Stock Market Challenge

Can you beat the market?

Task 1:Get into your teams

2 Trading Floor Managers to go to the

Hall

RolesIf you are in a 3, someone will have two roles

• Finance Manager – at least one– Responsible for managing the team’s finances using the Transaction Analysis table.

• Investment Analyst – at least one– Responsible for tracking the team’s fund using the Portfolio Analysis table.

• Media Analyst – at least one– Read the newspapers, listen to the news bulletins and inform rest of team how the

information may affect prices.

• Floor Trader ONLY ONE PER TEAM– Work between the team’s table and the Trading Area, buying and selling. You will work

closely with the Investment Analyst – Responsible for passing on the details of each transaction to the team so that the paperwork

can be updated.

How to trade - tips

• Buy SHARES at low prices and sell at high prices

• Buy DOLLARs at HIGH prices and sell when LOW.

• READ the newspapers and listen to the newsflashes – they will help you decide what shares are going up or down

By the end of lesson 1• Allocate your roles

• Run through one day of practice trading

• Make sure you know EXACTLY how to keep your records in order

• Read your guide and get to know the companies you can buy shares in

• Name your company and make a poster to go on the front of your trading table

Practice Day - Monday

• The game can be found here:• T:\BE&E\STOCK MARKET CHALLENGE\Stock

Market Challenge• It is a Flash game. Once it is loaded, click on

‘Monday’ and then click ‘Open Trading Floor’ in the bottom right to start the game.