Explains the intuition first
Duration, convexity, and swap valuation are memorisable and forgettable. Vidia teaches the intuition, then the formula, then the vignette application.
CFA · Investment management
A CFA companion for a curriculum this big.
Hundreds of learning outcomes across ten topic areas, and roughly 300 hours per level while you hold down an analyst job. Vidia turns that wall of reading into one clear next step, every session.
3Levels
~300 hrsTypical per level
10Topic areas
Fixed income: duration shakyEthics holding strong
Next: 10 duration item setsThen spaced ethics review
What each CFA level actually asks of you.
The three levels do not just get harder — they change format entirely, from standalone questions to vignettes to written answers. Preparing for all three the same way is the common mistake.
SectionLengthQuestionsCounts?
Level IStandalone multiple choice, two sessions2 × 135 min180 MCQsRecall
Level IIVignette-based item sets2 × ~132 min88 MCQs / 22 item setsApplication
Level IIIItem sets plus constructed responseTwo sessions11 item sets and essay setsSynthesis
Specialized pathwayLevel III: Portfolio Management, Private Markets, or Private WealthWithin Level III~30–35% weightChoose one
Practical Skills ModulesRequired at each level, completed outside the examSelf-pacedPass/completeRequired
Note · Level III now carries a specialized pathway worth roughly a third of the exam, and Practical Skills Modules must be completed to receive your result — a step candidates routinely leave until the last week.
Five ways Vidia works on the CFA Program.
Aimed squarely at the two things that decide CFA outcomes: coverage of a huge curriculum, and retention across a long runway.
Weights by topic and by you
Your plan reflects both the exam’s topic weights and your personal weak areas, rather than reading the curriculum front to back.
Holds a 300-hour curriculum together
Quantitative methods studied in month one will not survive to exam day unaided. Vidia schedules its return exactly as it starts to fade.
Moves you up the format ladder
From concept checks to full vignettes to constructed-response practice at Level III — escalating only when your accuracy says you are ready.
Protects an analyst’s schedule
It plans against the hours you genuinely have and warns early when your target sitting and your available time stop adding up.
A plan built backward from your sitting.
Give Vidia your level and exam window. It sequences the topics, schedules the review, and adjusts every week on the evidence.
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Set level and window
Your level, exam date, and realistic weekly hours. Everything is planned backward from the sitting.
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Map the curriculum
A diagnostic across topic areas separates genuine understanding from passive familiarity.
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Work the sequence
Focused sessions weighted by exam topic weight and your weak areas, with spaced review folded in.
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Rehearse the format
Vignettes at Level II, constructed response at Level III, plus timed mocks as the date approaches.
How Vidia fits with Schweser, UWorld, and Mark Meldrum.
CFA candidates usually assemble a stack rather than buy one product. Here is where each piece is strong.
ProviderWhat it is best atTypical cost
CFA Institute
The official curriculum, learning outcomes, and mock exams. The source of truth.
Included in feesKaplan Schweser
Condensed SchweserNotes and structured classes — the most trusted summary material.
Varies by packageUWorld
Exam-style questions with detailed explanations and an interface close to the real one.
Varies by packageMark Meldrum
Deep video lectures that teach for understanding rather than for the test.
SubscriptionVidia
The layer that decides what you study today and keeps month-one topics alive until exam day.
Premium subscriptionPricing is indicative and set by each provider. Vidia is designed to sit on top of whichever curriculum and question bank you already trust.
CFA questions, answered.
CFA Institute’s long-running guidance is roughly 300 hours per level, and candidate surveys land near that. The number matters less than distribution: hours spent re-reading material you already know are close to wasted, which is the specific inefficiency Vidia targets.
Very little. Level I saw no changes to its learning modules, Level II had one minor deletion in Quantitative Methods, and Level III kept both its Core topics and specialized pathways unchanged. Level III’s pathways — Portfolio Management, Private Markets, and Private Wealth — continue to carry roughly 30 to 35 percent of the exam.
Yes. PSMs are required at each level and must be completed to receive your exam result. They cover applied skills such as Python, data visualisation, and AI. Vidia’s plan reserves time for them rather than letting them ambush you in the final week.
No, and we would not claim it. The CFA Institute curriculum is the source of truth and providers like Schweser and UWorld supply excellent condensed notes and question banks. Vidia is the adaptive layer deciding what you do with them today.
Level III adds constructed-response questions, where you write the answer rather than select it, plus a specialized pathway worth roughly a third of the exam. Recognition-level knowledge that carried you through Level I will not survive it, so Vidia moves you into written practice much earlier.
Vidia is a paid app. Learning access requires an active Premium subscription.
One clear next step, every session.
Tell Vidia your level and exam window. It turns the curriculum into a path you can actually follow.
