Self teaching AS or A-Level FM

It definitely is achievable! Although, I would recommend you to do the A2 normal maths first, as a large chunk of FM overlaps with A2 normal maths content. You probably can do all of FM if you're motivated enough, there really aren't that many topics.

As for whether taking all this time studying FM topics ahead will help you, I am unsure. Something tells me you might be much better off just studying some early university financial mathematics (from a course or textbook) and learning only the topics that you need that you come across.

Best of luck in your studies!

Thanks for the response, I am definitely motivated enough, but I've heard FM pure at A2 is extremely hard, so self-teaching it would be near-impossible, alongside Y2 A-Levels too (- I hope this is not the case). Anyway, do you have any idea on how I would get AS FM on my predicted? Should I ask my 6th form to give me a mock and then put that as my predicted for A/AS level FM?

Anyway, do you have any idea on how I would get AS FM on my predicted? Should I ask my 6th form to give me a mock and then put that as my predicted for A/AS level FM?

I am planning on teaching myself AS or A-Level FM so I can have a better chance at getting into top econ unis (LSE/Cambridge etc). Is this achievable, and if so, I would love advice on how to go about doing it. I have self-taught the whole AS normal maths now, far ahead of my class, so I am ready to start (after mocks which are in a month). Do I go over A2 topics first, or is it feasible to go straight into FM content. Also, is self-teaching the whole FM course doable, or should I stick to the AS.

I self taught AS FM and got an offer from LSE for econ. It is quite time consuming but not too difficult especially since there's very little problem solving. The whole A level is extremely difficult and self teaching would be very hard. I got a predicted grade from my teachers, they just gave me an A since I had an A star in standard maths. The cambridge go online textbook is very good for OCR AS, which is what I did. There's little overlap from standard A level maths, I'd recommend doing it in free periods at school or whenever you have free time.