The Traders Trophy is open only to full time students of the participating universities. In case there are more enrolments than seats available, students in their final year will be given preference over other students.
Go to the enrol section of this website and click on the link. You will receive confirmation of your registration once it has been submitted. Registration for each Traders Trophy will start 6 weeks before the 1st qualification round.
If you participate in one of the online qualification rounds, there are three items you need to check on your computer.
There is no fee involved at all for the participants.
The deadline for registration is for each Traders Trophy a couple of days before 1st qualification round. For exact dates have a look at the specific sites for each location. As there the seats are limited we recommend to subscribe as early as you can.
Only individual students can enrol.
in case of an oversubscription, preference will be given to students in their final year.
Each participant's performance is evaluated on four main categories: Profitability, Risk management, Market making (Client service) and Market awareness. A sophisticated analysis tool is used for the evaluation.
Profitability
Your profitability is not just evaluated by looking at how much money you make, but also the stability of your P&L throughout the simulation and your return.
Risk management
With risk management we look at how you trade during the entire session: Can you cut your losses in time, can stay within your limits, do you do trades throughout the simulation.
Market making
We assess you market making skills by assessing the quotes you provide to your clients and other brokers: Are your spreads and prices reasonable compared to current levels in the market.
Market awareness
With market awareness we measure if you know what is going on in the market and if and how you respond to news.
Each Traders Trophy will have prizes for the best performances which will include cash prizes. It is possible that the sponsors will offer internships or even employments to the best performers.
The top performers of the qualifying rounds will be invited for the final. Each university will have an equal number of students in the final. The number of students per university qualifying for the final will depend on the number of universities participating (e.g. number of qualifying rounds).
Only for patricipants who are required to fly to the location of the final, travel will be arranged and be paid for.
Generally not, however if you would like one of our sponsors to contact you for job opportunities it is recommended to provide your CV.
Participants receive their results via email after the qualification round. These results and contact details will be made available to the main sponsors.
In case your university is not listed it means their currently your university is not participating. If you would like to see if your university can be included, please contact us.
If you are interested in co-organising this event in your country you can contact us. At least three to five universities are required to run this event in a new country.
Interested parties can contact us, or check out our sponsorship page.
You can prepare yourself by reading the information about trading that is available on this website, but most of all do the demonstration.
No, the competition is played with laptops that are provided by the organisation. You can bring a pen and notepad, but this is not really necessary.
You can contact us by sending an email to the following address: info@traderstrophy.com. Please always provide at least your name, and the name of your university. We do our best to provide you with an answer within 48 hours.