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Virtual money. Educational purpose only. Not investment advice. Research summaries are not buy/sell recommendations.
Market Intelligence × Jio Institute
The Alpha League
One week. One leaderboard. Your research put to the test.
Build an NSE equity and ETF portfolio with ₹10,00,000 in virtual capital. Learn from the market, compare your process, and finish with a record of your work.
Starting capital per participant
₹10,00,000
5 market daysLong onlyNSE equities & ETFs
Season dates awaiting announcement
Registration opening soon
Three steps
How it works
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Research & trade
Explore research summaries, test rules, and place virtual cash-funded orders.
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Finish & compare
Your final percentage return sets your place on one unified leaderboard.
Prizes
Recognition for your work
Champion
Rank #1 among prize-eligible finishers: a 1-year Market Intelligence subscription and Champion certificate.
Ranked finalists
Certificates of Excellence for the announced finalist places.
Eligible finishers
A digital Certificate of Participation. Subscription fulfillment is handled by the organizer after winner verification.
Take your place
Sign in with your institute account to register.
Fair play
Rules & terms
- One standalone season, five configured market days, one unified leaderboard.
- NSE-listed equities and ETFs only. No F&O, leverage, short selling, crypto, unlisted securities, or top-ups.
- Final return = (final portfolio value − ₹10,00,000) / ₹10,00,000 × 100. Ties: higher daily Sharpe, lower maximum drawdown, then earlier final trade.
- Trade at least five distinct symbols for prize eligibility. Ineligible participants remain visible; disqualified participants have no ranking.
- Each order must pass the 25% single-symbol cap, cash/share checks, liquidity threshold, penny-stock filter, and circuit/blocklist review.
- Every order includes a 0.12% brokerage + STT estimate, rounded up to a paise.
Full terms & conditions
Entry is limited to signed-in participants with an approved institute email. One account per person; basic hashed device checks and suspicious trading patterns are reviewed by administrators. Device similarity is a review signal, not automatic proof. Misconduct can result in disqualification with a recorded reason.
Orders execute only during configured NSE market sessions against available fresh quotes, with whole-share quantities. Data outages can temporarily prevent trading or valuation. No substitute prices are generated. The allowed instrument list may be narrower than the full NSE universe.
Dividends credit cash and splits/bonuses adjust holdings using organizer-maintained ex-date records. Daily market-close values determine Sharpe and maximum drawdown. Sharpe uses sample standard deviation, a zero risk-free rate, and √252 annualization. Undefined Sharpe ranks after defined values. The organizer must verify holiday dates and corporate actions.
Prizes require minimum activity, complete closing snapshots, active status, and final organizer verification. The highest-return eligible finisher receives the Champion prize. Finalist places include the Champion; others receive Excellence certificates. Remaining eligible finishers receive Participation certificates. Subscription access is granted manually by the organizer.
Returns reflect a short educational exercise and do not establish investment skill or predict future results. Backtests use historical daily prices, assumptions and research rules; outputs are research summaries, never buy/sell recommendations. They do not place orders.
Display names, percentage returns, symbol counts, and eligibility flags appear publicly in the top-20 preview. Full standings require login. Emails, fingerprints, holdings and trade details remain private to the participant and authorized administrators. Certificate verification reveals the recipient's display name and award only.