Train and battle your trading bots with real world crypto dataset ! Winners will get over US$6k cash prize. Sponsored by Microsoft and supported by InvestHK, it is the first ever global algo crypto trading contest using blockchain and NFT technology.

Ideate your trading algorithms, test on a robust back-testing platform, and compete to make a name for yourself ! Gain professional industry knowledge and practical skills to prepare yourself as the next-gen algo-trading professional. This Challenge is open to public.

1st Round: Ideate

Registered teams of 1-4 members will prepare a ppt less than 15 slides consisting of:
• Executive summary
• Trading idea description
• Trading logic
• Implementation detail
• Team biography

Coding is not required in this round
Submission deadline: 21 Aug 2022
Result announced: 31 Aug 2022

2nd Round:Test

Teams will code their trading algorithm and test on ALGOGENE's back-testing engine, then submit the code
Judges will backtest trading algorithms for return, volatility, robustness and practicality to select advancing teams

Submission deadline: 23 Oct 2022
Result announced: 31 Oct 2022

Final Round:Compete

Each team need to compete in out-sample forward test and live paper trading
Live paper trading will last for 2 months from 1-Nov-2022 to 31-Dec-2022
Teams will present trading plan to judges in a 5-minute pitch session on final day

Judges will select winners in each of these categories:
• Best Return
• Best Sharpe
• Best Strategy Design

Final Day: 8 Jan 2023

Registration deadline: 17 July 2022

Registration link: https://algochallenge.org/crypto2022/index.html#register

More information: https://algochallenge.org/crypto2022/