Question about Level II strategy understand, difficult, beginning, planning, studying

skycfa

Hey guys,
I plan to get started on studying in the beginning of October and have a couple questions about my plan. I plan on reading FRA, Equity, Ethics, Fixed Income out of the CFAI books for sure. Are there any other topics you guys suggest definitely reading out of the CFAI as well. I’ve heard there are some topics that are difficult to understand out of the CFAI, such as Derivitives, Quant, and Alternative Investments. So I was planning on just relying on Schweser Videos for those, as I’ve heard very good things about them. Is this wise? I know I do have a lot of time, but I also want to make the most of my studying, and do it as efficiently as possible.
Thanks.