Futures Market Contest
Final Results
Spring 1995
April 19, 1995
(Ten weeks)
This experimental contest began on February 8, 1995. All contestants
started with $20,000. A round-trip commission of $40 is charged on each
contract upon entrance of position. Contestants are limited to only one
or two types of contracts at a time. A contestant may commit no more than
50% of the account's equity to margin at a time. More than one contract
of each type is allowed at a time, but all contracts of the same
type must be for the same expiration date (unless there are no other types
in the portfolio). Maintenance margin is the same as the initial margin.
Stops are not allowed. The contest runs for ten weeks.
A negative portfolio value indicates a contestant who has been wiped out.
In real practice, such an investor would have to come up with the
additional funds beyond the initial $20,000. In this contest a contestant
who wipes out can no longer trade.
Value of portfolio during game %Change Standing
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Contestant Highest Lowest Last contest now last
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Weatherstone Hank 178,680.00 18,837.50 178,680.00 793.400 1 1
Chan Sok Cheng 177,557.50 19,420.00 177,557.50 787.788 2 3
Janke Jim 171,180.00 8,875.00 171,180.00 755.900 3 2
Hummel John 126,730.00 16,020.00 126,730.00 533.650 4 4
Pines Aaron 50,976.25 10,181.25 50,976.25 154.881 5 7
Schumacher Bill 56,657.50 19,720.00 42,895.00 114.475 6 6
Kessler Anita 41,175.00 19,560.00 41,175.00 105.875 7 5
Pines Rhonda 28,272.50 17,832.50 25,167.50 25.838 8 8
Nash Dan 22,840.00 15,600.00 15,760.00 -21.200 9 9
Cole Zachary 67,050.00 4,195.00 8,595.00 -57.025 10 10
Average: 83,871.63 319.358
Std. dev.: 67,499.18 337.496
Current
Portfolios: Short Long Short Long
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Chan 8 yen
Cole 4 Euros
Hummel 10 yen
Janke 5 yen 10 Euros
Kessler 15 T-bills
Nash 4 gold
Pines, Aaron 3 yen 2 marks
Pines, Rhonda 3 pounds 2 T-bonds
Schumacher 1 mark 2 yen
Weatherstone 5 yen
