Quantitative trading competition Q13
Guaranteed investments of $2,250,000

CLOSED
Enter the biggest algorithmic trading competition.
The best 3 algorithms get guaranteed investments of:
$1,000,000  |  $750,000  |  $500,000
You pocket half of the performance fees as long as your algo performs.
Submit your trading algorithm before August 1, 2019.
HOW IT WORKS
OBJECTIVE
Write a trading algorithm on futures and submit it to the Quantiacs platform before the deadline. Your code remains a black box and you always keep the IP. Use Quantiacs’ free futures data and the free and open source back testing toolbox.
 
TIME LINE
There are two main phases in the competition: The submission period and the live simulation period.
Deadline for trading algorithm submissions:   07/31/2019 (11:59:59PM PST)

Once your trading algorithm is uploaded you cannot change it but you can submit new versions of it (up to 10 submissions per day). All submitted trading algorithms will be simulated for 4 months with live market data.

Live simulation period:   08/01/2019 – 11/30/2019 (11:59:59PM PST)

SCORING
Your final score is the lower of your Sharpe Ratio of your backtest, which starts on January 1, 2005, and the Sharpe Ratio of the live simulation (Min[Sharpe Ratio backtest, Sharpe Ratio live]). If you submit several trading systems we will take the one with the highest score. We will announce the winners at the beginning of January 2020. The three best algorithmic trading systems get guaranteed investments of $500,000, $750,000, and $1,000,000.

IMPORTANT
To score in the competition your trading algorithm:
• Trades futures (you can use stocks in your indicators)
• Have a live Sharpe Ratio that is no less than the backtest Sharpe ratio divided by two
• Evaluates in less than 30 minutes on our servers (rule of thumb)
• Returns the same result if it is run twice (deterministic)
• Have a backtest Sharpe Ratio greater than 1.0
• Does not use ex post common knowledge (e.g. ‘don’t trade in 2008 and 2009’)
• Uses a maximum lookback of 2520 trading days
 
For a detailed collection of all rules please see the official rules.

RANKING

Backtest

Live Test August 2019 to November 30 2019

Rank
Name
Score
Upload Date
Trading System
Yearly Perf. Yearly Vola.
Sharpe Ratio
Sortino Ratio
Performance Volatility
Sharpe Ratio
Sortino Ratio
 Rank: 251
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.82
01/12/2019 07:47
W Lvlsd Mc1 Miracle 75-1
31.61%
11.41%
3.09
4.62
3.82% 14.20%
0.82
1.19
 Rank: 252
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.82
02/03/2019 01:09
Y LvlSd Mc1 Miracle 75-1
32.13%
11.30%
3.09
4.81
3.82% 14.20%
0.82
1.19
 Rank: 253
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.81
01/15/2019 01:23
W LvlSD Mn1 Miracle 75 B
38.50%
7.18%
5.88
10.56
1.94% 7.11%
0.81
1.29
 Rank: 254
 
charless
 
Q13 contest
0.81
07/27/2019 05:18
Q13-284.py
22.36%
6.57%
3.39
6.40
1.61% 5.89%
0.81
1.37
 Rank: 255
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.81
07/14/2019 23:28
Acesan
11.65%
3.15%
3.71
6.77
0.64% 2.33%
0.81
1.28
 Rank: 256
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.80
01/08/2019 00:10
Y Lvl All Fifty 75b Stop
6.55%
7.55%
0.86
1.42
1.62% 6.03%
0.80
1.40
 Rank: 257
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.79
01/13/2019 03:26
W LvlSd Mc1 Bicent 60B
13.01%
6.39%
2.28
3.35
1.44% 5.38%
0.79
1.32
 Rank: 258
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.79
02/02/2019 02:46
Y LvlSd Mc1 Bicent 60b
13.03%
6.38%
2.27
3.38
1.44% 5.38%
0.79
1.32
 Rank: 259
 
Troy B
 
Q13 contest
0.79
07/29/2019 20:30
July19_V6A
6.83%
7.89%
0.79
1.36
7.21% 12.92%
1.75
2.88
 Rank: 260
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.79
02/12/2019 00:54
Z Clamp CNR Trio 7
40.71%
8.37%
5.02
9.30
1.40% 10.06%
0.79
1.76
 Rank: 261
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.79
01/31/2019 01:57
Y Clamp CNR Z Ranger
52.72%
10.24%
5.13
10.58
1.47% 10.52%
0.79
1.21
 Rank: 262
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.79
01/23/2019 00:48
W Clamp CNR Z Ranger
52.72%
10.24%
5.14
10.58
1.47% 10.52%
0.79
1.21
 Rank: 263
 
mwalimudan
 
Q13 contest
0.78
05/10/2019 05:56
CongenitalOptimistQ13
7.89%
13.13%
0.78
0.90
3.16% 9.62%
0.99
1.66
 Rank: 264
 
charless
 
Q13 contest
0.77
07/31/2019 02:42
Q13-363.py
38.32%
6.64%
5.92
11.35
1.36% 5.24%
0.77
1.19
 Rank: 265
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.77
01/26/2019 00:08
Y Clamp CNR Ranger 2
7.38%
2.98%
2.43
4.81
0.27% 1.90%
0.77
1.12
 Rank: 266
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.77
01/18/2019 02:02
W Clamp CNR Ranger 2
7.38%
2.98%
2.44
4.81
0.27% 1.90%
0.77
1.12
 Rank: 267
 
charless
 
Q13 contest
0.76
07/29/2019 02:57
Q13-315.py
35.05%
6.53%
5.43
10.56
1.59% 6.20%
0.76
1.30
 Rank: 268
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.76
01/07/2019 02:11
Lvl Sixty 100
22.38%
12.42%
2.04
2.83
2.59% 10.21%
0.76
1.22
 Rank: 269
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.75
01/15/2019 01:22
W Lvl Ri1 Diamond 80 B
46.59%
15.45%
3.64
5.02
3.49% 14.01%
0.75
1.19
 Rank: 270
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.75
02/02/2019 02:45
Y Lvl Ri1 Diamond 80b
46.56%
15.45%
3.65
5.02
3.49% 14.01%
0.75
1.19
 Rank: 271
 
KOBAS
 
Q13 contest
0.75
04/29/2019 05:36
B05KOBAS04LB17E00
4.62%
5.22%
0.97
1.36
1.48% 5.85%
0.75
1.43
 Rank: 272
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
0.75
02/07/2019 21:56
Z Clamp CNR Duo 9
49.62%
9.09%
5.45
10.74
- -%
0.75
-
 Rank: 273
 
AlgoQT
 
Q13 contest
0.75
07/23/2019 06:29
SP128_0723_v2
2.72%
2.47%
1.18
1.70
0.61% 2.41%
0.75
1.30
 Rank: 274
 
charless
 
Q13 contest
0.75
07/28/2019 04:03
Q13-309.py
24.20%
6.61%
3.65
6.62
1.53% 6.09%
0.75
1.26
 Rank: 275
 
dm7
 
Q13 contest
0.75
07/24/2019 05:08
tsq13ebf5df1d415249cebace609426cd9195
1.67%
0.57%
2.94
5.92
0.08% 0.30%
0.75
1.50