--- title: "Forum" description: "Use the QuantConnect forum to spark interesting discussions, ask for assistance from other members, and voice your opinion on our products." canonical: https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/community/forum markdown: https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/community/forum.md language: python source: https://github.com/QuantConnect/Documentation/tree/master/01%20Cloud%20Platform/14%20Community/02%20Forum modified: 2026-10-29 index: https://www.quantconnect.com/llms.txt --- # Forum [Documentation](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2.md) > [Cloud Platform](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform.md) > [Community](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/community.md) > Forum > Code examples are shown in Python. Append `?lang=csharp` to this URL for the C# version of this page. ## Introduction The QuantConnect forum is a place to discuss with other community members, Mia (our AI assistant), the core QuantConnect team, and our [Integration Partners](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/community/integration-partners.md). Use the forum to spark interesting discussions, ask for assistance from other members, and voice your opinion on our products. You must complete 30% of the Bootcamp lessons in the [Learning Center](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/learning-center.md) to unlock the ability to post to the forum. ## Discussions Discussions are a set of forum posts and comments about a targeted subject. We occasionally post to forum discussions to announce new features, tutorials, and examples. If you have completed 30% of the Bootcamp lessons, you can contribute to discussions. Create discussions to connect with other members or to ask for guidance on a specific problem that you are facing, but always perform your own research and tests before asking other members for assistance. The forum supports the following functionality: - Attaching backtest results and research notebooks - Bookmarking discussions - Generating links to comments to share - Publishing text content that includes bold, italics, lists, links, emojis, and [LaTeX](https://www.latex-project.org/) - Rewarding discussion content with QuantConnect Credit and upvotes - Sharing code snippets, photos, videos, and files - Tagging other members ## Sharing Backtests You can attach project files and backtest results to your forum comments. Sharing your project files is helpful in the following situations: - Contributing to a discussion about trading strategies and implementations - Highlighting an issue with data or Lean - Requesting assistance with an algorithm or research notebook - Sharing your interesting research and backtests with the community Sharing backtests is helpful in these situations because it enables other members to reproduce your results. However, since Lean is under constant development, old backtests that are attached to forum discussions can sometimes produce different results than they did in the past. You can only attach backtests to the forum if they don't throw errors. If you want to share a backtest that throws errors, call the `quit` method method before the error occurs. ## Credit To show your appreciation for contributions in the forum, [give some QuantConnect Credit (QCC) rewards](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/community/forum.md#11-Give-Rewards). The following table shows the available QCC rewards: | Award | Description | Cost (QCC) | | --- | --- | --- | | ![Forum rewards - Silver Award](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_silver.png) Silver Award | A simple token of recognition from one quant to another. Keep up the great work. | 80 | | ![Forum rewards - Gold Award](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_gold.png) Gold Award | This is some great work! Gold star! | 600 | | ![Forum rewards - Platinum Award](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_platinum.png) Platinum Award | Highly resistant to oxidation, this award is for those contributions which will stand the test of time. Strong, classic, and useful for most high technology products. | 1,200 | | ![Forum rewards - Medal for Excellence](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_excellence.png) Medal for Excellence | The QuantConnect Medal for Excellence is awarded by a member of the QuantConnect staff for exceptional contributions to the QuantConnect community. | 3,000 | | ![Forum rewards - Plutonium Award](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_plutonium.png) Plutonium Award | Nuclear hot! This post is incredible and deserves recognition as such. Show the author your appreciation for their work. | 2,000 | | ![Forum rewards - Docs Shakespeare](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_rtd.png) Docs Shakespeare | You've left a mark by a contribution to the documentation for the community. Your edits and examples will be followed for generations to come. | 500 | | ![Forum rewards - Nobel Laureate](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_nobel_prize.png) Nobel Laureate | Bestowed in recognition of quantitative advances. | 80 | | ![Forum rewards - Spaghetti Code Award](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_spaghetti.png) Spaghetti Code Award | Following the intricate flows of code noodle, this code compiles and runs. | 300 | | ![Forum rewards - Jedi Quant](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_jedi_quant.png) Jedi Quant | Quant promise you show. Your code channel the force into. Hmmmmmm. | 200 | | ![Forum rewards - Live Trader](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_live_trader.png) Live Trader | That looks like a wild ride. | 50 | | ![Forum rewards - Today I Learned](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_learned.png) Today I Learned | Thank you for upgrading my brain. | 50 | | ![Forum rewards - Machine Unlearning](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_machine_unlearning.png) Machine Unlearning | I plan on letting the computers do all the work for me. | 150 | | ![Forum rewards - Totally Overfit](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_overfit.png) Totally Overfit | I see parameters everywhere. | 80 | | ![Forum rewards - Mind Blown Award](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_mind_blown.png) Mind Blown Award | Something incredibly amazing, mind-boggling, and you're shocked senseless. | 80 | | ![Forum rewards - Research Rembrandt](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_rembrant.png) Research Rembrandt | A Jupyter notebook work of art, pulling together all the right hues and plots to be a true masterpiece. | 100 | | ![Forum rewards - Cayman Island Award](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_cayman.png) Cayman Island Award | Let's get a boat and start a fund together. Did I mention the boat? | 800 | | ![Forum rewards - Printing Money Award](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_printing.png) Printing Money Award | Awarded to profitable algorithms. | 100 | | ![Forum rewards - Stronger Together Award](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_stronger_together.png) Stronger Together Award | We're stronger together. Let's make this happen! | 120 | | ![Forum rewards - Appreciate the Support Award](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_appreciate_the_support.png) Appreciate the Support Award | Quant trading is a hard road, we could all use a hand. | 250 | | ![Forum rewards - Master Craftsman](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/forum/i/awards/qc_aw_builder_large.png) Master Craftsman | You're a master craftsman, taking raw materials and molding them into works of art for the good of the world. | 600 | ## Notifications Follow discussions to receive email notifications when members post new content. You can follow all forum discussions or individual discussions. ### All Discussions Follow these steps to subscribe or unsubscribe from all forum discussions: 1. Log in to your account. 