QuantCon Hackathon

The QuantCon Hackathon is a free, data-centric hackathon. Quants, data scientists, students, and anyone else interested in quant finance, who would like to put their trading strategies to the test, are welcome to participate.

Participants will learn how to build a trading algorithm with various data sets and have the chance to submit their final algorithms for a grand prize.

Data sets will be available for use by: Accern, EventVestor, PsychSignal, and StockTwits.

Winners will be determined using a rigorous, quantitative judging process.

Awards for Winners

Winning algorithm gets over $1,300 worth of prizes. That includes a 6 month premium subscription to 4 datasets* and a $300 cash prize.

*Datasets for the prize will be announced at the Hackathon

QuantCon Hackathon 2016 Agenda

10AM – 11AM: Introduction to Quantopian, dataset showcases, and explanation of competition rules.

11AM – 12PM: Hackathon Start. Competitors will be free to ask Quantopian panelist questions.

12:00PM – 12:30PM: Lunch

12:30PM – 2:30PM: Hackathon Afternoon Session. Competitors will be free to ask Quantopian panelists questions.

2:30PM – 2:45PM: Final announcement of 3:00 submission deadline.

3:00PM – 3:30PM: Submission deadline, wrap up.

The Hackathon will be held on April 10th, 2016 (the day following QuantCon (http://www.quantcon.com/)). It will be held at the CQF Fitch Learning Center in NYC. Lunch will be provided. Prizes will be announced at a later date.

Big thank you to our sponsors: CQF, Accern, EventVestor, PsychSignal, and StockTwits!