. Chaps Lifestyle states it manages accounts on a discretionary basis, monitors portfolios on a continuous basis with at least annual reviews, and recommends Charles Schwab as custodian while noting it does not use soft‑dollars for research.

What is distinctive in the brochure is the combination of institutional client types and services alongside retail offerings: despite operating as a modestly sized, state‑registered adviser, the firm discloses the capability to manage institutional mandates and other investment adviser clients and to apply institutional‑style features such as custom tax overlays and fixed‑income laddering. The firm’s explicit inclusion of crypto‑focused SMA strategies and a stand‑alone hourly digital asset consultation, together with selective client acceptance and the ability to negotiate custom fee arrangements, are services that the brochure presents as less typical for peers of similar scale.