Opportunity brief
Event Structure:
Online Round: Portfolio Building & Analysis:
- All registered teams will receive details of 20 virtual stocks, including their technical and fundamental analysis.
- Participants must study the stocks and create a portfolio of 8 stocks using a virtual fund of ₹20 lakh.
- Teams must present a rationale for their selection, supported by financial statements, news articles, or relevant market data.
- Bonus Challenge: Justify why the remaining 12 stocks were excluded from your portfolio.
- ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) factors may be incorporated into the portfolio for additional evaluation.
- Portfolios will be assessed based on stock performance two years into the future, assuming the investments were made in the current year.
Offline Round: Machine Learning-Based Stock Price Prediction:
- Teams will create a Machine Learning model to predict stock prices for each of the 8 selected stocks in their portfolio.
- A time series model can be used to forecast future price movements.
- Historical stock data (till Dec 2024) will be provided for training the model.
- The model will be evaluated on stock prices from 2025-2026.
- The team with the best-performing model will win the competition.
- A bonus round will be held, with further details provided on campus.
Guidelines: Team Composition & Registration:
- Each team can have up to 5 members (both UG and PG students are eligible).
- A participant cannot be part of multiple teams in the same event.
- Multiple teams from the same college are allowed to participate.
Competition & Evaluation:
- Only college students will be considered when deciding the winners.
- Teams must justify their portfolio selections with supporting financial data.
- Machine Learning models will be tested on real stock data from 2025-2026.
Rules & Fair Play:
- The decision of the judges is final and incontestable.
- The organizers reserve the right to modify the timeline if necessary.