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Quant League

Introduction

Every year we see thousands of applications for internships from driven and intelligent students seeking opportunities to spring board their careers. The top industry funds take less than 1% of applicants, leaving thousands of students unable to prove their abilities.

The Open Quant League is an opportunity for university classes and clubs to showcase their quantitative trading skills. Team members do research publicly and deploy algorithms live, gaining a track-record. All teams that enter the competition receive the following benefits:

  • Free credit to use QuantConnect.
  • A platform to discuss their strategy logic with a public, permanent link to share on their LinkedIn profiles and resumes.
  • Inbound inquiries from employers in the QC community looking for help on their algorithms or looking to hire talent for their fund.
  • Public quarterly rankings page to share with potential employers via URL, including your discussion thread.

In addition, all QC community members benefit from gaining access to the research from each university that participates. The live algorithm the team contributed will become public so community members can use it to learn, trade, and improve.

Schedule

The competition runs on a quarterly schedule. At the end of each quarter, the competition resets and the algorithms in the current competition are automatically resubmitted to the next competition.

Rankings

Algorithms are simply ranked by net performance over the quarter but this condition is subject to change. To view current rankings, see Compete.

Prizes

The top three organizations at the end of the quarterly competition receive prices of $500, $300, and $200, respectively. There must be at least 10 submissions in the competition to qualify for prizes.

Submit Algorithms

Before you submit an algorithm, ensure your team abides by the following rules:

  • Your team's algorithm should be unique. Organizations are penalized for submitting algorithms that are nearly identical to other clubs.
  • Team members must use their real names on their QuantConnect profile, and a link to their LinkedIn page. To change your name and set a LinkedIn profile, see Personal Information.
  • The asset universes should have sufficient liquidity for reasonable trading. For equities this includes the top 1000 stocks, crypto top 10 coins, forex top 20 pairs, and futures the top 30 contracts.

To submit an algorithm, click the "Enter Competition" button at the top of the page and send a message to support describing your team and university. At the end of the competition, your algorithm will automatically be resubmitted for the competition in each following quarter.

Intellectual Property

The source code of each algorithm is private during its first quarter in the competition. At the end of its first quarter in the competition, the source code will be visible, even if the algorithm is submitted into the next competition. To keep your source code private, submit a new algorithm for each quarter.

Quotas

Schools and clubs can have up to two entries in the competition each quarter. For example, Duke University can have one entry for FECON 413 and another entry for the Duke Investment Club.

Pamplet

To share information about this competition with your team members or university, please feel free to download the following pamphlet for distribution.

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