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School Stock Competition 2010

The third sgcbusiness.com Stock Competition is now open for registration.

The competition starts on Wednesday March 17th  and ends on Monday May 17th.

What are the rules?

  • You have $1,000,000 to invest.
  • You can only trade in stocks on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • You can sell short.
  • You can set a stop loss on your trades.
  • You may only enter the competition once.
  • You must use your first name and surname when registering.
  • You can enter anytime up to Monday May 17th.

How do you enter?

  1. Go to vse.marketwatch.com and register.
  2. Then send an email to vse [at] geralds [dot] ie to get the password to join the game.

What are the prizes?Cash prizes for the top 3 traders.

1st Place: €25
2nd Place: €15
3rd Place: €10

It’s that easy. Let’s see can anyone beat the winner of last year’s competition who made a profit of $86,774.

Post any questions you have  in the Comments section of this post or email vse [at] geralds [dot] ie

Updates on Twitter

Find out who is leading the sgcbusiness.com Stock Competition on our Twitter page. Only $6,000 between first and second place at the moment.

10 days left to go in the competition. You can still join and win!

School Stock Competition

The second sgcbusiness.com Stock Competition is now open for registration.

The competition starts on Friday May 1st and ends on Friday May 22nd.

What are the rules?

  • You have $1m to invest.
  • You can only trade in stocks on the New York stock market.
  • You can sell short.
  • You can set a stop loss on your trades.
  • You may only enter the competition once.
  • You can enter anytime up to Friday May 22nd.
  • There is a prize for the best trader.

How do you enter?

  1. Go to vse.marketwatch.com and register.
  2. Then send an email to vse [at] geralds [dot] ie to get the password to join the game.

It’s that easy. Let’s see can anyone beat the winner of last year’s competition who made a profit of $344,467.

Post any questions you have  in the Comments section of this post.

New Stock Market Competition

Well done to Fifth Year students, Darragh Cuddy and Shane Reilly, who have just set up a private game on a virtual stock exchange website. They are making this game open to all students in St. Gerald’s.

All you have to do is set up an account which only requires an e-mail address and join the game. It’s a pretty easy site to use. The game runs from tonight until New Year’s Eve and each player get $1,000,000 to start off with and can join anytime from now until then.

To take part in the competition:

http://vse.marketwatch.com

Game ID:Castlebar  (this is case-sensitive)
Game Password: The password has been changed. Email vse [at] geralds [dot] ie to get the new password.

You should take part in the competition. It’s a great way to test your stock trading skills.

Go to the the VSE website and register and then join the game.

I have joined the game myself. I am trading under the name buffet101.


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