Intro to Business
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Captain - Coordinates the efforts of entire team including team activities,
maintaining password, making final decisions, and checking ranking report
for team. This person also enters transactions into the portfolio and records
them on the “Transaction Details” sheet.
Record Keeper - Coordinates team research of market data for companies
whose stock is owned by the team or is being considered for purchase or sell.
Using Investor Research feature and other research web sites, finds stock
ticker symbols and checks stock data (highs, lows, and closing prices). This
person fills out the “Stock Data” sheet.
Researcher- Researches the companies owned or being considered. This
person fills in the “Company Profile” sheet which includes what the company
sells, who runs the company, who the major competitors are, and what
industry it is in.
Charter – Records the closing prices of stocks on a weekly basis.
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Rules
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1. Registration Period - The registration dates for Colorado Council for
Economic Education Stock Market Experience are displayed in the
“Contest Parameters” on the “Accounts Balance” page. Colorado
Council for Economic Education Stock Market Experience
administration reserves the right to limit or turn off registrations as it
deems necessary.
2. Trading Period – The trading period for Colorado Council for
Economic Education Stock Market Experience is displayed in the
“Contest Parameters” on the “Accounts Balance” page. Participants
may place orders anytime after market close one business day prior to
the Trading Start date. Those orders will execute at the market open
on the Trading start Date.
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3. Initial Cash Balance - At the beginning of each new challenge, participants
will be given an initial cash balance of virtual funds in their Colorado Council
for Economic Education Stock Market Experience portfolio account that can be
used to make simulated buy or sell transactions as described in more detail
below.
4. Eligible Securities – Colorado Council for Economic Education Stock Market
Experience offers a wide variety of over stocks that are listed on the Budapest
Stock Exchange, NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ and the selected international
exchanges being offered. In order to be considered for trading, stocks and or
securities must meet specific criteria including pricing, market capitalization
and average daily volume. In addition, the security must also be traded on a
recognized marketplace. To see which stock exchanges are available for this
simulation click on “Trade Stocks” under the “Make a Trade” tab, and then
click on the drop down arrow under the heading labeled “Exchange”.
“Contest Parameters” on the “Account Balance” page.
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There are several ways to find out whether your stock or option is on the list:
Symbol: If you know the symbol of the security you are interested in, get a
quote for that symbol. On the stock quote page, stocks that are on Colorado
Council for Economic Education Stock Market Experience stock list will have
a trade button.
Name: If you know the name of the security you are interested in, you can
determine whether or not it is on Colorado Council for Economic Education
Stock Market Experience stock list.
5. Order Types and Trade Execution - Market, limit, and stop orders can be
accepted for stock orders (as well as option orders where applicable) at the
discretion of the site administrator. All orders for the BSE and North
American stocks are executed at the real-time bid/ask prices as provided by
our data vendor when placed during market hours. International exchanges
other that than the BSE and USA will display a delayed price estimate of the
price until 15-20 minutes has elapsed. The transaction will automatically
appear in the Trader's Portfolio and Transaction History.
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Market orders placed while the markets are closed or before the market opens will
be executed as market conditions permit shortly after the market opens. If the stock
requested has not traded that day then the trade will be cancelled. Trades placed
after market hours can be viewed in the Pending Orders screen. Pending orders
can be cancelled until 25 minutes past the hour prior to the exchanges open on the
day the trade is scheduled for execution in its market country. Pending market
orders placed on halted stocks will be cancelled if trading does not resume by the
end of the day. Limit and stop orders may be placed as "Day" orders which are
good for the day only, or as "GTC" orders, which are good until cancelled.
If a participant does not have adequate cash or buying power to process a trade,
then the numbers of shares will be adjusted to allow the trade to be filled as best it
can. Options orders are buying and selling long positions of calls and puts using
market, limit and stop orders. Each account is limited to a certain amount of trades
during Colorado Council for Economic Education Stock Market Experience period
(to verify the maximum of trades limit, refer to the “Contest Parameters” on the
Account Balance page).
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6. Commissions - Each trade will incur a broker commission fee set by the site
administrator which will be subtracted from the participant’s virtual cash balance.
The commission fee structure is displayed in the Contest Parameters table on the
Account Balance page.