Stock Market Game

1. Stock Market Game

2. Rule

4-6 teams, each with $100,000 in starting capital.
10 real stocks: Apple (AAPL), Tesla (TSLA), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN),
NVIDIA (NVDA), JPMorgan (JPM), ExxonMobil (XOM), Coca-Cola (KO), Meta
(META), Netflix (NFLX).
5 trading rounds (days). Each round represents a new market day with
updated news.
Teams make buy/sell/hold decisions and record trades in the Excel file.
After 5 rounds, total portfolio values are compared — the highest net worth
wins.

3. Game Flow

Each round lasts 5-10 minutes:
1. Team bought shares
2. Instructor announces market news. Calculate portfolio.
3. Teams analyze and decide which stocks to buy or sell.
4. After round, review performance and calculate portfolio.

4. Start price, buy stocks

Company
Apple Inc.
Tesla, Inc.
Microsoft Corp.
Amazon.com, Inc.
NVIDIA Corp.
Start Price (USD)
258
220
520
215
180
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Coca-Cola Co.
290
110
63
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Netflix, Inc.
730
1115

5. Market Scenarios

Day 1 — Inflation and Fed Expectations
US inflation rises 0.4% above expectations — fears of a Fed
rate hike hit tech stocks.
AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, META, TSLA ↓2% | others - stable.

6. Market Scenarios

Day 2 — Optimism and Strong Earnings
Fed Chair signals no more rate hikes; Amazon and NVIDIA
beat earnings expectations.
NVDA, AMZN, TSLA ↑1% | KO, XOM ↓1%, others - stable

7. Market Scenarios

Day 3 — Tesla Disappoints
Tesla misses profit targets; overall market sentiment
weakens.
TSLA, AAPL, META ↓4% | XOM, KO ↑2%

8. Market Scenarios

Day 4 — Oil and AI Push Market Higher
Oil prices rise; NVIDIA and Microsoft announce AI
partnership.
NVDA, MSFT, XOM ↑ 1%| KO, JPM ↓1%

9. Market Scenarios

Day 5 — Profit Taking
Investors take profits ahead of macro data; volatility
increases.
NVDA, TSLA, META, AAPL ↓ 2%| NFLX, KO, JPM up 2%.

10. Portfolio evaluation