You all know the posts I’m talking about, they appear every month or so.

“Will the CFA get me laid?”

“Will the CFA get me a girlfriend?”

“How to put CFA on my Tinder profile”

“How to talk about the CFA to my date”

I promise you when I say I have NEVER seen one single productive conversation come out of any of these posts. It’s always the same five jokes. And more often than not, the comment section or these posts turn very uncomfortable very quickly, either from other commenters or from OP themselves.

Enough is enough already. This is not the spirit nor purpose of this sub. It’s unprofessional and paints a horrible picture of the online community and the CFA designation.

I’m going for level 2 in exactly 1 month. I’ve already finished FSA, Economics, Equity and FI… Everything else is left. I’m able to study 3h on weekdays and full weekends (8h-9h per day), and I will be on “vacations” from October 30th till the exam, only for studying. Good luck to the rest of the candidates, and for the ones that may feel they are not prepared, I’m on the same boat.
Kinda tired of the people that say “I think I’m cooked” with three mocks and a full lap on the curriculum done since September. We are here to make it count boyyyssss.

Assuming this is for the audience that didn’t purchase the premium pack that came with extra questions/mocks, do they mean re-doing them to reach the number 6, or substituting with prep providers? I have MM but feel like I have only a month left until the exam it’s best to stick with LES EOCQ and the 2 free ones. I’ve also heard MM question style is not indicative of the actual exam (which makes sense).

Hey everyone,

I'm sitting for the Level 1 exam in November and starting to feel a bit overwhelmed.

What is everyone else doing for their revision right now? Any specific strategies or schedules that are working for you to keep everything fresh? Would love to hear how you're tackling it!

I started portfolio management and idk why I’m not able to understand anything there. It’s the most difficult sub for me so far and i am just stuck on a chapter for more than 5 days and i have lost the motivation to study it any further. God help me .

Is it me or is it really difficult the capm beta thing and all those graphs.

Help! Help ! Help !

Guys,

What do you think the MPS would be for this august attempt?

Earlier every one used to be like that MPS would be approx 65pc

But don't you think considering the level of exam, it could be a bit lower.

I don't know man, I am fed up waiting!!!

Why aren’t we including the gain/loss on holding the stock as part of the profit of a collar? S0 is given in the vignette.

Derivatives - Options Strategies - #25 Essay

What are everyone’s celebration plans if we pass the test? Personally, I am going to go buy myself a watch I’ve always wanted as a memento. I will subsequently be getting very drunk. Anyone else?

Stressed because I can’t clear a 65% on the mock exams. Looking for advice on where to go from here. Revisions, more questions, back to reading textbooks?

Feeling defeated. Any advice helps. Thanks

Hi! I’m 32y and going to try for level 1 in Nov 2027. I have ADHD and Dyscalculia, that’s why I’m taking a year to study and prepare. I bought the Kaplan package to help to study. I was wondering if there is anyone who finished level 1 with similar learning disabilities and with ADHD? Despite I know I can request for disability accommodation, I choose not to do so.

I have been using Chat GTP to help me simplify some areas where I struggling and it is helping so far.

Still a month to go and don’t know if I shall do other mocks or just focus on weak areas

This is my first ever post on Reddit so sorry if I’m not doing this right.

Background: Graduated a couple years back. Never did any of the recruiting stuff while in school (originally went intending to go to law school, also I had no understanding of what finance was at the time). Then the government locked down the country and I felt pretty lost for a while. I was lucky to land an ops job after graduating and currently work as a Trading assistant/Ops at a hedge fund

I’ve been pursuing the CFA with the hopes of landing a role as an analyst for a PM at some point. Recently I’ve come to the realization that I don’t have the brains for the roll (most of the front office people I work with are literal geniuses with math or physics background). While I’m a smart person and have toyed with applying to quant finance/ applied maths masters programs, I’m leagues behind these guys.

I also find I just don’t have the interest in trading/investing I once had. I’ve been trying to build an options trading strategy for a while now but I just never feel the urge I used to to sit down and do it. Especially now since Claudecode can just do it all for me I feel like I’m not getting any value out of pursuing the project.

The seat I’m in is great and I’m super fortunate to have been hired - People are nice, team is fantastic, great culture but the job is the same monotonous tasks every day for 10-12 hours. Basically I don’t see myself doing this for another year.

I don’t want to pivot out of finance completely, at least not without a plan. I also feel guilty having poured so much time into building this career without really getting to test myself in a front office seat.

