Free exam tools
Calculators and planners for SQE1, the CFA® Program Level I and the FRM® Exam Part I. Each tool shows its default result straight away, explains the calculation and lists its sources. No account, no cookies, nothing stored.
Exam planning tools
Exam pace calculator: time per question for SQE1, the CFA® Program Level I and the FRM® Exam Part I
Work out how long you have per question and which question to reach by when. Presets for SQE1, the CFA® Program Level I and the FRM® Exam Part I, or enter your own exam.
FLK revision planner: an SQE1 study plan worked back from your exam date
Plan SQE1 revision backwards from the January or July 2027 sitting: check whether your hours a week reach a target, then get a week-by-week plan by FLK subject in three phases, as a calendar file or PDF.
Can you study for this beside your job? Weekly study-time calculator for SQE1, the CFA® Program Level I and the FRM® Exam Part I
Work out how many hours a week your exam needs, and whether your job, commute, sleep and family leave that much. For SQE1, the CFA® Program Level I, the FRM® Exam Part I or any other exam.
CFA® Program Level I study planner: a week-by-week plan to your exam window
Plan Level I of the CFA® Program week by week: learning blocks for the ten topic areas, catch-up weeks, mixed review and mock-exam weeks, worked back from your exam window. Export it to your calendar.
FRM® Exam Part I study planner: a week-by-week plan to your exam window
Plan Part I of the FRM® Exam week by week: learning blocks for the four topic areas, starting with Quantitative Analysis, catch-up, mixed review and mock-exam weeks, worked back from your window and your background. Export it to your calendar.
Charter timeline: when could you finish the CFA® Program, and how old will you be?
Work out the earliest month you could finish the three CFA® Program exams and the work experience for the charter, with retakes, breaks and your age at the end – from the 2027 exam windows.
Commute study calculator: what 20 minutes a day adds up to
See what a few minutes of study on the way to work add up to by your exam – hours, questions at exam pace, the share of your study plan and the same time in whole Saturdays – for SQE1, the CFA® Program Level I, the FRM® Exam Part I or any exam.
QWE calculator: how much qualifying work experience do you have?
Add up your qualifying work experience for the SQE route: enter each placement’s dates and weekly hours to see your full-time equivalent against two years, what is left and when you reach it.
SQE1 resit and six-year window checker: attempts left and your deadline
How many SQE attempts do you have left, and when does your six-year period end? Enter the day of your first assessment and your attempts at FLK1, FLK2 and SQE2 to see what to book next.
What does your SQE1 score mean? Score and quintile explainer
Enter your FLK1 and FLK2 scaled scores and quintiles to see how far each is from the SQE1 pass mark, what that means in correct answers on the SRA’s own example, and where you stood among candidates. A reading of your result, not a forecast.
Exam cost calculators
Solicitor qualification cost calculator: what the SQE route costs you
Add up the SRA fees for SQE1 and SQE2, the degree check, screening and admission, your preparation, living costs, travel and resits – with a monthly budget and a resit scenario.
CFA® Program Level I cost calculator
Add up the CFA® Program Level I fees – early or standard registration, a scholarship, retakes – plus your own costs, in US dollars and your currency.
FRM® Exam cost calculator: enrolment, Part I and Part II
Add up the FRM® Exam fees – enrolment, Part I and Part II, retakes and deferrals – plus your own costs, in US dollars and your currency.
Finance calculators
Online financial calculator with BA II Plus and HP 12C keystrokes
Solve N, I/Y, PV, PMT or FV, NPV and IRR, or a bond's price and yield, with worked steps and the keys to press on a BA II Plus and an HP 12C.
Time value of money calculator with worked steps
Solve present value, future value, payment, number of periods or interest rate, value a perpetuity or convert a nominal rate to an effective annual rate, with every step shown.
NPV and IRR calculator with worked example
Calculate NPV, IRR, MIRR, profitability index and payback from your own cash flows, with a period table, the NPV profile, a warning when there is more than one IRR and every step shown.
Bond price, yield to maturity and duration calculator
Work out a bond’s price from its yield or its yield to maturity from the price, with Macaulay and modified duration, convexity and PVBP, and see how close the duration estimate of a price change comes to exact repricing – every step shown.
Value at risk and expected shortfall calculator
Calculate value at risk and expected shortfall with the normal model for one or two correlated positions, or by historical simulation from your own returns – with the working, a histogram and the limits of each method.
Black–Scholes and binomial option pricing calculator with Greeks
Price European and American calls and puts with Black–Scholes–Merton and a binomial tree: delta, gamma, vega, theta and rho, a put–call parity check, a diagram of the tree and every step shown.
Expected loss calculator (PD × LGD × EAD)
Calculate the expected credit loss of one position or a list of up to 20 from PD, LGD and EAD, with each position’s share, the loss if it defaults, the loss standard deviation and every step shown.
Portfolio risk, CAPM and Sharpe ratio calculator
Enter two to five assets with weights, expected returns, volatilities, betas and correlations to get the portfolio’s expected return, volatility, Sharpe ratio, beta, CAPM required return, alpha and Treynor ratio – with a check that the correlations fit together and every step shown.
Finance formula flashcards: TVM, duration, VaR, CAPM
Free flashcards for the formulas on our CFA® Program Level I and FRM® Exam Part I formula sheets: time value of money, bonds and duration, value at risk and CAPM decks, with self-rating and repeats within the round. Nothing is stored.
Choosing a qualification
CFA® Program or FRM® Exam? Two-minute career quiz
Seven questions on the work you want, the topics you enjoy, maths, study time and fees. See whether your answers lean towards the CFA® Program, the FRM® Exam, both or neither – with every weight shown.
Finance certification ROI and payback calculator: CFA® Program and FRM® Exam
Does the CFA® Program or the FRM® Exam pay off for you? Enter the costs and the pay rise you expect for the payback period, net present value, internal rate of return and a sensitivity check – or see the break-even pay rise.
Finance salary explorer: US BLS and UK ONS percentiles
Pay percentiles for financial analysts, risk specialists, advisers, accountants and financial managers – US BLS (May 2025) and UK ONS (2026), with metro areas and regions where published. See where your salary sits and download the table.
Is qualifying worth it? Solicitor payback calculator
See when qualifying as a solicitor pays for itself: costs, pay while qualifying and pay afterwards against the salary you would earn otherwise, in take-home pay, with a chart and a ±20% check.
Trainee and NQ solicitor take-home pay calculator, with student loans
Work out a trainee or newly qualified solicitor's take-home pay for 2026/27: income tax, National Insurance, student loan Plans 1, 2, 4 and 5, the Postgraduate Loan and a workplace pension, a year and a month.
LPC or SQE route? Transitional rules checker
Check whether the SRA’s transitional arrangements let you qualify through the LPC route or whether the SQE route applies: enter when you accepted and started a law degree, CPE/GDL, LPC or training contract.
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