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Conquest Tech Olympiad 2026 · Finance track

Learning pack

Further reading

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  1. SEBI, investor education and awareness pages (sebi.gov.in). Plain-language guides for new investors, including how markets work and common risks.
  2. SEBI, published studies on the profitability of individual traders in equity futures and options (sebi.gov.in). The source of the finding discussed in Lesson 1.
  3. NISM, investor awareness and financial education material (nism.ac.in). Beginner resources from India's National Institute of Securities Markets.
  4. Investopedia, article "Moving Average (MA)" (investopedia.com). Explains the simple moving average with charts. Lesson 3.
  5. Investopedia, article "Maximum Drawdown (MDD)" (investopedia.com). Explains drawdown and why it matters. Lesson 5.
  6. Investopedia, articles on relative strength and on the Relative Strength Index (RSI) (investopedia.com). Read both and note the difference. Lessons 4 and 7.
  7. Investopedia, article "Backtesting" (investopedia.com). Covers testing rules on past data and its limits. Lesson 6.
  8. CMT Association, public pages introducing technical analysis (cmtassociation.org). An introduction to reading charts and trends from the organization that designed this challenge.

The industry data in the challenge come from the Kenneth R. French Data Library, published by the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Its "10 Industry Portfolios" are the source of the ten industry groups. This is a data page, not a lesson, and it is optional.