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      • https://www.howthemarketworks.com/register/179198
      • Name of contest: Ortlieb Spring 2020
      • Password: Yankees
      • RULES OF THE STOCK PROJECT :
      • 1. Everyone starts with a grade of 100.
      • 2. Lose 5 points if you have not signed up for stocks by November 8th.
      • 3. You must buy your shares on November 12th or you lose 5 points. You will continue to lose 5 points everyday until November 26th when you can no longer participate and will receive 0 on the project.
      • 4. If you do not invest as close to $10,000 as you can, you lose 5 points.(that will be verified the day after the purchase)
      • 5. If your stock has decreased in value for 5 consecutive days you must make a trade on the 6th day. The trade should be for either all of the stock or part of the stock.  IF you sell all of it, your investment must be in an entirely different stock from your current 3. This will be verified on November 19th, again on November 26th.
      •    You lose 10 points if you fail to do this each time. THE PROJECT ENDS ON Friday, December 6th.
      • 6.  You may trade stocks at anytime, but keep in mind you pay $10.00 for every buy and sell transaction.
      • 7. FOR EACH CLASS:
      • First place winner: 10 bonus points
      • Second place: 5 bonus points
      • Third place: 3 bonus points
      • 8. Due Thursday, December 12th- a typed paper which includes: approx. 1-2 pages
      •      - A summary of what you learned about stocks (5 points)
      •      - Background information on each company you invested-use yahoo profile - ( headquarter location, number of employees, what they make, and other brands that they own)(20 points)     
      • - Why you invested in the stocks you owned? ( 9-12 points)
      •      - Did the reasons you picked your stocks work out to your advantage? Why or why not? (6 points)
      •      - How much you gained or lost on each stock and in total?
      • (8-12 points) including any dividends or stock splits
      • ALSO PRINT FROM THE GAME SITE: ( 5 points each)
      • -BEFORE YOU TRADE YOUR STOCKS  copy and paste:
      • -Open positions ( found under My Portfolio)into your google doc.  
    • -from open positions click on the chart symbol, change it to a one month graph and copy and paste a chart for each stock into your google doc.
    • THEN TRADE YOUR STOCKS
    • -copy and paste Transaction history ( found under MY Portfolio)
    • -copy and paste Order History (found under make a trade)


    • -If you sold your stocks before you copied and pasted your graphs you can find graphs at  http://www.nasdaq.com/quotes/stock-charts.aspx .  Put in each symbol and copy and paste a ONE MONTH LINE GRAPH FOR EACH STOCK you have.
    • IF YOU DO NOT TURN IN THE WRITE UP ON DECEMBER 12th YOU ARE OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR THE BONUS POINTS!  NO PROJECTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER DECEMBER 17th-YOU LOSE 10 POINTS EVERYDAY IT IS LATE!
Last Modified on March 3, 2020