Organizations

You need QCC in your organization to unlock parameter optimization. Parameter optimization jobs use optimization nodes, which are rented on a time basis. Therefore, the longer it takes to run all of the backtests in your optimization job, the more QCC it costs. Before you run optimizations, we estimate on how much QCC it will cost to run the job, but the final cost can differ from our estimates because we can't know exactly how long all of the backtests will take to run ahead of time. For instructions on optimizing parameters, see Launch Optimization Jobs.

You can spend some QCC to download datasets from the Dataset Market to your local machine. The cost of downloading depends on the dataset and it's calculated on a per-file or per-day basis. For instructions on downloading datasets, see Licensing.

To show your appreciation for contributions in the forum, give some QuantConnect Credit (QCC) rewards. The following table shows the available QCC rewards:

Award	Description	Cost (QCC)
Silver Award	A simple token of recognition from one quant to another. Keep up the great work.	80
Gold Award	This is some great work! Gold star!	600
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
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
Plutonium Award	Nuclear hot! This post is incredible and deserves recognition as such. Show the author your appreciation for their work.	2,000
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
Nobel Laureate	Bestowed in recognition of quantitative advances.	80
Spaghetti Code Award	Following the intricate flows of code noodle, this code compiles and runs.	300
Jedi Quant	Quant promise you show. Your code channel the force into. Hmmmmmm.	200
Live Trader	That looks like a wild ride.	50
Today I Learned	Thank you for upgrading my brain.	50
Machine Unlearning	I plan on letting the computers do all the work for me.	150
Totally Overfit	I see parameters everywhere.	80
Mind Blown Award	Something incredibly amazing, mind-boggling, and you're shocked senseless.	80
Research Rembrandt	A Jupyter notebook work of art, pulling together all the right hues and plots to be a true masterpiece.	100
Cayman Island Award	Let's get a boat and start a fund together. Did I mention the boat?	800
Printing Money Award	Awarded to profitable algorithms.	100
Stronger Together Award	We're stronger together. Let's make this happen!	120
Appreciate the Support Award	Quant trading is a hard road, we could all use a hand.	250
Master Craftsman	You're a master craftsman, taking raw materials and molding them into works of art for the good of the world.	600

Follow these steps to purchase QuantConnect Credit (QCC):

1. Open the Billing page.
2. Scroll down to the Organization Credit (QCC) section and then click Purchase Credit.
3. Select a credit pack and then click Continue.
4. If your preferred organization has a credit card and you want to charge that card, click Purchase.
5. If your preferred organization doesn't have a credit card, enter the credit card details and then click Purchase.

Only the preferred organization can be charged when purchasing QCC. If you want to charge a different organization you are a member of, set it as your preferred organization.

You can apply QCC to your organization's invoices to pay for your subscriptions, but you must enable invoice payments before your invoice is generated to pay it with QCC. To enable invoice payment with QCC, open the Billing page, scroll down to the Organization Credit (QCC) section, and then select the Only apply organization QCC to invoices check box.