Real Life Investing Without The Real Life Risk!
The ETF Global® Portfolio Challenge is an individual-based, simulated investment challenge designed to serve as a fun and educational tool to help educate college students about investing and Exchange-Traded Products. Through this website, students can familiarize themselves with the contest – its rules, registration instructions, sponsors & supporters, weekly performance updates, participating schools, and other important resources.
Once You Register, It’s Easy To Sign Up. And It’s Free!
The game is hosted by our partner StockGOATS. Through their platform, investors construct a virtual, hypothetical portfolio utilizing between four and ten ETFs via a virtual endorsement of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). Students are to compete on an individual basis. Group participation is permitted, but such participants are ineligible for contest prizes.
Once You Register, It’s Easy To Sign Up. And It’s Free!
The game is hosted by our partner StockGOATS. Through their platform, investors construct a virtual, hypothetical portfolio utilizing between four and ten ETFs via a virtual endorsement of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). Students are to compete on an individual basis. Group participation is permitted, but such participants are ineligible for contest prizes.
It’s Fun and Great Experience in Finance
Contestants vie against each other to construct the top-performing portfolio of ETFs. Each contestant competes on the investment performance of their respective virtual portfolio.
The ETF Global® Portfolio Challenge takes place semi-annually, generally aligning with the start and finish of each semester. The top 25 winners from each contest are recognized in a variety of ways including on our social media pages, on this website and in-person at the leading ETF industry conference, The ETP Forum held in New York City.
It’s Fun and Great Experience in Finance
Contestants vie against each other to construct the top-performing portfolio of ETFs. Each contestant competes on the investment performance of their respective virtual portfolio.
The ETF Global® Portfolio Challenge takes place semi-annually, generally aligning with the start and finish of each semester. The top 25 winners from each contest are recognized in a variety of ways including on our social media pages, on this website and in-person at the leading ETF industry conference, The ETP Forum held in New York City.
How The Contest Works
Spring, 2025 Winners
| Rank | Name | School | Total Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qiyue Ma (bio) | University of Hong Kong | 71.55% |
| 2 | Thomas Sidore | SUNY Brockport | 40.55% |
| 3 | Thomas Lam | University of Hong Kong | 40.47% |
| 4 | Ryan McCrory | SUNY Brockport | 38.27% |
| 5 | Alejandro Rodriguez (bio) | Universidad de Medellin | 30.14% |
| 6 | Cole Smith (bio) | SUNY Brockport | 26.55% |
| 7 | Leon Lu | University of Macau | 25.51% |
| 8 | Tamas Kovacs | Budapest Metropolitan University | 25.28% |
| 9 | Hoi Shing Chan | Chinese University of Hong Kong | 21.99% |
| 10 | Gabriella Salem Martinez | Framingham State University | 14.65% |
| 11 | Maria Fernanda Vasquez Robayo | Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano | 11.72% |
| 12 | Marton Acs | Budapest Metropolitan University | 8.41% |
| 13 | Cheuk Wang Tse (bio) | University of Hong Kong | 6.29% |
| 14 | Matias Takala | Turku School of Economics | 5.04% |
| 15 | Attila Chrabák | Budapest Metropolitan University | 4.67% |
| 16 | Patrícia Benicsák | Budapest Metropolitan University | 4.66% |
| 17 | Simon Bácskay | Budapest Metropolitan University | 3.82% |
| 18 | Grace Pui | University of Hong Kong | 3.73% |
| 19 | Sze Wing Cheng | University of Hong Kong | 3.32% |
| 20 | Gustavo Marecos | Sao Paolo School of Economics | 3.18% |
| 21 | Daniel Ariza Aranda | Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano | 2.98% |
| 22 | Nikolay Zhizhin | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 2.61% |
| 23 | Mia Vrataric | Winthrop University | 2.58% |
| 24 | Ning Zhu | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 2.26% |
| 25 | Shing Ip Li | University of Hong Kong | 2.16% |
Who Is Participating?
The ETF Portfolio Challenge has attracted students from around the globe.
