The scoreboard.
Every Trojan SMIF team competes nationally in the CME Group University Trading Challenge this October; volunteer teams add the Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge. This page ranks our teams against each other, live, updated from team leaders' Friday reports.
Team vs. team.
Rosters of 3 to 5 members are due to trojansmif@marshall.usc.edu by Friday, September 18, and every team registers with CME by Friday, September 25. The challenge runs October 4 to 30. Teams and standings appear here the first Friday of competition.
How scoring works.
October 4 to 30, simulated futures on a professional CQG platform. Every team competes; your internal CME finish is the base of your season score.
A virtual $1M long-only portfolio on the Bloomberg Terminal, roughly five weeks. Volunteer teams only; entering and finishing well earns bonus points.
Points are posted by the Executive Committee with each Friday update. The top team in December is recognized at the final meeting and stays on this page.