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HKU x Avenir Trading Challenge

Top 10 & Top 11 / 300+ Worldwide

Two teams competed in the Hong Kong trading challenge.

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QuantChallenge 2025

Maria Nesterenko, Pavlo Shkuropatskyi

Quantitative trading competition overview and execution.

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Proprietary

Citadel

Competition Description Links
Datathon Annual data-driven challenge Site ↗ · Ex1 ↗ · Ex2 ↗
Terminal Algo trading simulation Site ↗ · Sol1 ↗ · Sol2 ↗
Trading Invitational Elite competition Site ↗

IMC & Others

Competition Description Links
IMC Prosperity April - World’s most elaborate Site ↗ · P2 ↗ · P3 ↗
Croatia Algo April-June, Jump/JS/SIG Site ↗
WorldQuant IQC Annual Quant Championship Site ↗

University

Competition Description Links
Rotman ITC University of Toronto Site ↗ · 2024 ↗
HKU & Avenir Hong Kong challenge Site ↗

Kaggle

Jane Street

Competition Top Solutions
Market Prediction ↗ 1st Autoencoder ↗ · 3rd MLPs ↗ · 10th GBM ↗
Real-Time Forecasting ↗ 8th ↗

Crypto

Competition Top Solutions
DRW Crypto ↗ 1st ↗ · 11th ↗ · 13th ↗
G-Research Crypto ↗ 2nd ↗

Optiver

Competition Top Solutions
Trading at the Close ↗ 1st ↗
Realized Volatility ↗ 1st ↗

Other

Competition Top Solutions
Ubiquant ↗ 1st ↗ · 2nd ↗ · 3rd ↗
Winton Stock ↗ -

Upcoming 2026

Competition Details Link
Harvard UTC Individual apps → random teams Site ↗
Yale UTC Deadline: 11th Jan Site ↗
UChicago TC Teams of 3-4 Site ↗
Rotman ITC Teams of 4-6, same university Site ↗
Global Quant Less student-focused Site ↗
Ensimag IF Energy market prediction Kaggle ↗
Predictorium German prediction challenge Site ↗

Full 2026 List by Christina Qi ↗

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