The key point is that:

CFA is a professional certificate not a certificate of your academic ability.

When you are looking for jobs, it is useful.

Preparing CFA itself has some help to the learning of financial engineering, but very limited.

I don't recommend you to take CFA exam for learning FE.

best，

作为一个过来人，真没啥用

你不觉的这么一段话逻辑有问题么？

哈哈，我也想考

I am also on my way to pursue both CFA and career in quant trading.  How helpful? Tough question! The only thing I know is keeping on pushing and everything will work out at the end, if you try really really hard.

CFA也有定量分析的内容。

建议从实际出发吧，书本上写的东西很有限。以前总想通过读完一本书或者考下一个证来提高自己，其实做一篇实证的report 比那些学的更多。
彼此，加油。

嗯，以后也想考一个