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Sept 30th : Tradermatch stops its contest for maintenance and development purposes. We will come back with an improved version in a couple of months.




February contest rules

Tradermatch and Alphaking organize a prize contest starting FEB 1st and ending APR 30th.


All permanent rules of Tradermatch apply (read how to manage your virtual portfolio below)


The 5 members with the best 3 months returns at the end of the period (FEB to APR) will share prizes as mentioned on the contest description page, inlcuding free subscriptions to Briefing Trader Service and a HD TV.

Each month the 2 portfolios with the best 1 month return are rewarded by a free one year subscription to Alphaking.com **

* HD TV or cash equivalent $618 if player resides outside USA

** Only one winner per year per person for the Alphaking.com subscription


Current members can participate without starting a new portfolio, but need to enter at least one trade during the 3 months of the contest. The return will be computed taking the value of their portfolio at the opening of February market as start value for the contest (in order to have any advantage above new entrants).


Only one porfolio account per person is allowed, otherwise all member's accounts will be disqualified. (we can easily monitor that).


People can join before or after the start date but need to enter at least one trade to be eligible to win the contest.

Members who have not logged in for more than 60 days at the end of the contest will be disqualified.


Tradermatch.com purpose

Identify the best investors and traders

To do that, our system tracks the trading activity of investors and traders who manage a virtual portfolio on Tradermatch.com.

 

How to watch what traders are doing

1) Have a look at the different rankings
2) Click on the member's linkyou are interested in, you will then be able to see what is portfolio is made of.
3) I you want to follow this portfolio activity, click on .



How to read the operations board

Entry price : price at which the stock must be pickerd or has been picked.
Last price: last known price for the stock or price at which the position has been closed.
Return.: [ (last price - entry price) / entry price * 100 ] minus brokerage fees

State:
awaiting: the order has not been executed yet
running: the position is running, the entry order has been processed
order at...: the position is being closed: being sold or bought
2005-11-01: the position has been closed on this date

 
Who can participate ?

Every one, from every country, individuals or professionnal wanting to show their investment expertise.
 

Stars and clouds...

Depending on their portfolio returns and rate of success, members are awarded with icons

Main Ranking

The main ranking is based on the Tradermatch Rank, a in house benchmark : average of (return since inception + 1 y return + 6 month return + 3 month return + delta with S&p500)
#1
#2 to # 20
#21 to #40

Period ranking


First at "Alltime" ranking
Among the 10 best at "Alltime" ranking
Among the 40 best at "Alltime" ranking

First at 6 months ranking
Among the 40 best at 6 months ranking

First at 3 months ranking
Among the 40 best at 3 months ranking

First at current month ranking

Among the 40 best at current month ranking
Note: Only the best award is shown

Delta, gain loss with S&P500

beat S&P500 since inception
loses against S&P500 since inception

Risk and accuracy

Scoring : rate of trades with gains>+5% - rate of trades with losses <-5% + rate of success of trades with gains >1%
risky profile (scoring<50)
a bit risky profile (scoring>=50)
slightly risky (scoring>=60)
not really risky (scoring>=80)
not risky (scoring>=100)
 
 

Eligible stocks


All stocks from NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX, except penny stocks (<1$)



Validation of orders

! New rule: Orders submitted before the market session starts will be filled during the session. Orders submitted during the market session will be filled during the next market session

Validations of orders is based on true transactions.
The volume of transactions must be = or larger than the investment in a 5mn tick

Your order has not been processed, possible causes are:

- The update has not been done yet:
It can take up to 30mn or even 1 hour for an order to be validated.

- The price has not been hit yet
When you set a price when submitting an order, the order is validated only when the price is hit. This is not a limit order.

 

How to enter, edit, end, cancel a trade


2 types of orders are available at the moment
- market order (current price with volume matching your investment will be taken into account): leave field empty or set 0.
- price order: your order will be executed only if this price is hit.

Stock prices are delayed 15mn, but we used real time quotes to match the time you enter your orders.

To end a trade, click on the sell/buy link next to the positio n you want to close. Note that you can't partially sell a position.

Trades are automatically ended when the target is achieved or when the stop loss is hit.


You can edit or cancel a trade, but only 1 hour after you first entered it, in order no take advantage of updates delays.


Stock weight limits


You can't hold more than 30% of the same stock

Return computations

- Returns include 0.20% of broker fees (0.10% per order) and margin fees: 0.0233% per day


 

Margin :

You can use margin buying and selling with a 3:1 leverage on cash and 1:1 on stocks


If you don't find answer to your question here, please Contact us, we'll be happy to help.

Register now, it's free !
 


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