Brasília · 2026 Edition
Brasília Finance Challenge
Learn investing by doing: teams from 8th grade through high school run an investment simulator and build and manage their own portfolio like real fund managers, in the format of international finance competitions.
The competition starts in
Sep 21 · Competition Starts
Registration until Oct 3
The platform
Three courses that teach investing in practice, from the first concept to defending a thesis. The General course is free and open to any student in Brazil; the other two open with your BFC registration.
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What is the BFC
The Brasília Finance Challenge is a student investment competition open to teams from 8th grade through high school at schools anywhere in Brazil. Participants act as investment managers, presenting a complete portfolio strategy to a simulated institutional client, in the format of international finance competitions. but with a bigger goal: teaching finance for real life, inside or outside a global competition.
Organized by the Finance Club of Colégio Marista de Brasília. Free to enter. No prior finance knowledge required.
Build practical skills in investment analysis and portfolio construction.
Connect with finance students from schools across Brazil and with the financial market.
Learn to manage your own money: financial skills you will use far beyond the competition.
Evaluation by working finance professionals, with direct feedback.
1st
Edition
5
Finalists
R$10K
In Prizes
4
Members Max.
July – October 2026
The simulated institutional client mandate is released. Registration open to all teams.
From September 21 to October 18, teams operate the investment simulator and build their portfolio for the simulated institutional client. Results are announced on October 22.
The top 5 teams, announced in the October 22 results, prepare their presentations for the Grand Final.
The 5 finalist teams present live to a panel of external professional judges. 8-minute presentation + 4 minutes of Q&A. Venue: to be confirmed.
Grand Final
Cash prizes deposited into a Blue3/XP account.
1st Place
R$ 5,000
Deposited into a Blue3/XP account.
2nd Place
R$ 3,000
Deposited into a Blue3/XP account.
3rd Place
R$ 2,000
Deposited into a Blue3/XP account.
4th and 5th Place
Certificate
Formal recognition as a finalist at the closing ceremony.
How you will be evaluated
Portfolio Construction and Risk Management
Adequate diversification, methodology and asset allocation logic. Risk identification and credibility of the mitigations. Quantitative support is valued
Quality of the Investment Thesis
Clarity, originality and rigor of the central argument
Alignment with the Mandate
How well the strategy meets the client's objectives and constraints
Communication and Structure
Clarity, professionalism and compliance with formatting rules
Who We Are
The BFC grew out of the Brasília Finance Club, founded by us at HHA Investments. Our team took 2nd place globally at the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition, the most prestigious finance competition in the world for high school students. We delivered the best performance by a Latin American team in the history of the competition, becoming the first Brazilians to travel to the Global Final in Philadelphia. and we do not intend to be the last on the world stage.
To pass that knowledge forward, we created the BFC. Our goal is to teach finance both to those who want to learn to manage their own money and to those who want to compete globally and work in the field.
Free · Registration until Oct 3, 2026
Fill out the form below. The Team Leader is responsible for all communication with the Committee. Registration closes on October 3, 2026.
You're registered
We sent two e-mails: the confirmation with the dates, and your access to Brasília Finance Educacional. If they do not arrive within a few minutes, check your spam folder.
Preparation
Your Brasília Finance Educacional account
Along with your registration, you got access to Brasília Finance Educacional, our learning platform.
Look for the e-mail "Seu acesso ao Brasília Finance Educacional", which carries a temporary password.
Sign in with the same e-mail you used in this registration and that password.
Choose your own password. The temporary one stops working after that.
Complete your profile with full name, date of birth, city and country.
If you already had an account, none of this is needed: your tracks were unlocked automatically. Did the access e-mail not arrive? Check your spam folder, use "Forgot my password" on the sign-in screen, or write to clubefinancasbsb@gmail.com.
The three tracks
If you are competing, start with Intermediate as soon as it opens. It is the one that prepares you directly for the BFC.
General
How money works: compound interest, inflation, what risk is and why nobody earns without taking any. No prior knowledge required.
Intermediate
How to choose where to invest. Reading a company's balance sheet, comparing assets, building a portfolio that holds up, and understanding the simulator's rules.
Advanced
How to defend what you chose. Building an investment thesis, investing within a client's constraints, and presenting to a panel.
Materials are going up gradually. Lessons marked "Em breve" (coming soon) are already in the programme and open on their own as they are published. You do not need to do anything.
In the meantime, you can get a head start
Everything here is public and does not depend on the platform.
Get to know the simulator
The competition runs on the StockTrak platform. It is one account per team, so agree with your teammates before creating it.
Start from zero, in Portuguese
B3, the Brazilian stock exchange, runs free courses built for people who have never invested.
If you read English
Khan Academy's Finance and Capital Markets playlist is the best free video material available.
Read the rules with your team
They define how you will be judged, the deadlines, and what is and is not allowed in the simulator.
The Trading Days begin on September 21. Follow @clubefinancasbsb for the official schedule and announcements.
Questions: clubefinancasbsb@gmail.com
The deadline has passed and we are no longer accepting teams for this edition. The competition is under way with the teams already registered.
Still want to study? The General course at Brasília Finance Educacional is free and open to any student in Brazil.
Questions about this edition? clubefinancasbsb@gmail.com
Support & Partners
Interested in sponsoring? Get in touch: clubefinancasbsb@gmail.com
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