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Turning A Fraternity House Into A Trading Floor

Published on December 13, 2016

"Well, we have one trade left. Let’s go for gold."

"Well, we have one trade left. Let’s go for gold."

By carstories

“We decided: ‘Well, we have one trade left. Let’s go for gold.'”

Four UNC students turned a study room in their fraternity house into a makeshift trading floor where they strategized their way to victory in the TD Ameritrade thinkorswim Challenge.

And it’s paying huge dividends for them and for future Carolina students. For the students’ win, TD Ameritrade gave $30,000 to support Carolina scholarships.

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