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Undergraduate Commodity Competition.
Application Deadline: August 20th 
Pitch Criteria

When developing your pitch, we kindly request that you keep these criteria in mind. Please see our detailed competitor guide for more detailed specifications and information.We look forward to seeing your pitches.​

Pitch Criteria
Security
Limitations
Each team will select, research, and present a commodity or equity trade idea (future, spread, etc.) to a panel of judges from top firms across Houston. Teams will have 12 minutes to present their ideas followed by a 10 minute Q&A.
Technical
Specifications
Final Presentation should be in Standard (4:3) PPT and PDF Format only. Resumes must be in One Page, PDF Format only. The One-Pager Executive Summary must be formatted according to the provided template and must be in PDF Format only.
Team
Specifications
Teams may consist of any undergraduate students when pitching. All teams must have 3-4 students all from the same university.
Judge
Criteria
Judges will have 5 criteria they will judge on: Creativity, Understanding of the Commodity, Profitability of the idea, Modeling, and Presentation. They will judge each criteria on a scale of 1 to 10, and the team with the highest point total will win.
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