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16-week CFA Level 2 Study Plan

A 16-week CFA Level 2 study plan covers roughly 350 hours at ~22 hours per week. This is the sweet spot for most working professionals. You get full coverage plus meaningful review time.

Timeline
16 weeks
Hours per week
~22
Total hours
~350
Plan tracker preview

16-week CFA Level 2 activity tracker

A visual preview of how exclam.ai turns this 16-week CFA plan into daily coverage, review, flashcard, quiz, and mock streaks.

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Week-by-week phase breakdown

A 16-week CFA Level 2 plan splits into three phases: coverage, review, and mocks. exclam.ai schedules each phase automatically from your uploaded materials.

Phase 1
Weeks 1–10

Coverage

First pass through every topic area in your uploaded materials. Build flashcards as you go. Quiz yourself on each topic before moving on.

Phase 2
Weeks 11–14

Review

Weak-spot drilling. exclam.ai surfaces the topics you answered worst during coverage and re-quizzes them. Daily FSRS flashcard reps across all topics.

Phase 3
Weeks 15–16

Mocks

Full-length mock exams under timed conditions. One mock per week minimum, post-mock error review the same day. Final week is taper: light review only.

What this plan covers

CFA Level 2 has 10 topic areas. This plan allocates time across all of them, weighted by the approximate exam weights.

Ethical and Professional Standards
10–15%
Quantitative Methods
5–10%
Economics
5–10%
Financial Statement Analysis
10–15%
Corporate Issuers
5–10%
Equity Investments
10–15%
Fixed Income
10–15%
Derivatives
5–10%
Alternative Investments
5–10%
Portfolio Management
10–15%

Is a 16-week plan right for you?

This plan works if…

  • You can commit 22 hours per week consistently
  • You want full coverage plus meaningful review time
  • You are working or studying full-time alongside prep
  • You want time for multiple mock exams

Consider a different plan if…

  • ×You have less than 19 hours per week available
  • ×Your exam is fewer than the full plan length away

Other Level 2 durations

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