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The SIE is a co-requisite, not a prerequisite, and the only FINRA exam with no sponsor. The Series 65 and 66 are NASAA exams with no SIE requirement of their own. Fees, sponsors, the clock, a chooser.

SIE, Series 7 or Series 65: Which Exam Can You Take First?

How to use SIE practice tests, the pace the real exam asks for, what to drill in each of the four outline sections, and three practice questions with the reasoning behind each answer.

SIE Practice Test: What to Drill in Each Section, With 3 Sample Questions

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The SIE's 70 is a scaled score, not 70% correct. FINRA's only recent pass figure covers three exams at once; the 2019 numbers are reported and disagree. Then a study plan split by the outline weights.

SIE Passing Score 70, What the Pass Rate Is, and a Weighted Study Plan

Today you wait 30 days after a first or second SIE fail, and 180 after a third in a row within two years. From 19 January 2027: 15 and 60 days. The transition and a retake calculator.

Failed the SIE? Retake Waits Now and From 19 January 2027

FINRA's current SIE outline: 44% products and risks, 31% trading and accounts, 16% capital markets, 9% regulation. Every outline heading, the main rules it names, and the pretest change from 10 to 5.

SIE Content Outline 2026: Four Sections, 75 Scored Items, 5 Pretest

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The SIE is the one FINRA exam you can sit without a US firm, a US passport or an SSN. How enrolment works from India, what it costs in rupees, and what FINRA does not say about centres here.

FINRA SIE From India: No SSN Needed, Fees in Rupees, Test Centres

Current SIE fee, question count, section weightings, pass mark and four-year validity, with the no-sponsorship rule and every figure traced to FINRA

Alerts and Updates for FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam

The Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam from FINRA, the entry-level exam on securities industry basics for people starting a career in the US securities industry.

FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam

2 full timed SIE mocks, every answer explained

Two timed 75-question SIE mocks on the official section split, 1 hour 45 minutes each, every answer explained with the rule behind it and your score by section. Independent, not FINRA's exam. 3 questions free.

Two independent 75-question SIE mocks on FINRA's 12 / 33 / 23 / 7 section split, each timed at 1 hour 45 minutes, with an explanation for every answer and your score by outline section. Original questions, not FINRA items.

FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam — Syllabus & notes

Exam overview