Please see notes at the bottom of the page for 1871 pre-meeting notes:

Spring intro event: Needs to be confirmed by student center

Field Trip at The Chicago Stock Exchange with XFA Brokerage

AlgorithmicTrading.net is a software development company that is similar to what we need to do.

Bloomberg Trading Strategy:

More information regarding B500 strategy https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/product/indices/

(After clicking link ctrl+f and search Bloomberg US Large Cap)

Requirements we needed

Which events will have a major impact on the market?

We will get the manual for the challenge next week

NOTES:

1. Which events will have an impact on the market?
   1. Political and overseas news
      1. Boeing DOWN
      2. Lockheed Martin UP
   2. Only predict outcomes of events that have a set date
   3. Tax season
      1. Consumer goods
      2. Tech Services
         1. Cloud computing
      3. War (Turmoil) (We will set aside some money to put into turmoil stocks if we see the US enter a conflict that will have an effect on the market.)
         1. Military companies would go up
         2. Any type of environmental companies would decrease

Stock picks:

1. Earnings reports:

   1. Cashflow Statements
   2. Q1 final results to Q2 expectations

2. Growth potential

   1. Salesforce
   2. CLOUD BASED COMPANIES
   3. BIG DATA
   4. HEALTH CARE COMPANIES
      1. General perform well during the challenges time frame

Risk mitigation:

Using an algorithm created by QTC we will pick 2-3 stocks surrounding our main pick.

Sectors:

1. Consumer Goods
2. Tech Services
3. Software
4. Streaming services