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January 18, 2010

February 2010 - $500 Contest

For the month of February, Neon Surge (neonsurge.com) is holding a contest for their latest iPhone application, iTrade (nerdtrade.com). We're giving away $500 in prizes! All you have to do is play our FREE stock trading simulator! Get into the top-ten for February and win!

Have you wanted to learn and try stock trading without the risk? Try iTrade, the mobile stock trading simulator. We give users one hundred thousand virtual dollars to trade with real stocks on the stock market. Trades are executed with near-real time data, and you can compete directly with your friends and the world in global and clubs scoreboards! Compete against our ever-growing userbase, currently at 68,000 users worldwide!

To participate in the contest

  1. Download the latest version of iTrade (1.0.3) from your iPhone at http://itunes.com/app/itrade
  2. Make an account (if you already have an account, ensure your account is opted-into the Monthly Reset, see our website for more details)
  3. Trade stocks! The top 10 eligible iTrade participants for the month of February will win!

First Prize (Top three iTraders in our scoreboards for the month of February)

Runner-up Prize (Fourth through tenth place in our scoreboards for the month of February)

Consolation Prize (Three Winners will be chosen at random from the worst twenty on our scoreboards)

NerdTrade / iTrade Gear @ Cafe Press: http://cafepress.com/nerdtrade/

To be eligible for this contest...

  1. You must be using the latest version of iTrade (1.0.3) for the entire duration of this contest (the month of February)
  2. Your account MUST be set to "ranked" so that you will be placed on our public scoreboard
  3. You must be legally able to enter a "contest" and receive "prizes" at your address, and in your city, state, province and country
  4. You must have created your account with a valid email address and we must be able to get ahold of you by March 5, 2010 (hey, if we can't contact you, you can't win!)
  5. Must provide us with, and allow us to post your abbreviated names (for your privacy) and location in our announcements (Hey, you want bragging rights anyway, right?)

If you have an account... 

If you already have an account, please ensure your account is ranked. If you see the green text "Ranked" underneath your username in your "Portfolio" page, then you are ranked and ready to go! Your screen should look similar to mine in the image below where it says "ranked" circled in red. It MUST say ranked. If it does not, then read on...


Example 1: Please ensure your iTrade looks like this, NOTE if you do not see this little text here, it means you need to update your iTrade!

Opt-in to monthly reset (enable ranked mode) 

To make sure you are ranked to be eligible for this contest please do the following before Feb 1st, 2010.


#1: On your "Portfolio" page click on the Tools button in the top-left

#2: Scroll down and touch "Monthly Reset"

#3: Make sure the "End of Month Reset" is set "ON". If it is not, set it to ON and type in your password to confirm. Your portfolio will not reflect the "ranked" status until Feb 1st, 2010, but if this is set to ON then you will be eligible to enter the contest, and ranked will show up on your portfolio on on the 1st.