Top Trader Stock Market Competition

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WIN big bucks! $600 awarded to the 1st place winner just by trading stocks in the UT Dallas Top Trader Stock Market Competition!

The University of Texas at Dallas is very excited to present the 2024 Top Trader Competition. Throughout the summer program, high school students will be exposed to the world of investment management. The goal is simple: who can take the skills learned throughout the program and apply them to make the most money in our virtual simulator? Do you have what it takes to be the TOP TRADER?

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Top Trader Overview

With an initial balance of $1 million dollars of virtual currency, participants can invest in stocks, and ETFs. If that still doesn’t excite you, we are offering cash prizes to the best of the best. In addition, take advantage of earning Investment and Personal Finance Knowledge certificates along the way.

Program Details

  • Competition prizes:
    • 1st Prize: $600 cash
    • 2nd prize: $500 cash
    • 3rd prize: $400 cash
    • 4th prize: $300 cash
    • 5th prize: $200 cash
  • Registration dates: March 5, 2024 to May 24, 2024
  • Contest runs from June 4, 2024 to July 26, 2024
  • Registration fee: $50 per registration (Non-refundable)
  • Early bird discount(25%) registration closes on April 30
  • Contest is conducted 100% online and campus attendance is not required to participate.
  • Note: A computer with a high-speed internet connection is required to access the web-based trading program.
  • To participate one must be a legal resident or citizen and have a valid social security number

Meet some faculty, staff and students at the Naveen Jindal School of Management.

While the investment competition is arguably the more exciting part of the program, the educational videos and quizzes will give large dividends in terms of financial knowledge in both the short and long term.

Below, you will find many videos from our staff and faculty about what they wished they had learned about investing and personal finance before going to college.

Matt Polze

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students

Professor Polze teaches business law at UT Dallas and also serves as one of the Associate Deans of Undergraduate Education. Watch and listen to Professor Polze discuss the important of education and the economic impact it provides to students.

Monica Powell, PhD.

Associate Dean of Graduate Education

Dr. Powell serves as the Associate Dean of Graduate Education at the Jindal School of Management. She helps oversee the school’s nationally recognized graduate and MBA programs.  Dr. Powell discusses some money lessons she learned early in life that she still uses today.

Top Trader Testimonials

You have probably already heard a lot of the great things the competition provides, but here are some testimonials from former competitors and the President of the DFW Financial Planning Association.

Cliff Layfield

President, DFW Financial Planning Association

This is the DFW Financial Planning Association’s second year to endorse the competition. Watch and listen to Mr. Layfield, President of the DFW FPA, talk about the benefits of financial planning, the DFW FPA and the Top Performer Competition.

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