Trading Challenge

College of Business hosts trading challenges including annual Stock Trading Challenge for PV students and High School Stock Challenge for high school teams in Greater Houston Area.

High School Trading Challenge

Stock Trading Challenge 2024 Rules

  • Eligibility: Open to all Prairie View A&M University students who have registered to take courses during the Fall 2024 semester.
  • Registration: Free from October 8, 2024 to October 21, 2024.
  • Trading Periods: Start from October 21, 2024 and ends on December 13, 2024 at market closing 3pm Central Time (8 weeks).
  • Accounts: Only one competition account per student (based on student ID and e-mail address). Students must set up accounts in their own names (no pseudonyms). Any student who trades more than one account during the Challenge will not be eligible for a prize.
  • Eligible Investments: U.S. Exchanges traded Stocks and ETFs with minimum price of $3, mutual funds and bonds.
  • Initial Amount available for Trading: $500,000.
  • Buying on Margin: No.
  • Short Sales: No.
  • Day Trading: No. (Cannot buy and sell the same security on the same day.)
  • Maximum Position Limit for each Trade: 20% ($100,000) – You can invest a maximum of 20% of your portfolio value in any one security.
  • Minimum Number of Trades during Competition: 10.
  • Maximum Number of Trades during Competition: 300.
  • Last day to start trading: November 11 – to qualify for the prize, you should start trading no later than November 11, 2024.
  • Trading Commission: $10 per trade.
  • Interest: You will earn interest (1% annually) on positive cash balances in your account.
  • Prizes: Only Prairie View A&M University students who have registered classes in Fall 2024 and follow all the rules, including trading only one account, starting trading no later than Nov 11 and completing at least 10 trades during the whole trading period, will be eligible for prizes. Eligible students with the top five portfolio values at market close on December 13, 2024, will win the following prizes:
  1. First Place – $500 Amazon Gift Card
  2. Second Place – $400 Amazon Gift Card
  3. Third Place – $300 Amazon Gift Card
  4. Fourth Place – $200 Amazon Gift Card
  5. Fifth Place – $100 Amazon Gift Card
  • Requirements: Winners must submit printouts of their portfolio rankings (in My Portfolio tab) as of December 13, 2024, along with their student ID, major, classification, phone number, and e-mail address, to Dr. Yi Zhang ( yizhang@pvamu.edu) by December 18, 2024.

Information Session on Zoom (https://pvpanther.zoom.us/j/99225450520?pwd=drkfzxsj5QYTEqCX9zUmFuXBIasFEh.1): 5-6pm on October 16, 2024 (Wednesday)