FX Trade-Off Launch Night UCD

Learn about Foreign Exchange markets and test your trading skills.

The competition is open to all 3rd level students in Ireland. We have great prizes including an internship in Bank of Ireland Global Markets and €2,000 cash for the overall individual winner, and €10,000 for the top performing society in Ireland.

Guarantee your place by attending our launch night in O'Neill's Lounge, Clubhouse UCD on Tuesday 1st of October @ 5:30pm.

Terms and Conditions FX Trade OFF

BANK OF IRELAND FX TRADE OFF COMPETITION RULES

Note: These Competition Rules (the “Rules”) apply to the FX Trade Off Competition (the “Competition”) organized by Bank of Ireland Global Markets, a division of The Governor and Company of Bank of Ireland (registered office – 40 Mespil Road, Dublin 4, Ireland).

1. Entrants must be students from any third level institution in Ireland. All participants must be enrolled for the duration of the Competition at the college identified in the registration form. Details of the applicable third level institution and the student number have to be provided upon registration. Bank of Ireland reserves the right to request official student enrolment verification at any time before, during or after the Competition.

2. In the Competition there are 1500 places available upon registration, Students will be asked to sign up to a waiting list. The first available places will be given to Students who attend the Bank of Ireland Launch Nights (30th September 2019 – 9th of October 2019). The Launch Nights will be advertised through the Societies in the universities and leaflets/poster distributed throughout the universities and Bank of Ireland branches. The rest of the available places will, in general, be distributed on a first come, first served basis. However, Bank of Ireland reserves the right to distribute the places on a discretionary basis in order to ensure all universities/societies are represented in the Competition. Students will receive an e-mail confirmation after successful registration. Registration for the Competition opens 30/09/19 and closes on 14/10/19. All entries must be completed on the official FXTO registration form : (https://www.stocktrak.com/members/registerstudent?className=TestChallenge. Entries which are altered, illegible or not in accordance with these Rules will be disqualified. The Competition will start on 15th October 2019 and will run for 5 weeks, until the close of business on 19th November US Eastern Time (10.00pm GMT). An additional 1 week will be allowed after the competition ends on the 19th November 2019 until final results are announced on 26th November 2019 – for auditing purposes.

3. The Competition is organized and run by Bank of Ireland with the assistance of a third party, Stock-Trak Inc., a Canadian corporation operating under the trade name Stock-Trak, presently residing at 3575 Ashby St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4R 2K3. The website through which the Competition will be conducted is provided by Stock-Trak. Further information on Stock-Trak and the use of their website can be found at ttps://content.stocktrak.com/

4. When processing Students personal data, Bank of Ireland and its suppliers comply with its obligation under the applicable data protection legislation. Bank of Ireland’s Data Privacy Notice sets out (i) the information the Bank collects about the Students; (ii) how the information is used; (iii) who the information is shared with; and (iv) how Students can control the use of their information and exercise their rights. A copy of the Bank’s Data Privacy Notice can be found at www.bankofireland.com/privacy.

5. Bank of Ireland would like to send registered Students information on available job/intern opportunities within the bank. Upon registration, Students can opt-in in receiving such information. Students are free to withdraw their consent at any time by simply contacting GMUnsubscribe@boi.com.

6. All entry conditions and instructions are deemed to form part of these Rules.

7. Employees of the Bank of Ireland Group, its associated companies, advertising and marketing consultants, agents and anyone connected with the Competition are not eligible to enter the Competition.

8. All entrants agree to the use of their names, colleges and/or photographs for publicity purposes. Entrants also agree that their names and colleges may be disclosed by Bank of Ireland to its agents for the purpose of administering the Competition and/or distributing the prizes.

