do you have to take the ISM exam before the specialist exam?

Hello -

To obtain the SA-Clariion Specialist credential you must also have a valid Associate requirement. For this track that would be a valid E20-001 (ISM) or the E20-040 (ETF) credential.

Hope that helps, ddProven

Moving this to the Proven Advisor community - other people may have the same question.

I hope this doesn't add confusion.  You can take the exams in any sequence you like.  So you could take the Specialist exam first, however you would not achieve your Specialist credential until you also completed the Associate level exams as ddproven described.