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Fall 2008 $10,000 Student Contest

Fall 2008 $10,000 Student Contest
  • Start date: 9/15/2008
  • End date: 12/15/2008

UpDown's Official $10,000 Fall Student Contest. The competition ends on December 15th. Join anytime!

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Stock Contest Message Board

Posted 12/29/2008, 4:03 pm

Prize UpDate: We have finished auditing winners' portfolios and I am starting to send out the prize payments right now. Congratulations to udfisher on his great performance!!!

Let me know if you

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Timothy Fetner

1/7/2009, 12:37 am

I've received no email about the winnings. have you received the email or message i sent you yet?

brendan
Brendan Mcmanus

1/7/2009, 8:25 pm

I just reran all of the payment results and resent prize email to those who said that were having problems. If you still have not received your prize payment, please check your spam folder and then

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Posted 1/3/2009, 9:37 pm

I got nothing. its more thgen two weeks.

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Jensen Fernando

1/5/2009, 1:52 pm

Same here I havent received anything yet

Posted 1/2/2009, 11:42 pm

Thanks!!! Updown, I got paid, its pending to my paypal account as I speak. :)

Posted 12/26/2008, 10:33 am

Ummm.... Anyone heard anything yet?

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akaperne
akaperne

12/28/2008, 3:31 pm

They keep trying make it harder to collect our winnings because they may be getting their funding yanked. They now apply a margin call system that doesn't work like the real world either. I had $1M

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brendan
Brendan Mcmanus

12/29/2008, 4:10 pm

akaperne, We certainly should have done a better job implementing our margin call system earlier. You are right about that. We are doing our best to make things as realistic and as fair as possible to

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Posted 12/28/2008, 3:43 pm

Hey UpDown, please study how Margin requirements work before you hastily apply margin sellouts when they're unwarranted. Please take the time to learn the difference between the 50% required up front

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udfisher
Bryan Fisher

12/28/2008, 7:37 pm

UpDown's system doesn't utilize a true margin system, though, so the 50-30 doesn't matter. They are just trying to eliminate purchasing that results in negative buying power. It really is an effort

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Pur165

12/29/2008, 12:45 pm

They disqualify me too they should have told us before the contest started or in middle of the contest this is not fair.

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Contest Rules

Awards:

  • Compete to win $10,000 in prizes for the highest portfolio returns.
  • Performance is calculated as your relative return since joining the contest

Timeline:

  • The first day of trading will be September 15th, 2008 and the contest will end as of market close on December 15th, 2008. You can enroll at any time!

Awards Breakdown:

  • 1st Place winner: $2,000
  • 2nd Place winner: $1,000
  • 3rd Place winner: $500
  • 4th-10th place winners: $250
  • 11th-50th place winners: $100
  • Monthly Prizes: $250 for the best portfolio return at the end of each month



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