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Ready-made decks rarely match your readings or your instructor's emphasis. Upload your PDFs, slides, notes or photos of pages and get flashcards with spaced repetition. No credit card needed to start.

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Why build your own CFA deck from your notes

Ready-made CFA Anki deck files are written for a generic candidate, so they rarely match the readings, weak spots or lecture slides your course actually uses. DeckOwl turns the material you already have into flashcards you can review with spaced repetition, so the deck follows your syllabus instead of someone else's.

Cards cover the formulas, definitions and standards you need to recall under exam pressure.
Ethics and quantitative methods can be drilled alongside fixed income and equity material.
Spaced repetition schedules reviews so older topics are not forgotten while you study new ones.
Plus users can export the deck to Anki and keep studying on desktop or mobile.

Example CFA Level I flashcards

What does CFA Standard I(C) require about misrepresentation?Members and candidates must not knowingly make misrepresentations about investment products, services or their own qualifications.

What is the formula for the Sharpe ratio?(Portfolio return minus risk-free rate) divided by the standard deviation of portfolio returns.

What does modified duration measure for a bond?The approximate percentage change in a bond's price for a 1 percentage point change in yield.

How does a put option differ from a call option?A call gives the right to buy the underlying asset at the strike price; a put gives the right to sell it at that price.

What is the CAPM expected return formula?Risk-free rate plus beta times (expected market return minus risk-free rate).

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Built from your material

Flashcards come from the readings, lecture slides and notes you already have, so the deck follows your own course.

Spaced repetition included

Cards resurface at the right intervals, so formulas and ethics standards stick before exam day.

Export to Anki on Plus

Plus exports your deck to Anki, PDF, DOCX and CSV. The free plan studies in the browser.

How it works

Upload your CFA material

Add a PDF, DOCX, PPTX, plain text file or photos of pages. Images are read with text recognition.

Review the generated cards

Check the flashcards against your curriculum, keep the ones that matter and edit the rest.

Study or export

Review in the browser on the free plan, or export to Anki on Plus.

Your own notes also show what your instructor stresses. Upload the PDF of a reading, a set of slides or photos of handwritten notes, and the cards will reflect that. Add new material as the course moves on so the deck stays current.

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Frequently asked questions

Is there a free CFA Anki deck I can download?

Public decks vary widely in accuracy and coverage, so check any download against the official CFA curriculum before relying on it. DeckOwl can generate a deck from your own materials, and the free plan includes 3 generations per month.

How many flashcards should I make per CFA topic?

Focus on the formulas, definitions and rules you cannot recall quickly, and skip facts you already know well. A focused set of cards for each topic is usually more useful than a long list that covers everything.

Can I export the flashcards to Anki?

Yes, export to Anki is part of the Plus plan, which costs $99.90/year or $9.99/month. The free plan lets you study in the browser without exports.

Does DeckOwl work with photos of my notes?

Yes, images are read with text recognition, so a photo of a handwritten or printed page can become flashcards.

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