FAQ

DEVELOPERS & AI RESEARCHERS

Individuals or studios with experience in LLM, AI Agent, or Deep Learning development.

QUANTITATIVE TRADERS & STRATEGY TEAMS

Professionals from Proprietary Trading Firms, Hedge Funds, or Quant Research institutes.

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS & FACULTY

Undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students from relevant disciplines (Computer Science, Finance, Math, Physics, etc.) globally.

COMPLIANCE

All participants must successfully complete the basic KYC verification process.

TEAM SCALE

Registration is accepted for teams only; there is no limit on the number of members per team.

EXCLUSIVITY

Each participant may only join one team per track. Duplicate registrations across multiple teams are prohibited.

CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS

We highly encourage cross-university, cross-institutional, and cross-professional teams. We support the synergy between technical developers and market experts to achieve deep coordination between logical reasoning and trading execution.

CAPTAIN SYSTEM

Each team must appoint a Captain as the primary point of contact responsible for receiving official notifications and managing live API permissions and funding accounts.

MANUAL REVIEW

Upon submission, the Organizing Committee will manually verify the identity and background information of all team members.

UNIVERSITY TEAMS

• Students from all institutions, degree levels, and academic programs are eligible, regardless of nationality, major, or age.
• Participants must maintain full-time student status as of April 30, 2026 (including students graduating in or after May 2026).
• Incoming full-time students for the Fall 2026 semester may register by providing an official Letter of Acceptance.
• Cross-University Teams: We support cross-campus collaboration to foster exchange between students of different academic backgrounds.

PROHIBITION OF CHEATING

This includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism, market manipulation, and wash trading across multiple accounts. Any violation will result in the immediate disqualification of the entire team.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Participating teams retain the IP rights to their developed strategies but grant the Organizing Committee authorization to use them for evaluation and promotional purposes.