9. Competition Specifications: Competition is open to all third level students attending college in Ireland and there is no entry fee. All students will be provided with a login for a paper (demo) trading account, with €25,000,000 notional available to trade based on pricing from Interactive Brokers. It is a replica of real financial markets, with costs incurred to the demo account for commissions, fees, slippage and foreign exchange spreads when the students place trades. Only FX trades are allowed for the purposes of the Competition. Students are permitted to make no more than 1,000 trades per week on the trading platform. If students are found to have breached the permitted number of trades they will be contacted and, in the case of a continuous breach, removed from the Competition. The winner of the Competition will be the entrant with the highest Time Weighted Rate of return.

10. The winners of the Competition will be notified by e-mail and posted on boi.com/fxtradeoff within 10 business days of the closing date. Prizes include:

• Internships / Graduate Mentoring (details will be discussed directly with the winning participants. The specific set-up (i.e. duration) is subject to business needs)

• Cash Prize

• 1st Place: 2,000 Euro

• 2nd Place: 1,000 Euro

• 3rd Place: 750 Euro

• 4th Place: 500 Euro

• €10,000 prize for the best society in Ireland. This prize goes to the society with the highest return on investment from their top ten performing students and is handed out to the society of the students. If the students should be members of different societies, they must allocate one society at registration for whom they will compete. For a society to be eligible for the prize they must have a minimum of 10 traders in the competition. Societies from DCU, NUIG, TCD, UCC, UCD, UL DIT, CIT, Tralee IT, MU ,,Athlone IT, Mary I and GMIT are eligible to win.

• Other weekly and daily prizes.

• Prizes include Spot prizes, Best Question Spot prizes, and Leaderboard prizes.

1. Spot Prizes – the winner is the student with the highest return on investment earned on a given day. The FX Trade-Off team has full discretion in determining which day’s trading this prize is awarded against. Student must have completed a minimum of 1 trade on the selected day to be eligible for this prize. The winner is determined by the FX Trade-Off team.

2. Leaderboard – the winner is the student who earns the highest return on investment in each of the 5 business weeks that span the duration of the competition (weekly prize).Their performance in each week is reviewed in isolation with no consideration given to the Return on Investment they earned in the previous week/weeks. The winner is determined by the FX Trade-Off team.

3. Best Question - students comment on the FX Trade-Off Instagram post announcing the Best Question competition or email the fxtradeoff@boi.com email account with a question. The best question is determined by the FX Trade-Off team.

• The prize is either a €25 or €50 One4all Gift Voucher. The FX Trade-Off team has full discretion in determining which of the 2 amounts to award each winner subject to a maximum of eight €25 vouchers and eight €50 vouchers. The winner is contacted through email by the FX Trade-Off Team within 3 business days of the competition announcement on the FX Trade-Off Instagram account.

• The winners’ name and college is announced through an email and Instagram post from the FX Trade-Off Instagram account. This is only viewable and public to followers of the FX Trade-Off Instagram account.

• The decision of the FX Trade-Off team will be final and binding on all entrants.

Bank of Ireland reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of equal or greater value. Winners cannot exchange or substitute the prizes for another one. If a winner cannot accept a prize, the prize will then be allocated to the runner up. If a student wins the Internship/Graduate Mentoring prize, he or she agrees to start the interview process within a timeframe of one year after being informed of the prize.

11. Bank of Ireland will fund the provision of goods or services but the contract will be between the winning competitor and the supplier of the goods or services. Bank of Ireland accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever in relation to any matter arising out of the Competition or the enjoyment of the prizes.

12. The FX Trade Off team reserves the right to review and amend the aforementioned conditions section 1 through 11 at their discretion. – Participants will be notified via email of any and all changes made.

Please note the Competition has been prepared by Bank of Ireland Global Markets, a division of The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for information purposes only and Bank of Ireland is not soliciting any action based upon it. Bank of Ireland believes the information provided to be accurate but does not warrant its accuracy nor accepts or assumes any responsibility or liability for such information other than any responsibility it may owe to any party under the European Union (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017 as may be amended from time to time, and under the Financial Conduct Authority rules (as applicable), for any loss or damage caused by any act or omission taken as a result of the information contained in this document.

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