For more than 40 years, the North Carolina Council on Economic Education (NCCEE) has sponsored a number of academic competitions focusing on economics, personal finance and entrepreneurship for North Carolina students in primary and secondary schools designed to support and enhance the economic education experience. Free workshops prior to the start of the spring and fall programs are provided to show the teachers and students how the game is played and to discuss various learning tools. Here you can trade stocks, options, and futures, place advanced orders, and play around with 40 trading tools to help you analyze market conditions.

Data from 2012 mutual fund performance shows that just 39{bf6128eaee7daf804a40e739f155a69f2d5a72ca2bacccc9954495bcd60bdcac} of professional fund managers beat their index while the average fund return actually trailed the stock market (S&P 500) by a percent after fees. Each student starts with virtual cash account of $100,000, students strive to create the best-performing portfolio …