2. Open the [community feed](https://www.quantconnect.com/forum). 3. In the **Community Mailing List** section, click **Subscribe** or **Manage Subscriptions**. ### Individual Discussions To toggle your subscription to individual discussions, add or remove a [bookmark](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/community/forum.md#17-Manage-Bookmarks) to the discussions. ## Search Discussions Follow these steps to search the forum: 1. Open the [forum homepage](https://www.quantconnect.com/forum). 2. Click the **magnifying glass** icon. 3. Enter some keywords to use in the search. ## Create Discussions Follow these steps to create a new forum discussion: 1. Log in to your account. 2. Open the [forum homepage](https://www.quantconnect.com/forum). 3. Click **Start New Discussion**. 4. Enter the discussion title. 5. Enter the discussion content. 6. (Optional) Follow these steps to attach a backtest: 1. Click **Attach Backtest**. 2. Click the **Project** field and then select the project that contains the backtest that you want to attach from the drop-down menu. You can only attach projects that you own. 3. Click the **Backtest** field and then select a backtest from the drop-down menu. When you attach a backtest, you're sharing all of the project files that were used to generate the backtest results. 7. (Optional) Under the **Discussion Tags** section, click **Show All** and then click all of the tags that are relevant to the discussion. 8. Click **Publish Discussion**. ## Post Comments You can only post comments on open forum discussions. To open a closed discussion, [contact us](https://www.quantconnect.com/contact). Follow these steps to post a comment on a forum discussion: 1. Log in to your account. 2. Open the [forum homepage](https://www.quantconnect.com/forum). 3. Click the discussion on which you want to comment. 4. If you want to reply to a comment in the discussion, click **Reply** at the bottom of the comment. 5. If you want to comment on the top-level discussion, scroll to the bottom of the discussion page and enter your comment. 6. (Optional) If you comment on the top-level discussion, follow these steps to attach a backtest: 1. Click **Attach Backtest**. 2. Click the **Project** field and then select the project that contains the backtest you want to attach from the drop-down menu. You can only attach projects that you own. 3. Click the **Backtest** field and then select a backtest from the drop-down menu. When you attach a backtest, you're sharing all of the project files that were used to generate the backtest results. 7. Click **Reply**. Your comment is appended to the discussion. ## Accept Answers You can only accept answers on discussions you create. Follow these steps to accept an answer on your discussion: 1. Log in to your account. 2. Open the [forum homepage](https://www.quantconnect.com/forum). 3. Open the discussion that contains the answer that you want to accept. 4. On the comment that you want to accept, click **Accept Answer**. The discussion closes and a copy of the accepted answer is added as the first comment in the discussion. ## Give Rewards You need sufficient [QuantConnect Credit (QCC)](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/organizations/credit.md) in your organization to give QCC rewards. Follow these steps to reward a discussion or comment: 1. Log in to your account. 2. Open the [forum homepage](https://www.quantconnect.com/forum). 3. Open the discussion to which you want to give your reward. 4. If you want to give a QCC reward, follow these steps: 1. On the discussion page, if you want to reward the discussion, click **Reward Discussion**. If you want to reward a comment in the discussion, on the comment that you want to reward, click **Reward Answer**. 2. Click a QCC reward. 3. Click **Send Reward**. The reward displays and the QCC value of the reward is deducted from your organization's balance. 5. If you want to give an upvote, click the **thumbs-up** icon on the comment that you want to reward. ## Share Comments Follow these steps to share a link to a comment in the forum: 1. Open the [forum homepage](https://www.quantconnect.com/forum). 2. Click the discussion that contains the comment that you want to share. 3. On the discussion page, in the bottom-right corner of the comment that you want to share, click the **share** icon and then click one of the share options. ## Edit Comments You can edit comments only within five minutes after publishing the comments. Follow these steps to edit a comment: 1. Log in to your account. 2. Open the [forum homepage](https://www.quantconnect.com/forum). 3. Click the discussion that contains the comment that you want to edit. 4. On the discussion page, in the top-right corner of the comment that you want to edit, click the **three dots** icon and then click **Edit**. 5. (Optional) Update the comment text. 6. (Optional) Follow these steps to update the attached backtest: 1. Click **Update Backtest**. 2. Click the **Project** field and then select the project that contains the backtest that you want to attach from the drop-down menu. You can only attach projects that you own. 3. Click the **Backtest** field and then select a backtest from the drop-down menu. 7. Click **Update**. The updated comment displays. ## Delete Comments [Email us](https://www.quantconnect.com/contact) the comment URL and a reason for deleting the comment. We will consider deleting the comment. ## Access Member Profiles Open the [forum homepage](https://www.quantconnect.com/forum), click a discussion, and then click a member's profile image to view the member's profile page. ## Manage Bookmarks Follow these steps to bookmark a discussion: 1. Log in to your account. 2. Open the [forum homepage](https://www.quantconnect.com/forum). 3. Click on the discussion that you want to bookmark. 4. On the discussion page, in the bottom-right corner of the first comment, click the **bookmark** icon. Click the **bookmark** icon again to remove the discussion from your bookmarks. On the forum homepage, click **Bookmarked** to view all of the discussions that you have bookmarked.