Registrant Prep, practice CIRE for free, no card.CIRE Cheat Sheet
Updated September 2026 · registrantprep.ca
CIRE Numbers Wall
Key numbers for the CIRE under the 2026 CIRO Proficiency Model, on one page. Investor-protection limits, monetary-policy thresholds, fixed-income mechanics, margin tiers, options conventions, and client-tier thresholds. Some items go beyond the CIRE syllabus. Print it, drill the figures, and walk into your exam knowing every number cold.
Investor Protection & Regulation
1- CIPF coverage, all general accounts combined (individual)$1 million
- CDIC coverage per depositor per insured category per member institution$100,000
- OBSI recommended compensation cap (non-binding)$350,000
- New Approved Person Conduct Training30 days after approval
- Existing AP Conduct Training deadlineDecember 31, 2026
- Dealer training for new RR and IR90 days after approval
- KYC review (12 months for managed or discretionary)At least every 36 months
- DNCL restriction triggers once a number has been registered for…more than 31 days
Economics & Monetary Policy
2- Bank of Canada inflation target band1% – 3%
- 25 basis points equals0.25%
- 100 basis points equals1.00%
- Monetary policy fully affects inflation in6 to 8 quarters
Fixed Income & Trading
3- Standard bond par value (CIRE math)$1,000
- Bond quote 98.00 on a $1,000 par$980
- Government of Canada T-bill auctions settleT+1 (since June 3, 2024)
- Equity and long-term debt trades settleT+1 (one business day)
- Semi-annual bond math rule÷ annual rate by 2; × periods by 2
- Duration shortcutModified duration × Δyield = approx. % price move (opposite direction)
Equity, Dividends & Indexes
4- Usual stock trading unit (board lot)100 shares
- Common and preferred share settlementT+1
- Ex-dividend rule (post-2024)Ex-dividend date = record date
- Last cum-dividend dayBusiness day before record date
- 2-for-1 split outcomeShares double, price halves, total value unchanged
- 1-for-10 consolidation outcomeShares ÷ 10, price × 10, total value unchanged
- S&P / TSX 6060 companies
- DJIA30 companies
- S&P 500500 companies
Margin, Orders & Settlement
5- Long margin: $2.00 and over (not on reduced-margin list)50%
- Long margin: $1.75 – $1.9960%
- Long margin: $1.50 – $1.7480%
- Long margin: under $1.50100% (no loan value)
- Short-sale margin: $0.25 – $1.49100% of market value
- Short-sale margin: under $0.25$0.25 per share
- Reduced-margin list, $2.00 and over (client accounts)30%
- Day orderExpires at end of trading day
Options, Futures & Derivatives
6- One stock option contract= 100 shares
- Total premium formulapremium × 100 × contracts
- Call breakevenstrike + premium
- Put breakevenstrike − premium
- Call intrinsic valuemax(market − strike, 0)
- Put intrinsic valuemax(strike − market, 0)
- Example futures margins (illustrative)Initial $2,000 / Maintenance $1,500
Rights & Warrants
7- Rights regular delivery settlementOne business day after transaction
- Ex-rights formula (1 right)(S − X) ÷ n
- Cum-rights formula (1 right)(S − X) ÷ (n + 1)
- Example rights issue (illustrative)5 rights for 1 share, subscription $23
Corporations & Financial Statements
8- Private issuer (NI 45-106), max owners excl. employees≤ 50
- Accounting equationAssets = Liabilities + Equity
- Example useful life (illustrative)8 years
- Straight-line depreciation rate (example)12.5%
- Double declining-balance rate (example)25%
- Right of withdrawal window (NI 41-101 s.2A.4, access model)2 business days
- Early-warning threshold (NI 62-104)10% or more of a class
- Take-over bid threshold (NI 62-104)20% or more of a class
- Insider threshold (voting rights held)>10% of voting rights
Financing, Listing & Filings
9- Greenshoe / over-allotment option max15% of the base offering
- Non-venture issuer (e.g. TSX) annual audited statements filed within90 days of year-end
- Venture issuer (e.g. TSXV) annual audited statements filed within120 days of year-end
- Non-venture issuer (e.g. TSX) interim financial reports filed within45 days of quarter-end
- Venture issuer (e.g. TSXV) interim financial reports filed within60 days of quarter-end
- TSXV offering document exemption (NI 45-106), gross-proceeds cap$2 million
- TSXV offering document, max % to one purchaser20%
- CPC IPO raise range (TSXV Policy 2.4)$200,000 – $9,500,000
- TSXV offering document must be delivered bymidnight of the 2nd business day after the purchase and sale agreement
Client Tiers, Exempt Market & AML
10- Accredited investor, financial assets (NI 45-106)> $1,000,000
- Accredited investor, net assets≥ $5,000,000
- Accredited investor, income (alone / with spouse)$200,000 / $300,000, each of last 2 yrs
- Institutional Client (CIRO IDPC Rule 1201)> $10,000,000 securities under admin.
- Permitted Client, individual (NI 31-103)> $5,000,000 financial assets
- Permitted Client, non-individual≥ $25,000,000 net assets
- PCMLTFA Large Cash Transaction Report$10,000+ → file within 15 calendar days
- Complaint substantive-response deadline90 calendar days
- CIPF mutual fund dealer client coverageIncluded since Jan 1, 2023 merger (limits apply in Québec)
- DSC mutual funds (new sales)Banned since June 1, 2022
- Alt. mutual fund leverage (NI 81-102)≤ 50% NAV borrow+short · ≤ 300% aggregate
- LSVCC federal tax credit (provincially registered funds)15% of net cost, max $750/yr
Top 10 Numbers to Memorize
- #1CIPF coverage$1M
- #2CDIC coverage$100K
- #3BoC inflation target1–3%
- #4Bond par (CIRE math)$1,000
- #5OBSI compensation cap$350K
- #6Stocks and long-term bonds settleT+1
- #7Stock option contract= 100 shares
- #8Early warning disclosure10%
- #9Take-over bid threshold20% or more
- #10Greenshoe option15%