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ifs Student Investor Challenge 2012/13

The national final is done and dusted – congratulations to Flash Crash Algos from the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, winners of this year's ifs Student Investor Challenge! Hot on their heels in second place was Stochastic from Trinity School, Croydon, with The Rogue Traders from Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield coming in in third.

You can also see the full list of regional finalists here, or check out everyone's final standings in the online phase of the game here.

The ifs Student Investor Challenge is the UK's premier investment competition for UK students aged 14-19 that offers winners a whole host of prizes, including an all expenses paid educational trip to New York. Have you got the skill to invest £100,000 and produce a winning portfolio?

Participation Certificates

If you took part in this year's challenge then you are welcome to download and print our 2013 participation certificate for displaying at home or in the classroom.

The National Finalists

The following teams made it to the national finals of the ifs Student Investor Challenge.

Flash Crash Algos: Royal Grammar School, Guildford
Stochastic: Trinity School Croydon
The Ace of Trades: King Edward's School
Golk Traders: Devonport High School for Boys
The Rogue Traders: Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Mukluk: Bradford Grammar School
Team Thatcher: Ipswich School
Oppa Gangnam Style: Bromsgrove School

The final took place on Thursday 25 April 2013 at the ifs office at Peninsular House, London, where Flash Crash Algos saw off the competition to become this year's winners.

You can download a full league table for the regional finalists here.

The Online Traders of the Year 2012/13

Congratulations to Stochastic of Trinity School Croydon who were this year's best overall trader, finishing the online section of the challenge with a magnificent £202,341.49.

Congratulations also to pacupid patrol of The British School Manila in the Philippines who were this year's International Online Trader of the Year with a final portfolio value of £123,645.45.

Resources for teachers

Activity sheets, posters and teacher's notes can be found here.

Would you like a visit to your school to explain the practices of
share trading and investing?

We'd be happy to send along a member of the team to demonstrate how the challenge and investing works. This will be the perfect opportunity to have your questions about the competition process and share trading answered.

Just fill in the request form and we'll contact you to arrange a suitable date and time.

"We have all really enjoyed taking part in the ifs Student Investor Challenge and have gained hugely from the experience. It was a case of third time lucky for us today and it goes to show that hard work and perseverance pays off in the end."

Olly Wilcock, team member of 'Surplus Value', the winning team of the 2011/12 challenge.

"We still can't quite believe we've won and that we're going to New York. This has been such a great experience, from our first share trade to today's final, it's been a real learning curve and we would encourage everyone to get involved"

Oliver Schofield, team member of 'We're only doing this for UCAS', the winning team of the 2010/11 challenge.

"The ifs Student Investor Challenge has been an invaluable aid in helping us prepare our economics students, not just for their examinations, but also for the real world. Their financial awareness, their overall understanding of our economy and the wide-ranging skills needed for the presentation will stand by them for the rest of their lives."

Jonathan Shields, tutor of 'Ladies go Long', the winning team of the 2009/10 challenge.