Day 2: Oct 21, 2024
What we covered:
- Open Price
- Close Price
- Days Range
- 52 Week Range
- Volume
- Avv. Volume
- Graphs
What you need to do:
- Buy a stock between the price of $35-$55. You can buy and sell as much as you want but stay with stocks in that price range. Don't worry if you lose money.
- Know what the S&P500 and the DOW is. Come next week ready to talk about it.
- Read up on the news so you know what is impacting your stocks.
Day 1: Oct 7, 2024
Read the Welcome note below as well ⬇️
What we covered:
- What is an Investment.
- 3 categories of investment
- What is a share.
- What is a stock market.
- Who is a broker.
- Basics of Ticker and Ticker Extensions
- Read the stock market
- Find Currency
- Stock Price
What you need to do:
- Create a virtual account here: https://app.howthemarketworks.com/register/320976
- The Contest is called KCS Challenge
- The password is KCS
If you get stuck follow this link we made for another school - just remember your password and contest name is different.
Once in you need to start buying stocks - for every stock you buy or sell you need to write a note about why you are buying or selling it.
You have $10,000 to invest buy and sell as much as you want.
Here are the links that show you how to buy/sell shares on the virtual platform:
| Navigation of Virtual Trading Platform | |
| How to trade shares |
Welcome to Camp Millionaire
Welcome to Camp Millionaire - an internationally recognized program that teaches early financial literacy to kids.
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For parents: For parents who are also interested in learning about Investing, we offer online courses in several languages. Please click the language you are interested in to see the program. We have numerous parents who choose to level up their investing knowledge while their kids are learning. Learn Investing in: English French Spanish Arabic Mandarin This blog will provide both students and parents with a view on what was covered and any tasks they may have at home. Please book-mark this page so you have it handy. |
About the program:
In this course, students will master the fundamentals of investing. Throughout this course, students will use the knowledge they’ve gained to try their stock trading skills in our global investment challenges.
As a result of this course students will be able to:
- Gain basic trading knowledge (i.e. investments, stock market, tickers, market cap, beta, dividends, earnings, and currency)
- Students will learn how to make basic calculations (Earnings Per Share, Price to Earning Ratio)
- Students learn how to read graphs and are given pro tips to make good choices.
- It's fair to say that at the end of the program, you will know more about stock investing than 75% of the adult population! How's that for setting yourself up for success?
Meet your Instructor
Hasina is the CEO and Founder of Explorer Hop. She believes that all kids should be financially savvy before they leave home and has over 25 years of trading experience.
She can be reached via email: hasina@explorerhop.com