Series 26 Resources: Official FINRA Exam Links

Use these official resources as your source of truth.

Quick links:

• Exam Guide
• Study Plan
• Cheat Sheet
• FAQ

Official source set

Official fact checklist

Enrollment, scheduling & exam day

• Enroll for an exam (FINRA)
• Schedule an exam (FINRA)
• Cancellation and reschedule policy (FINRA)
• Exam day information (FINRA)
• Testing accommodations (FINRA)
• Limited English Proficiency (FINRA)

What to confirm before you book

• Confirm that Series 26 is the right principal lane for your role instead of Series 24 or a representative exam.
• Confirm your corequisite path before you assume the exam will complete your registration.
• Confirm the live outline and current exam structure from FINRA, not from older prep summaries.
• Confirm any exam-credit or validity issue only if that problem actually applies to you.

Route-choice check

Use this before you start building a calendar:

• choose Series 26 if the role is supervision of investment company and variable contracts business
• choose Series 24 if the scope is broader general-securities principal supervision rather than a packaged-products lane
• do not choose Series 26 if you are still at the representative level and really need Series 6 or Series 7 first
• if your uncertainty is about lane fit rather than exam timing, resolve the role question first because the three-function weighting only matters once the supervision path is correct

Strongest use of the official source set

Use the official pages in this order:

1. Start with the FINRA Series 26 page to confirm the current role summary and permitted-activity lane.
2. Read the outline PDF and write down the three functions with their relative weight.
3. Check the corequisites page before you build any registration assumption around the exam.
4. Use Rule 1220(a)(11) only after you understand the tested role.
5. Use scheduling, accommodation, or validity pages only when those issues actually apply.

Common weak resource habits

• Treating Series 26 like a generic principal credential without checking lane fit.
• Forgetting that the exam sits on top of SIE plus Series 6 or Series 7.
• Studying old outline summaries instead of the current FINRA outline PDF.
• Spending too much time on small registration details and too little on supervisory judgment.