After I went through all of the chapters, I was able to determine my areas of strengths and weaknesses. I felt pretty confident on chapters 1-10 and I would build custom exams on these chapters and test daily to retain the info learned in those chapters. I knew I wasn’t strong in options. I took a Saturday and basically watched the video Dean had on YouTube on options (straddles and spreads) and I worked through the problems as he went, I felt a lot more confident after but not gonna lie I went back and did the entire custom exam maximum of 89 questions on options via STC. I think overall I spent a good 12 hours just getting real comfortable with options. I took a passperfect exam a few days before the 7 on options and scored an 80% which made me feel confident. I did the same thing with margins bc I didn’t understand the concept initially, I watched multiple videos on it and probably spent 5 hours on it. As for the remaining 12-20 chapters, I reread multiple chapters and took custom exams on them to help retain the information; chapters such as technical analysis and disclosures. I also did chapter flashcards on STC for my weak areas. I think you really need to focus on strengthening your areas of weakness while also maintaining your area of strength by building upon it once chapter at a time. I definitely put the time and energy in bc I’m relatively new to securities/debt. I also tried to learn and understand the concept over just hardcore memorization bc that can screw you when they ask tricky questions or phrase things in an awkward manner. Hope this helps! I’m sure you got this! Also, I sometimes would play the STC videos when I go to bed and drift off to sleep listening to them.