CFP Countdown —

78-Day Study Tracker

Built from CFP-Study-Plan-2026. Log hours and questions each day; the plan's own targets tell you whether you're on pace. Saves on this device first and syncs to your others, so it works offline too.

Where you stand

Hours studied 0 / 310
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Questions done 0 / 4,400
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Mocks taken 0 / 6
Last score —

Log a day

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Hard dates

Phase 0 — Setup

Aug 9–11 · prerequisites, not study time

The schedule

Mock exams & go/no-go gates

Blueprint-weighted · two 3-hour sections · 40-min break

Log history

Reference

CFP Board domain weights
DomainWeightBook
Retirement Savings & Income Planning18%515
Investment Planning17%513
General Principles of Financial Planning15%511
Tax Planning14%514
Risk Management & Insurance Planning11%512
Estate Planning10%516
Professional Conduct & Regulation8%511
Psychology of Financial Planning7%511
Daily templates

Phase 1 weekday — 3 hrs. 0:00 formula sheet + limits · 0:10 KB study guide + Kaplan slides · 1:20 break · 1:35 30–60 questions on that module · 2:20 review every miss, write the actual cause. Weekends: same shape at 5 hrs, add a second module block and a flashcard pass.

Phase 2 weekday — 4 hrs. 0:00 formula sheet + limits · 0:10 error-log review, yesterday's misses cold · 0:40 75 questions timed at 90 sec each · 2:40 break · 2:55 deep review of misses + targeted KB reread. Two sessions a week in Adaptive mode.

Non-negotiables
  • The error log is the engine. Every miss gets a written cause — not "careless," an actual reason. Re-attempt misses at 7 days and 21 days.
  • 90 seconds per question from Phase 2 onward. 170 questions across two 3-hour blocks is ~2:07 each, with no slack for a slow start.
  • One lighter day per week at roughly half hours. Retention across 78 days depends on it.
  • Repeat takers pass at ~48–52% versus ~70% for first-timers. Front-load the difficulty.

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Source: CFP-Study-Plan-2026.docx in advising/cfp-study/. Plan assumes an October 26 seat date; exam-facts.md cites a testing window of October 29 – November 5, which would add taper days. Planned-hours and planned-question curves are derived from the phase table and total 312.5 hrs / 4,525 questions against the plan's stated ~310 / ~4,400 headline targets.