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Feature Walkthrough
How-to: Company Pages
How to: Discovery
How-to: Portfolio Holdings
How to: Activity
How to: Leaderboard
How to: Performance
How to: Challenges
How to Trade
How to: use EquitySim to improve your recruitment potential
Fixing Account Errors
My Trade is not being processed
An investment in my portfolio is showing up as $0
Stock splits, mergers + acquisitions
I can't find a specific investment
I can't sign-up
My credit card is being declined
Credit-Suisse Challenge
Recruitment Resources
Showcasing your work on EquitySim
Designing a stand-out resume
Preparing for the S+T interview
STAR Structure for Behavioural Interview Questions
Interview Prep: Tell me about yourself
Interview Prep: Pitch me an Investment Idea
Interview Practice - Partner Exercise
Interview Prep: What to wear
2022 Credit-Suisse Challenge
Case Study: 2019 Credit-Suisse Results
2022 Challenge Partner Program
Learning Materials
Introduction
What is a Stock?
How to Choose a Stock
Active Trading vs Portfolio Management
How to start testing multiple strategies
What is an ETF?
How to Choose ETFs
What is short selling?
What is a Bond?
What is an Option?
Diversification Score
What is Portfolio Management Strategy?
What is Diversification?
What is the Diversification Score?
How to Build a Basic ETF Portfolio
What are asset-classes?
What is Industry Exposure?
What is Geopolitical Exposure?
How to read impact on diversification
Sharpe Ratio
What is Volatility?
What is Return?
What is Sharpe Ratio?
How to Improve Sharpe Ratio
How do I measure risk?
What are average excess returns?
What is a good Sharpe Ratio?
Challenge Metrics
Host your own EquitySim Challenge
Instructor Integrations
Individual Assignments
Asset Allocation (Assignment 1)
Activity 1: Trading Frequency and Returns
Activity 2: ETFs and Asset Allocation
Activity 3: Creating a Long Stock Pitch
Activity 4: Shorting, Correlation, and Hedging
Activity 5: Equities — Stop and Limit Orders
Organizer On-boarding
Syllabus Integration
Can users share an account?
How do I export classroom data?
How do I delete, archive and edit my class?
Challenge Setting Types
Learning Challenge
How does EquitySim compare to other simulations?
Other FAQ
What are Trading Strategies?
What are some basic Financial Vocabulary?
Recording your Strategies and Rationales
What is EquitySim?
Can I undo a trade?
How are prices determined in the simulation?
Why didn't my trade execute immediately?
How do I exchange currency?
Why isn't my ranking showing up?
What are Public Portfolios?
How do I switch between portfolios?
How am I Graded?
Does EquitySim have sample assignments for my curriculum?
How are Options priced in the simulation?
How do I find my daily portfolio change?
How do the Portfolio Emails Work?
Is my data confidential?
How do I delete my account?
Referral Program
How our simulations reflect the real-world
What can I trade on EquitySim?
Referral Bonuses
What is a good rationale?
How to set-up your team
What are the different order types?
Which government bonds can I trade?
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- 2021 High School Investment Challenge
2021 High School Investment Challenge
Updated
by Justin Ling

Learn about the financial markets with your own $100,000 mock portfolio.
Join the challenge here: finance.equitysim.com/join/challenge/6169c3e49d62010011ef8439
About
Designed for high school students who are interested in business and finance, this investment competition enables you to manage a $100,000 investment portfolio and trade real-time financial securities. Set in a real-world environment, you’ll need to keep up with what is going on around the world, as you learn and make your trading decisions.
The Challenge runs from October 18, 2021, to March 28, 2022.

Prizes
The winner of the challenge will get a choice of $3,000 in cash prize or $12,000 of scholarship towards Nazareth College.
The winner is defined as: the participant ranked 1st on the combined score leaderboard on March 28, 2022, at 11:59 pm EST.
Note: To win this prize you must currently be enrolled in High school.
How to Play
You will receive $100,000 in virtual capital. You will be able to use this to buy and sell real investments in the financial markets. Your goal will be to build a diversified portfolio, generate profit and manage the volatility of your portfolio. You can use our resources and tutorials to learn how to do this.
Click on the Challenge tab, to see your progress on your goals, and how you are stacking up against your peers.
Here are some resources to help you:
1. Learn how to make your first trade on EquitySim
2. What is a diversification strategy?
3. How to build my first investment portfolio
Check out all of our learning materials at: learn.equitysim.com
Join the challenge here: finance.equitysim.com/join/challenge/6169c3e49d62010011ef8439