Welcome to the National SMS!
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 you and your students.
- 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.
- A toll free fax version / back up in case your internet goes down your students are still able to trade.
Fall 2008 Prizes *
1st Place $100
2nd Place $50
3rd Place $25
* To qualify for the Fall 2008 prizes, teams must register during August, September or October of 2008. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams based on the Rankings at Market close on December 12. Teams registering between November 1, 2008 and Feb 28, 2009 will qualify for the Spring 2009 Prizes.
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 have any questions about the SMS, please call 1-866-SMS-DESK. |
