Waxhaw native named 'world's best student trader'

Peter Amos, a Wharton School student who graduated from Weddington High School, has been named the "World's Best Student Trader" after winning a NYSE Euronext competition in Amsterdam.

Amos competed against 18 other students picked from national contests around the world, tested on stress control, risk management, client handling and profitability, according to the NYSE. The competition is intended to simulate a trading desk.

For his victory, Amos will get two years of intensive counseling and training.