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Welcome to the NEW Real-Time, Streaming National SMS!
Starting June 1st, teachers registering their classes for the National SMS will experience a whole new level of realism in our stock market game. Register to your summer class and experienced the web's only streaming, real-time Stock Market Game/ Simulation for middle and high school students.
The SMS (Stock Market Simulation) is the web's most comprehensive online trading game for your high, middle, and even elementary school students. With the SMS:
- Students can trade stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and commodities such as gold, silver, crude oil, and pork bellies.
- A toll free customer service number for teachers and professors.
- A new trading period begins every other week so you can choose a trading period that best fits your schedule.
- Weekly historical data as of each Friday.
Winners from Fall 2008
Congratulations to following teams for winning the Fall 2008 National SMS Challenge:
1st Place – US432035
2nd Place – US319021
3rd Place – US319030
Register Now for a chance to enter the Spring 2009 Challenge.
Spring 2009 Prizes
1st Place $100 Amazon Gift Card
2nd Place $50 Amazon Gift Card
3rd Place $25 Amazon Gift Card
* To qualify for the Spring 2009 prizes, teams must register between November 1, 2008 and February 28th 2009. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams based on the Rankings at Market close on April 10th, 2009.
More Information
To learn more about the National SMS, please visit our About the SMS page.
The word simulation means that the SMS is more than just a game. The SMS is a tool that teachers can use to help instruct their students in the world of economics, finance, current events, math, social studies, and technology.
Students receive a hypothetical $100,000 in a brokerage account. For a 10 week period students buy and sell stocks and mutual funds and learn about economic principles and how they apply to the financial markets. Students compete against other students on the basis of their portfolio performance and are eligible to win prizes.
The SMS is offered by state Councils/Centers on Economic Education,by local newspapers, and by Stock-Trak. Today there are approximately 200,000 K-12 students using the SMS each year.
If you are a teacher and have any questions about the SMS, please call 1-866-SMS-DESK. |
