Weekly Alpha competitions through QuantConnect

This could be good to enter some of our algorithms in if any of the trading competitions get cancelled

QuantConnect Alpha Stream Competition - QuantConnect.com

Challenge:

Your challenge is to create algorithms that perform well over a 5 year backtest period, perform well in out-of-sample trading, and reconciles well with its backtest. You can trade any asset classes or strategy types. As there are funds with many different mandates using Alpha Streams, we wanted a competition specially designed to let you unleash your full creativity without worrying about specific themes or universes.

Requirements:

All algorithms must meet the below mechanical and performance criteria to be under consideration for the weekly prize. To get started, check out our template algorithm that has many of the mechanical factors baked in. To be eligible, your algorithm must:

• Meet Standard Alpha Submission Criteria
• Use the Algorithm Framework Foundation
• Use Insight Weighted or Equal Weighting Portfolio Construction Models
• Use the Immediate Execution Model
• Specify Insight Properties: Symbol, Duration, Direction, and Weight
• Include a 200+ Word Description
• Have at least 90 calendar days of out of sample track record at launch of competition
• Emitted at least an average of 10 insights per month
• Have a Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) distance of < 20%