Algo Crypto Trading Challenge 2022 (Global)
To: All UG students
The Algo Challenge Association is inviting applications for the “Algo Crypto Trading Challenge 2022 (Global)”.
About the Challenge
The Challenge aims to ideate your strategies, test trading algorithms on a robust back-testing platform and gain professional industry knowledge and practical skills to prepare yourself as the next-gen algo-trading professional. It is open to public and teams of 1 to 4 members will be formed with diverse skills, i.e. maths, statistics, finance, coding, and presentation.
1st Round: Ideate | 2nd Round: Test | Final Round: Compete |
Registered teams of 1 to 4 students will prepare a trading proposal with less than 15 slides of ppt consisting of:
Coding is not required in this round
| Teams will code their trading algorithm and test it on ALGOGENE's back-testing engine, then submit the code
| Each team needs to compete in out-sample forward test and live paper trading
• Best Return
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Submission deadline: 21 Aug 2022 Result announced: 31 Aug 2022 | Submission deadline: 23 Oct 2022 Result announced: 31 Oct 2022 | Final Day: 8 Jan 2023 |
Timeline
Date | Event |
17 Jul 2022 | Deadline of Registration |
21 Aug 2022 | Deadline of 1st Round: Idea and Strategy Proposal Submission |
31 Aug 2022 | Announcement of 1st Round Winners |
23 Oct 2022 | Deadline of 2nd Round: Back-testing Completed and Code Submission |
31 Oct 2022 | Announcement of 2nd Round Winners |
31 Dec 2022 | 2-month Live Paper Trading Completed |
8 Jan 2023 | Final Day and Award Ceremony |
Awards and Benefits
- Winning teams from each category (i.e. Best Return, Best Sharpe, Best Strategy Design) will win up to US$1,000.
- Winners will receive a participation certificate and get a 1-year free subscription to ALGOGENE’s back-testing platform.
- Winners will have a chance to get their algo minted as NFTs in Opensea and internship/ full-time employment from the Organisers.
- Winners will connect with algo fund managers and industrial professionals in Algo Challenge Association (ACA).
Please refer to the Challenge website at https://algochallenge.org/crypto2022/index.html for details.
Interested students should submit an application via the above website by 17 July 2022 (Sunday).
Disclaimer:
1) The School will not be responsible for any expenses incurred in the event.
2) The data collected (including ID cards) through the online registration is solely administered by the organizer. The School shall not be held liable in the case that disputes, loss, or any other situations arise.