Advice: CFA for Trading ??

Hi

I'm in a middle office job at an IB and I want to pursue a carreer in trading in a prop trading firm or on a Hedge fund.

That said, would a CFA be of value? Or at least enough value to spend like 2 hours for 5 months studying for it?

I can already code in python and im also thinking about a masters in finance.

Thanks.

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