I’m a retaker. Failed Band 7 in June after 4 months of study because I passed L1 in January. I started studying Mid August and as of today, I have studied for about 39 days with 128 effective hours. I’ve covered 6 topic areas by reading Kaplan notes and CFAI EOCs. I have FRA, Equity, Alts and Ethics to go. I hope to be done with the first reading by mid October. I’m not taking anything for granted so I don’t end up Band 10 next June.