Student Finance Association

Investing Competition

Beginning March 10th 2008, SFA began a new tradition of hosting an Investing Competition for the Kansas State Community and eventually the entire Big 12 Conference in colaboration with Equitrader.com. Whether you’re a novice trader or a seasoned professional, this will be an amazing opportunity to learn more about markets and have the opportunity to win real cash!

For the Spring 2008 semester, the actual trading period began Monday, March 10th at the opening of trading.

"Beat the Professor": Within the K-State Competition, we will also
have a “Beat the Professor” competition. Dr.
Higgins has graciously volunteered to beat
all student's portfolios in the competition.
To the top 10 students who outperform him,
a $10 prize will be awarded.

There are two levels to the competition. The first is against fellow K-State students (the awards listed is for this level). The second level is against other Big 12 Schools. We are going to be competing against students from Missouri in the “Big 12” level of the competition. The prizes below are being awarded to K-State students only. We are still in the process of determining the prize structure for the Big 12 portion of the Competition, but once we have it finalized, we’ll be sure to provide an update. We are also working on bringing in Oklahoma State and Oklahoma to compete against. Additional details will be posted when finalized.

This trading competition is open to students outside of SFA, so if you have friends that are interested in competing, please invite them to do so. The caveat is that if they do place in the top five, they must be present at our last meeting of the semester, Tuesday, April 29th, to receive their cash prize.

Registration Period: Tuesday, March 4th – Friday, March 28th
Trading Competition Period: Monday, March 10th – Friday, April 25th

Registration Details

1. Visit www.equitrader.com and click on the Register link in the upper right hand corner and enter an email address and choose a username and password.
2. Equitrader will send an email to the address you entered.
3. Open that email and click on the link provided to complete the registration.
4. Once you have finished signing up for an account, click here.
You will be asked to enter a password: Enter: “BIG12SPRING08"
5. This will bring you into your “My Portfolio” page which should display the Big 12 Competition and have a “Register” link.
6. Choose the “Register” link and complete the short profile.
7. That will enter you in the Big 12 Competition.
8. IMPORTANT: Now you need to register as a student from K-State.
9. In your home page, click on the “Complete User Profile” link
10. Scroll to the bottom and in the box where it says School enter: “K-State”
This will allow us to track your portfolio in the K-State Competition.
11. You’re finished!

Ready to Trade?

Click here to register at Equitrader.com. If you have any specific questions regarding the K-State Competition, please contact our President, John Newman at jnewman2@ksu.edu.

K-State Student Prize Levels: