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: 1101
 
charless
 
Q13 contest
-1.78
05/16/2019 15:24
Q13-075.py
320.69%
11.33%
30.67
95.62
 Rank: 1102
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.80
01/30/2019 19:55
Y Clamp CNR Trio 8
58.51%
9.87%
6.03
12.08
 Rank: 1103
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.80
01/22/2019 01:30
W Clamp CNR Trio 8
58.51%
9.87%
6.02
12.08
 Rank: 1104
 
fujin
 
Q13 contest
-1.80
07/07/2019 02:04
shahBaz
5.79%
6.53%
0.96
1.42
 Rank: 1105
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.81
01/01/2019 03:00
PP Gold 85 Reflector
22.47%
9.18%
2.70
3.87
 Rank: 1106
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.81
02/19/2019 06:16
Z LvlSd Mc1 Miracle 75-2
33.12%
11.35%
3.01
5.12
 Rank: 1107
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.82
02/16/2019 08:24
Z Lvl RI1 Diamond 80B
50.90%
14.91%
3.49
6.03
 Rank: 1108
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.82
02/24/2019 06:26
Blindfolded Hard Workers
9.40%
4.10%
2.33
3.92
 Rank: 1109
 
charless
 
Q13 contest
-1.82
05/14/2019 12:45
Q13-047.py
249.83%
7.99%
34.63
154.05
 Rank: 1110
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.82
01/09/2019 00:08
Y Lvl All Hundred 60
19.56%
9.69%
2.25
3.19
 Rank: 1111
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.83
02/17/2019 02:04
Z Lvl Second Stack 66
27.74%
14.48%
2.00
2.89
 Rank: 1112
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.83
02/20/2019 08:01
Z LvlSd Mc1 Miracle 75-3B
31.82%
11.51%
2.95
4.55
 Rank: 1113
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.83
02/22/2019 08:15
Z Tree LvlPVO Second Stack Miracle 66B
26.80%
12.57%
2.41
3.77
 Rank: 1114
 
charless
 
Q13 contest
-1.87
05/16/2019 15:24
Q13-074.py
297.10%
11.17%
29.12
109.34
 Rank: 1115
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.88
01/07/2019 02:12
LvlSD Forty 200
21.27%
5.86%
4.05
6.45
 Rank: 1116
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.89
02/16/2019 08:23
Z Lvl New Miracle 75
49.47%
10.27%
5.08
9.85
 Rank: 1117
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.89
02/15/2019 09:41
Z Clamp CNR Z Ranger
49.47%
10.27%
5.08
9.85
 Rank: 1118
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.89
01/02/2019 03:02
Swoosh Lvl Gold 90
38.23%
10.29%
4.51
6.60
 Rank: 1119
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.89
07/19/2019 11:12
xnBerry
11.24%
6.80%
1.71
2.65
 Rank: 1120
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.89
01/17/2019 00:18
W Clamp CNR Duo 9
60.13%
9.67%
6.30
12.77
 Rank: 1121
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.89
02/18/2019 06:48
Z PVO Ascence Second Stack Miracle 66 B
19.40%
8.66%
2.34
3.77
 Rank: 1122
 
s_poramet
 
Q13 contest
-1.90
07/21/2019 01:45
FloorCeil
13.68%
6.05%
2.39
3.44
 Rank: 1123
 
charless
 
Q13 contest
-1.90
05/04/2019 23:43
Q13-002.py
152.03%
6.11%
27.00
114.10
 Rank: 1124
 
charless
 
Q13 contest
-1.91
05/15/2019 16:38
Q13-058.py
230.48%
9.36%
27.06
89.03
 Rank: 1125
 
charless
 
Q13 contest
-1.91
05/22/2019 10:27
Q13-091.py
107.51%
7.26%
16.09
41.57