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The SIE, taught one concept at a time.
The Securities Industry Essentials exam is your entry ticket to the industry, and it is very passable with the right prep. This course covers the entire official FINRA outline in 65 short videos, with the traps called out before you meet them.
Seven free days open the first module in full. The 20-question diagnostic is free to anyone, no account needed.
THE SIE EXAM, AT A GLANCE
Facts per the current FINRA SIE content outline, verified quarterly.
What's included
The whole exam, in four tools.
INCLUDED · VIDEO LECTURES
65 video lectures, 4 to 7 minutes each.
One concept per video, plain English first, with key takeaways written under every one. This is Lesson 12, on the two flavors of stock. No hour-long lectures to rewind.
INCLUDED · SUMMARY NOTES
Complete Summary Notes PDF.
The whole course as a PDF, organized lesson by lesson, yours from day one. This is a real page from the equity securities module. It is the night-before read that replaces rewatching.
› Common stock: ownership, voting, and the liquidation line
The plain-English version
A share of common stock is a slice of ownership in a company. Owners get the upside, and stand last in line, which is why common stock is called the most junior security.
Updated for the current FINRA SIE outlinePage 12 of 101
INCLUDED · QUESTION BANK
247 exam-style practice questions.
Tagged to the lesson you just watched, with every answer option explained, including why the wrong ones are tempting, and the governing rule cited.
SIE · SECTION 2 · QUESTION 7 OF 12
An investor holding cumulative preferred stock is entitled to which of the following?
Why: cumulative means missed dividends accrue and must be paid before common holders see a cent. Nothing is guaranteed.
CITED: FINRA SIE OUTLINE · SECTION 2
INCLUDED · MOCK EXAMS
3 full-length timed mock exams.
75 questions in 105 minutes, weighted exactly like the real exam. Sit them under exam conditions and the real sitting stops being scary.
75 QUESTIONS105 MINUTESREAL SECTION WEIGHTS
Question 41 of 75. Difficulty mix mirrors the live exam.
Curriculum
Every topic on the outline. In teaching order.
The course mirrors the official FINRA outline, weighted the way the exam weighs it. Open a module to see its lessons.
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Capital Markets & Regulators
Equity Securities
Debt Securities
Options
Funds & Packaged Products
Alternative Products & Risk
Trading, Accounts & Prohibited Activities
Working in the Industry
Exam Week
Lesson counts shown per topic. Every lesson pairs its video with written key takeaways and tagged practice questions, and the whole course is compiled into the 101-page Complete Summary Notes PDF you get at the start.
About the exam
What is the SIE exam?
The Securities Industry Essentials exam, usually shortened to the SIE, is FINRA's introductory securities exam. It tests the basics every industry professional is expected to know: the products (stocks, bonds, options, funds), their risks, how the markets and their regulators work, and the practices that are prohibited.
It is deliberately open. Anyone 18 or older can register and sit the SIE, with no firm sponsorship and no industry experience. That makes it the standard way for students and career changers to signal serious interest to employers before they are hired. A passing result stays valid for four years.
The SIE alone does not license you to sell securities. It pairs with a "top-off" exam, most commonly the Series 7, which you take after a member firm hires and sponsors you. Passing the SIE first shortens that later climb considerably.
How the SIE exam is structured
The exam has 75 scored multiple-choice questions with a 1 hour 45 minute limit, and a passing score of 70. Questions are spread across four sections, weighted as shown here, and our course mirrors those weights lesson for lesson, so your study time lands where the marks are.
How hard is the SIE exam?
The material is genuinely introductory, but the exam is famous for answer choices designed to catch people who almost know the rule. That wording, not the concepts, is what fails most candidates, and it is exactly what our "Here's the trap" callouts drill. With consistent study, most of our students are ready in 4 to 8 weeks. The free 20-question diagnostic will tell you where you are starting from.
SIE EXAM SECTION WEIGHTS
Per the official FINRA SIE content outline. Course section lengths mirror these weights.
Pricing
Take this course, or take everything.
ALL ACCESS · MOST POPULAR
The SIE plus Series 7 and Series 66.
- Everything in this course, and both other courses.
- The natural choice if the SIE is step one of your career, not the destination.
- Cancel the day you pass.
Starts with 7 free days. Cancel or pause anytime: your progress is saved.
THIS COURSE ONLY
The SIE course, 12 months of access.
- All 65 videos, the Complete Summary Notes PDF, 247 questions, 3 mocks that never reuse a quiz question.
- 12 months of access, extended free by the Pass Guarantee if you fail.
- Upgrade to all access later if your plans grow.
Covered by the Pass Guarantee. No trial: the whole course opens the moment you pay.
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Find out where you stand first.
The free diagnostic scores you the moment you finish and walks through every answer, so you know exactly what to study. No card, no account. Then start the course when the material clicks.
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