2023 CME Group University Trading Challenge

Final Standings

Account Name Trading End Balance Total Commissions Final Balance
CUCEA - UG Tequila Power $1,695,270.00 $1,000.00 $1,694,270.00
Christopher Newport University - UG CEE Fund $1,148,481.55 $1,650.00 $1,189,481.55
University of Colorado - UG Smooth Criminals 2.0 $1,326,791.62 $742.50 $1,134,074.42
Georgia Institute of Technology - GR Trading Rex $1,119,510.00 $1,212.50 $1,117,837.50
Universidad de Medellin -Traders Capital $1,014,017.50 $690.00 $1,042,247.50

Competition Dates

Registration Closed
Registration for the competition closed on Thursday, September 28 at 5:00 p.m. CT.

Competition Begins
Competition begins on Sunday, October 1 at 5:00 p.m. CT

Competition Ends
Competition ends on Friday, October 27 at 4:00 p.m. CT.

Competition Eligibility

  • Each team is required to have three to five students from the same graduate level.
  • All participants must be enrolled at an accredited college or university throughout the duration of the competition. Recent graduates are not eligible to participate.
  • Creating a team of students from different colleges or universities is not permitted.
  • Faculty Advisors are highly recommended to oversee each school’s participation. Faculty advisors are not permitted to participate as a member of the team and are ineligible to receive a prize if their team is a winner.

NOTE:  If it is discovered at any time before, during or after the competition that a team/individual does not meet ALL of the requirements listed above, that team/individual will be immediately disqualified and will forfeit any prizes.

Eligibility to receive competition prizes is only open to residents in the United States (US), Canada (CA) excluding Quebec, United Kingdom (UK), Germany (DE), Netherlands (NL), Switzerland (CH), Republic of Korea (KR), Taiwan (TW), and Japan (JP).

Rules, Regulations and Requirements

All participants must follow the outlined rules, regulations and requirements throughout the duration of the challenge.

Click here for complete CME Group University Trading Challenge rules, regulations and requirements.

Terms and Conditions

Products and Contract Specifications

Teams will be able to trade all of the supported CME Group futures products through CME Globex on CQG’s trading applications during the competition.

Competition products include futures contracts from the following asset classes:

Challenge Resources and Software

Teams will use the CQG Integrated Client, CQG Mobile and CQG Desktop trading platforms to execute trades on the CME Globex platform. CQG will provide access to the technical analysis and trading software as well as training before the competition begins. CQG’s Integrated Client software only works on a PC platform and port 2823 must be open in firewalls. The CQG help desk is open 24 hours a day. CQG Software and resources are found here.

You can find additional resources directly through CQG.


Contact Us

For general challenge inquiries and questions related to registration, or to be included in our email distributions, contact:

CME Group Trading Challenge Team

trading.challenge@cmegroup.com

For specific questions related to the electronic trading platform and challenge specifications, contact:

CQG Support

TradingChallenge@CQG.com
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