President’s Investment Challenge

Prizes:

The top-performing teams will be awarded scholarships as follows:

  • First Prize: $4,000 
  • Second Prize: $3,000 
  • Third Prize: $2,000 

See the official rules below.

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Investment Rules & Guidelines:

  • Students must form a team between 2 to 5 members. The team captain should register for the team and provide information of the team members during the registration process.
  • All full-time, enrolled, degree-seeking students are eligible to participate. One student can only join one team.
  • Each team will start with a virtual $500,000. To be considered as top-performing teams, teams should have a positive portfolio return or a portfolio value greater than $500,000 after the investment period.
  • Eligible financial instruments to be traded include U.S. stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, futures, options, and cryptocurrencies.
  • Teams should invest no more than 25% in any single security and no more than 50% in any single diversified mutual fund or ETF.
  • Margin trading and short sales are allowed.
  • Teams should conduct a minimum of 10 trades throughout the investment period and must place trades in February, March, and April.
  • The minimum price for a stock to be bought is $5; the minimum price for a stock to be shorted is $10.
  • Day trading is not allowed.
  • Teams should use the Trade Journal feature to document the reasons for each trade.