Wall Street Survivor
McGraw-Hill Wall Street Survivor
Stock Portfolio Project
(Note to Instructors)
Introduction
Your McGraw-Hill textbook gives your students the opportunity to participate in the McGraw-Hill/Stock-Trak Wall Street Survivor simulation for FREE. The simulation can be accessed by first creating an account at: http://www.wallstreetsurvivor.com/Public/Members/McGraw.aspx?p=MGH_InvestmentTrader_Business.
A screenshot of the registration page is shown below. The signup process is straightforward and the drop-down menus guide you and your students through the registration process. Be sure to select the appropriate textbook. By so doing, you and your students will be registered to compete against all other students across the country that are using the text and have registered for the simulation. Available trading periods are specified on the Stock-Trak website, but you can set up the trading periods for your course however you’d like.
Once your students register at the above site, they will receive a password and they will have a brokerage account with an initial sum of $100,000 in fictitious money that they will use to trade stocks and mutual funds for the entire semester. You may limit the number of weeks for the simulation so as to provide ample time for students to write their reports and summaries.
Once your students log in to the simulation, they will have several selections with drop-down menus (My portfolios, Trade, Research Tools, Learn Trading, News, Games, Community, Prizes and Store). The simulation homepage is shown in the following pages.
Suggested Class Project/Assignment
As a class project’/assignment, the stock market simulation can be assigned as a semester long (8-10 weeks) project or a four week short experiential exercise. This can be an individual or team project. You may limit the number of trades students can make per week. A maximum of 200 trades are allowed per semester. Before students begin the simulation and actively trading,
Stock Portfolio Project
(Note to Instructors)
Introduction
Your McGraw-Hill textbook gives your students the opportunity to participate in the McGraw-Hill/Stock-Trak Wall Street Survivor simulation for FREE. The simulation can be accessed by first creating an account at: http://www.wallstreetsurvivor.com/Public/Members/McGraw.aspx?p=MGH_InvestmentTrader_Business.
A screenshot of the registration page is shown below. The signup process is straightforward and the drop-down menus guide you and your students through the registration process. Be sure to select the appropriate textbook. By so doing, you and your students will be registered to compete against all other students across the country that are using the text and have registered for the simulation. Available trading periods are specified on the Stock-Trak website, but you can set up the trading periods for your course however you’d like.
Once your students register at the above site, they will receive a password and they will have a brokerage account with an initial sum of $100,000 in fictitious money that they will use to trade stocks and mutual funds for the entire semester. You may limit the number of weeks for the simulation so as to provide ample time for students to write their reports and summaries.
Once your students log in to the simulation, they will have several selections with drop-down menus (My portfolios, Trade, Research Tools, Learn Trading, News, Games, Community, Prizes and Store). The simulation homepage is shown in the following pages.
Suggested Class Project/Assignment
As a class project’/assignment, the stock market simulation can be assigned as a semester long (8-10 weeks) project or a four week short experiential exercise. This can be an individual or team project. You may limit the number of trades students can make per week. A maximum of 200 trades are allowed per semester. Before students begin the simulation and actively trading,