Your path to becoming an investment adviser representative starts here.
FRC’s Series 65 Exam Preparation takes you through every area of the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Exam in 20 structured chapters, so you build real exam competency and walk into the exam room ready.
Study at your own pace, with flexible, interest-free payment plans available.
The Series 65 is the exam most states require before you can act as an investment adviser representative and give investment advice for a fee. It tests far more than product knowledge: you are expected to understand economics, investment vehicles, portfolio strategy, taxation, retirement planning and the state and federal laws that govern advisers.
This course is built around the official NASAA content outline, chapter by chapter. Every chapter explains the material in depth, works through realistic examples and ends with practice questions, so you understand why an answer is right rather than memorising patterns. Whether you are moving into an advisory role, adding the Series 65 to an existing career in financial services, or preparing for the exam for the first time, the course takes you from first principles to exam-ready.
The 20 chapters are grouped into four units that match the four areas of the exam and their weighting. Each chapter comes with its own introduction and study guide explaining what the chapter covers, how to study it and what the assessment checks. Every chapter closes with a 15-question end-of-chapter assessment, 300 questions in total, and you must pass each one before the next chapter unlocks, so you never move on with gaps in your knowledge.
Start with Chapter 1 and work through the chapters in order. Read each chapter’s study guide first, complete the self-checks as you go, answer the practice questions, then take the assessment. Steady, regular study sessions work better than cramming, and the assessments show you exactly where to focus.
Videos are not held inside the course portal. All FRC video lessons live in the FRC Dictionary, alongside on-page quizzes, flash cards and explanations of FINRA rules, SEC regulations and wider industry topics. This gives you the full picture of the industry and its regulation, rather than limiting your learning to videos tied only to the course material.
With a Professional Membership, your verified Digital Profile shows the courses you are studying, the chapters you have completed and your real-time assessed progress, so advisory firms can see genuine evidence of your development instead of an unverified claim on a resume.
You can share your profile with your FRC QR code, add a Video Resume introducing who you are and what you bring to clients, and include your profile with job applications, giving hiring teams the confidence to shortlist you with less risk.
Your Series 65 study becomes more than exam preparation: it becomes proof of commitment that employers can track and verify.
FRC Memberships are an optional addition, purchased separately, and are not included in the price of any course.