Reading BT pays off for trio in virtual trading of stocks contest

A BUSINESSMAN, a student and a stay-at-home father: three individuals with varying levels of experience in stock trading but who now share the accolade of being the most wily investors in BTInvest's first contest - a collaboration with virtual-trading website TrakInvest.

TrakInvest, through which investors can follow and learn from leading traders, is a platform that brings people from across the world together to buy and sell stocks, using $100,000 in virtual money that each of them is given in starting capital. Users then try to grow their virtual portfolio by using actual stockmarket information found on the site; not only do they get information in real time, they can also look at other traders' portfolios and learn from them.

The contest was held from March 15 to April 15. The winners each won a Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet for growing their virtual portfolios most successfully.