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You upload your materials
Curriculum PDFs, provider notes, slide decks, your own summaries — whatever you already study from. The plan is built from your uploaded materials, not from a generic syllabus.
Upload your materials and get day 1 tonight. The plan splits what you uploaded into day-by-day readings, generates a quiz from each one, and dates every task backward from your exam date.
Free to start. $8/week or $30/month if you upgrade. No credit card to start.
Weeks are counted from August 11, 2026 — the registration deadline, and the last day anyone can join this sitting. Hours per week divide the roughly 300 hours CFA Institute reports as typical preparation for one level. Adjust down if you have already covered part of the curriculum.
| Level | Exam window | Weeks left | At 300 hours total | Per study day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level I | November 11–17, 2026 | 13 weeks to day one | ≈23 hours/week | ≈3.8 hours/day across six study days |
| Level II | November 18–22, 2026 | 14 weeks to day one | ≈21 hours/week | ≈3.6 hours/day across six study days |
Level III is not offered in November 2026. If you are sitting Level III, or you miss the August 11 deadline, check which level sits in which window before you plan anything.
The plan is built from your uploaded materials, with quizzes generated from them. Free week-by-week templates exist and some are good; what they cannot do is date your material, because they have never seen it.
Curriculum PDFs, provider notes, slide decks, your own summaries — whatever you already study from. The plan is built from your uploaded materials, not from a generic syllabus.
The plan splits your materials into day-by-day readings and places each one on a real calendar date, working backward from your exam date.
Quizzes are generated from the pages you just read, so a weak answer points at a page you own instead of at a topic label.
Spaced review returns weak material on the days it is about to fade, and mock exams sit in the final weeks before your exam date.
The preview below starts on August 13, 2026 and ends on November 11, 2026 — the first Level I test day. Move the start date and the whole schedule moves with it. Sitting Level II? Push exam day to November 18 and the plan gains a week.
Coverage first, then spaced review, then mocks — every task dated backward from your exam date.
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Every module dated to your exam, with quizzes and FSRS flashcards generated from your own materials.
Unlock my full plan freeThat is the standard registration fee for one level. The seat is bought; the only variable left is what happens in the 13 weeks before it. A plan that dates your materials day-by-day costs a fraction of the registration fee and is the one part of this you can still change today.
Miss the sitting and the fee does not carry: the next Level II window after November 2026 is May 2027.
Free to start. $8/week or $30/month if you upgrade. No credit card to start.
Registration for the November 2026 window closes on August 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. If you register, you must also schedule your test appointment by August 18, 2026. After those two deadlines the November window is closed — the next sitting is February 2027, which offers Level I and Level III only.
Level I and Level II only. Level I runs November 11–17, 2026 and Level II runs November 18–22, 2026. Level III is not offered in the November window.
Counting from the August 11, 2026 registration deadline: about 13 weeks to the first Level I test day and about 14 weeks to the first Level II test day. Candidates who start earlier in August gain a few days, not a few weeks.
CFA Institute reports that candidates typically spend around 300 hours preparing for a level. Across 13 weeks that is about 23 hours per week for Level I; across 14 weeks it is about 21 hours per week for Level II. Over six study days a week that is roughly 3.5 to 4 hours a day.
The plan is built from your uploaded materials, with quizzes generated from them. It lays out day-by-day readings, pairs each reading with a quiz drawn from the same pages, schedules spaced review of weak material, and places mock exams in the final weeks before your exam date.
No. The plan works from whatever you already have — curriculum PDFs, provider notes, your own summaries, or a mix. It sits alongside a prep provider rather than replacing the content you bought.
Free to start. $8/week or $30/month if you upgrade. No credit card to start.
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