{"id":174,"date":"2024-12-18T14:06:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T14:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edu.stocktrak.com\/concordia\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2025-08-29T12:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:50:40","slug":"concordia-colleges-high-school-stock-trading","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edu.stocktrak.com\/concordia\/concordia-colleges-high-school-stock-trading\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Concordia College\u2019s High School Stock Trading Competition-Fall 2025&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.stocktrak.com\/concordia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/12\/image-stocks.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edu.stocktrak.com\/concordia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/12\/image-stocks.png 1024w, https:\/\/edu.stocktrak.com\/concordia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/12\/image-stocks-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/edu.stocktrak.com\/concordia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/12\/image-stocks-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prizes:<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of increased support from Concordia\u2019s Offutt School of Business and our sponsors, we are pleased to announce that&nbsp;students will now be competing for $500 in cash prizes. The challenge\u2019s top 3 student winners will be awarded as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1st&nbsp;Prize = $250&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd&nbsp;Prize = $150&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3rd&nbsp;Prize = $100&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Winners will be determined based on their overall positive portfolio performance and following the rules below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stocktrak.com\/members\/register\/highschool?session=HSStockTrakCompetitionFall 2025\">Click Here To Register&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Official Rules:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The challenge is free and open to current 9\u201312th grade students enrolled in high schools in the FM area in the fall of 2025.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students may only register once for the Fall 2025 competition.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registration opens<strong>\u00a0Monday, September 22, 2025<\/strong>, and closes at 11:59 PM ET on\u00a0<strong>Friday, October 31, 2025.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Competition begins&nbsp;<strong>Monday, October 6th, 2025<\/strong>, and will run through 11:59 PM ET on&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;December 8th&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2025.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students will start with a virtual $1,000,000 in virtual cash.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students can trade Individual Stocks (domestic &amp; International), ETF, &amp; Funds.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There will be a position limit enforced so students cannot invest more than 10% of their money in any one security.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day trading, short selling and buying on margin are NOT allowed&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To be declared a winner, participants MUST:&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Placed a minimum of 20 trades during the event.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must have placed trades in October,November and December. If you have not placed a trade in the aforementioned months, you cannot win.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide a valid phone number and respond if you have been declared a winner of your acceptance within 72 hours of notification of an award.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students must agree to supplying a photo and be available for a recorded interview to be made public as the organizing committee deems appropriate.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not completing part of the requirements will disqualify you and the organizing committee shall go in descending order to award winners.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>StockTrak Inc. shall be the final authority with respect to winners, awards, and distribution of prizing.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>StockTrak\u2019s audit team will declare the winner 7 business days after the competition ends.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-becafb4f8211aa0a8b4a7a945853a3ef\"><strong>Optional Personal Finance &amp; Financial Literacy Assignments&nbsp; Personal finance lessons will include:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What is a Stock?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is an ETF?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is a Bond?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is a Mutual Fund?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is an Income Statement?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is a Balance Sheet?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basic Investing Strategies&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Types of Insurance (Car, Health, Renters, Homeowner, Life)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creating a Personal Budget&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buying a Car&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction to Mortgages&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do I Save to be a Millionaire (lesson on compounding)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understanding Credit and Credit Cards&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is a Credit Score?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Credit Reports&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retirement Planning&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the Investment Return Calculator&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the Home Budgeting Calculator&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spending and Savings Plans&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Budgeting and Spending Strategies&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is Wealth?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preparing for spending shocks&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good debt and bad debt&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing debt&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional Sponsorship Provided by:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"49\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.stocktrak.com\/concordia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year, Stock-Trak serves more than 1,000 professors and their 75,000 business school students through its flagship website:&nbsp;<strong>www.StockTrak.com.<\/strong> Additionally, more than 82 percent of the top U.S. business schools have turned to Stock-Trak to complement their finance curricula with its practical learning software in the classroom and in finance labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concordia College\u2019s High School Stock Trading Competition-Fall 2025&nbsp; Prizes:&nbsp; As a result of increased support from Concordia\u2019s Offutt School of Business and our sponsors, we are pleased to announce that&nbsp;students will now be competing for $500 in cash prizes. 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