2027 Cycle · CFA Level 1
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CFA Level 1 · Topic Mapcfa level 1
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topics they keep recycling — memorize these ✦
Ethics + Quant~25% of exam
foundations
Ethics & Professional Standards94%
Quantitative Methods90%
Time Value of Money92%
Hypothesis Testing78%
Economics + FRA~30% of exam
analysis
Microeconomics87%
Macroeconomics85%
Financial Reporting92%
Financial Analysis Tools90%
Corp Finance + Equity~20% of exam
applied
Corporate Issuers88%
Equity Valuation Basics85%
DCF Models87%
Multiples Analysis80%
Fixed Income + Alternative~25% of exam
other assets
Fixed Income Fundamentals90%
Derivatives Basics83%
Alternative Investments78%
Portfolio Mgmt Intro87%
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▸ Current CFA Level 1 Score55
▸ Target CFA Level 1 Score75
▸ Days Until Your Test120days
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Students at 55 averaged +14 over the same window.
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Stage 1 · Diagnose
15 questions. Your map.
Sia pulls from the Library — official past CFA Level 1 papers analyzed by our content team. You take a 15-question diagnostic. Sia returns a topic frequency × your accuracy map. Now you know exactly where every point lives.
▸ ▸ Your topic map · after 15 questions
Ethics & Professional Standards94%
Quantitative Methods90%
Microeconomics87%
Macroeconomics85%
Multiples Analysis · YOU55%
Portfolio Mgmt Intro · YOU53%
Stage 2 · Learn
12 cheat sheets. One page each.
Other prep shows you thousands of questions. We show you the patterns that generate them. Each CFA Level 1 topic compressed into one page — concept · trap · scoring rule. Top-down learning. Built by our content team, not auto-generated.
▸ ▸ Cheat Sheet · Ethics & Professional Standards
Ethics + Quant · Ethics & Professional Standards
if you only memorize one thing →
Step 1 · Identify Ethics & Professional Standards patternalways
Step 2 · Apply core rulefast
Trap · most common error85% wrong
Trap · misreads structure62% wrong
Sia rule · pattern reflex→ point gain
Stage 3 · Drill
Topic Drill + Mock Practice. Built by us.
Skip random practice. Sia surfaces CFA Level 1 questions by your specific weak topics, adjusts difficulty as you improve, and flags traps as they appear. Reflex-building, not busywork.
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▸ ▸ Mock #4 · score report
75
Predicted CFA Level 1
+3 since Mock #1
Ethics + Quant32
Economics + FRA29
Corp Finance + Equity26
Fixed Income + Alternative23
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