CHICAGO, Aug. 22,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading
derivatives marketplace, is calling on global college students
interested in pursuing careers in finance and markets to register
for its annual University Trading Challenge which will be held
during October 2022. Registration for
the global educational competition opens today.
Now in its 19th year, the CME Group University Trading Challenge
allows teams of undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity
to experience the excitement, energy and decision-making required
of real-time futures trading in a number of CME Group's markets
across multiple asset classes on a simulated, professional trading
platform provided by CQG. Educational content and market commentary
are also provided to all participants. Throughout the four
week-long challenge, participating students will receive live
market updates through Dow Jones newsfeeds and The Hightower
Report.
"The many uncertainties in today's global economies are driving
increased interest in and demand for hedging and risk management
strategies," said Anita Liskey,
Global Head of Brand Marketing and Communications at CME Group. "We
encourage all university students who want to learn about
derivatives markets and test their trading skills to participate in
this unique hands-on educational experience."
University teams can participate on a student-led team or in
cooperation with a faculty advisor. Advisors will have early
registration access to register their teams beginning today at
9:00am CT. Registration for the
general student population opens Wednesday,
September 7 at 9:00am CT, and
closes on Thursday, September 29 at
5:00pm CT. The live competition
begins on Sunday, October 2 at
5:00pm CT and concludes on
Friday, October 28 at 4:00pm CT.
Participants can register by following this link, and are
encouraged to brush up on their market knowledge through the wide
range of resources available through the trading challenge
portal.
Last year, a total of 386 teams comprising more than 1,500
students from 24 countries competed, with the winning
team coming from Colombia's
University of Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano.
CME Group is committed to educating the next generation of
finance professionals on the significance of its global derivatives
markets and risk management. In addition to interactive events like
the University Trading Challenge, CME Group also partners with
other industry organizations to offer educational tools, such
as Futures Fundamentals, a one-stop educational resource that
explains the role of futures markets in everyday life. The goal of
the site is to make financial education an engaging experience for
anyone, regardless of how well versed they are in the world of
finance.
About CME Group
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group
(www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash
and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering
market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and
capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range
of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based
on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign
exchange, energy, agricultural
products and metals. The company offers futures and
options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed
income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the
EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's
leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME
Clearing.
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Globex, and, E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile
Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board
of Trade of the City of Chicago,
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respectively. Dow Jones, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P
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