u/General-Attention-18

As seen in the title, I passed the 66 today!!!

I used Kaplan, which was super helpful.
For context, I average low 80s on the simulated exams, and got a 75 on the practice exam.
However, a big factor was taking Ken finnens 2 brutal exams, I literally saw like 5-6 questions on the exam word for word that was on the brutal exam.
For some reason I saw a couple QDRO questions and even a question about bond portfolio duration. Maybe like 5 math questions total and like a dozen unethical questions.
I’m really glad I got this done, passed the SIE, Life and Health, 7, and 66 all first try!!

As said in the title, I’m wondering if I’m in a good spot currently.

Chat GPT and Gemini can tell me a little but I wonder what the rest of the finance community thinks.

I just turned 23 last December and currently I have roughly a $17,000 portfolio.

For context, last April right when the tariff situation happened I had about a $1,500 portfolio, and I started investing in general in mid August 2024.

If y’all have any tips or recommendations please tell me also