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title: "About Jason Meinzer: Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Study Guide"
url: https://siecheatsheet.com/about
description: "siecheatsheet.com is made by Jason Meinzer, who passed the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam after 150+ hours and 900 practice questions. Operated by Transcending Vending LLC."
updated: 2026-10-19
site: "siecheatsheet.com: a one-page Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam study guide by Jason Meinzer, who passed after 150+ hours and 12+ practice exams. $4.99 PDF, 7-day refund. Free SIE exam facts, formulas, pass rates and prep comparisons."
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# Hi, I'm Jason Meinzer

I studied 150+ hours, did 900 practice questions, and was only able to pass the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam after creating my one-page study guide. This site exists because of that.

[Get the study guide — $4.99](https://siecheatsheet.com/go/buy?src=about-agent)

## Why this site exists

When I studied for the SIE, I kept flipping through textbooks to find things I'd half forgotten. So I boiled everything I needed down to one page. That page is what got me through the exam.

I've spent about 20 years in startup operations and finance. I'm not a prep company and I don't run a course.

## How I make money

One way: my $4.99 study guide, sold through Gumroad. There are no affiliate links on this site. That's why the comparisons can be honest.

## Who runs this

siecheatsheet.com is operated by **Transcending Vending LLC**, my company.

## Privacy

This site counts page visits and button clicks. It also uses a Google Ads tag, which sets cookies, to see if ad visitors click buy. I don't sell anything about you. Payments happen on Gumroad, not here.

## Found a mistake?

Tell us so we can fix it and date the fix. Email: [contact@siecheatsheet.com](mailto:contact@siecheatsheet.com)

## Not AI slop

No AI wrote this study guide. I did. I built it by hand, one concept at a time, across 150 hours of study and 900 practice questions. It was my source of truth for whether I was ready to pass, so I made sure it covered 100% of the practice exams I took.

It was my own go-to reference. I passed the SIE once I could explain every item on it.

## The 3 steps

Do them in this order. Step 2 is the gate.

1.  1

    ### Study 100+ hours with a prep course.

    No shortcut. Any of [these](https://siecheatsheet.com/best-sie-prep) works if you finish it. I used Achievable.

2.  2

    ### The gate: get the sheet.

    Can't explain every item on it? Don't schedule the exam.

    ↩ Back to step 1
3.  3

    ### Only then book the exam.

    Fail once or twice, you lose the $100 booking fee each time and wait a month to retake it. Fail 3 times, you wait 180 days.

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Source: https://siecheatsheet.com/about (siecheatsheet.com, by Jason Meinzer). Exam facts are checked against FINRA and dated on the page. The study guide is $4.99 with a 7-day refund.