I guess the point of this post is that if the results come back negative I don’t think I’ll be taking level 3 again in February. And even if I do pass - I’m not sure I want to continue pursuing the front office roll anymore at least not as it currently exists. I wanted to see if others felt the same?

I thought I was going crazy at first, but I went back and managed to find word for word where the information I was reading had been used 30 pages prior. What is the point of copy pasting information for us to re read multiple times? It just adds more reading to the already HUGE amount of material for no reason? And while this is the only time I’ve gone and found the exact copy and paste info, I know that there are many instances where this happens. Does anyone have a genuine explanation for them doing this?

Passed L3 last year in august. Since then i have not touched any CFA material and my job is also not quite related to what we studied here.

Today just to test myself i tried some fixed income concepts and i genuinely do not remember anything. Was struggling to remember duration and convexity. Then tried some numericals and i literally forgot how to use the calculator. Even with claudes help i was able to get the correct answers but I dont completely understand why they are correct.

Is anyone else experiencing this and do you guys have suggestions on how to boost retention/ revision?

Obviously this aint a normal question but i have my l1 in November and post exam i wont be waiting for results might start with l2 asap
Can you’ll suggest some good prep providers to consider?

Hey CFA Charterholders & L3 Fellas!

How early before the results does the CFA Membership status update (for CFA L3 Candidates who got membership approved) indicating payment of dues for Chartholder Membership ?

Will surely calm down my anxiety :)

Please comment..

I'm appearing for the November 2026 exam (CFA Level 1). I want to defer my exam (paid deferral option) to February 2027.

All over Google, I've searched for the deferral option, and it says that it stays open for 3-4 weeks before the exam appointment.
However, I cannot see the deferral option in my CFA account anywhere.

Someone please guide me. Can I even defer my exam now? I feel very confused.

It was eye opening simply posting about waiting on test results in a community forum and how the stress was killing me. I didn't mention level 3 because nobody would even know what it is on that forum.I wrote the 4th time.

But the point is that everybody thought I meant test results for health reasons and it was really eye opening how much support i got. I do want to pass but if I don't it's fine considering I'm healthy and so forth. The replies on the other thread helped me realize it's fine if I don't pass. People are going through crazy stuff.

But anyways, if anybody is stressing to the extreme, I hope this post maybe will help you as the other thread did for me.

I cleared Level 1 by lectures and schweser, without referring to CFAI material.

I had this doubt while starting L2,if Schweser would be enough along with pre-recorded lectures or is it necessary to read CFAI material?

People who create the cfa exam questions , and write the cfa curriculum books , how SMART are they ? AND How do i reach that level ? What degrees do i need to have ?

Have been doing a mock a week with full review. I make flashcards of the questions I am not sure about (regardless if I get the right answer or not). I review the flashcards on my train into work, but I work full time in the office, and it's a demanding role, so I don't have much time to spare other than on weekends.

I focused my revision in the past week on my weaker areas, including derivatives and equity, in which I had scored 50-60% in my first two mocks, and scored better in Mock 3, but then my FSA score plummeted. Along with my flashcards on the train, I try to do 30-40 questions a day in the QBank, but my work circumstances really don't allow me to drill out the hours I see others in this subreddit doing.

I feel like I'm not being productive, and I don't know how else to optimise my learning. For my last two Kaplan mocks, I saw that they used fairly niche subtopic themes that came up 3-5 times, and if I don't know it, then I'm pretty much out of luck for all those questions which has a huge impact on my total score.

Each mock feels increasingly more difficult. I feel like I'm only sure about my answers for a third of the mock. And then the rest is either an educated guess (elimination of one choice and best guess of two) or a complete guess (roughly around 5-10 questions per mock).

My plan was to keep doing a mock and full-length review a week, so that would bring me up to 6-7 mocks before my exam; make flashcards on all the questions I wasn't sure about; continue reviewing the flashcards for about an hour a day; spend another hour a day doing the QBank and review. But again, I don't see my scores improving, so please can any candidates or members advise me on what I'm doing wrong and how I can improve.

Appreciate any advice, thanks!

My exam is Nov 26

And have'nt given a mock until now

Will give my first tmrw

I have access to the CFA mocks - 2 which are given + 6 premium mocks + premium pack books

Would that be enough ?

I am fown to last 20 days

And I also have a friend who suggested me to give atleast 10 mocks

Pls give suggestions . I AM SHIT SCARED.