

There were many challenges throughout the competition, especially timing the volatile stocks to make a profit. The thrill of a strategy working and the flying up the ranks was the best feeling. Since I am an extremely competitive person, I enjoyed competing against other students and carefully grew the portfolio through trying various investment strategies. “Overall, the Stock Trading Competition was an absolutely amazing experience. Overall, the Stock Trading Competition has helped me to improve my knowledge in finance and was a really fun and creative way to practice my trading skills.” - Anh Duc Hinh Not only was I able to use the models I have learned in class to analyze stocks in terms of riskiness and returns, but furthermore I got encouraged to spend time on predicting future trends, which turned out to be more interesting than I expected. “Competing in the Fall 2017 Stock Trading Competition was a great opportunity to apply what I have learned in class to real life. I am grateful to UTD for providing us with such a great learning opportunity and would encourage other students to take part in the future cycles of the competition to gain practical exposure in investing.” - Brij Dhingra, second-place winner, fall 2017 “This competition helped me greatly in deepening my understanding of the markets, building meaningful relationships with other competitors and gathering data more efficiently. Here are some student testimonials from the past year: A total of $3,600 in prize money went to the winners each semester.
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That topped the fall registration of 153 students. Participation this past spring totaled 230 students. Every competition complements what the students learn in their classes and gives them a chance to try out their investment ideas with a virtual $1 million. The competition, which is offered every fall and spring semester, runs for eight weeks.įor MS in Finance administrators, the goal of every competition is to give students some valuable experience by introducing them to a trading and investment environment that simulates real life.
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The prize money awarded to top achievers incentivizes participation in the contest, which runs online via a virtual markets trading platform. MS in Finance Stock Trading Competitions are open to all undergraduate and graduate UT Dallas students, who do not risk any of their own money to participate but can earn cash prizes.

UT Dallas 2018 Spring Securities Trading Competition Professor, Finance and Managerial EconomicsĪrea Coordinator, Finance and Managerial Economics Overall, our programs continue to grow and flourish with support from our students, alumni, employers and world-class faculty. Our faculty research maintains strong momentum through publications in top journals, and faculty members have gained increasing recognition among our peers. 11 in its 2018 Best Master of Finance Programs. TFE Times ranked our MS in Finance program No. The MS in Finance Cohort and MS in Financial Engineering and Risk Management programs also have attracted many talented applicants. Our undergraduate enrollment has shown steady growth. Our MS in Finance programs have received the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) designation approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which recognizes the quality and rigor of the programs. There have been several exciting new developments in the Finance Area in the Naveen Jindal School of Management in the 2017-2018 academic year.
