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In response to your advice, the section has been changed to: 11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: As between Max Dama and the Participant, the Participant retains ownership of all intellectual and industrial property rights in and to the Entry that Participant had before submission, including...

hardlianotion, It is not restricted. Your home university has no weight in the scoring criteria.

I am willing to change that section if anyone can suggest an appropriate clause that says something to the effect, "the entry will be open-sourced under the BSD license and may also be used for promotional/marketing materials." Tobias, this is correct: "hosts are (presumably) after some clever...

Tsotne, this is the first time running the contest. Depending on how this one goes there could be more. Andy, I was going to ask if I could post this on QuantNet. The plan is to open source the top submissions.

March 23rd is a very long time to wait! (That's when the website says final results will have been released) Max maxdama.com

Adam, Thanks, I've gotten that advice elsewhere too. That trading plan was version 1; version 2, as I mentioned below, only uses futures. Has anyone received more news from IB? I guess trading starts on the 12th but I've heard nothing since first being accepted.

Bhargav, You can make it a little bit flexible. Also you can change the plan later: "You may list multiple trading strategies, and add and/or delete your different strategies during the competition." My original, accepted plan was about as vague as it gets since I hadn't...

Thanks Gus, that's good to add

alain, Thanks for reading. I am not so much going for the $100,000 as I am just trying to learn. It's great to have free access to data for participating.

Trading Plan Deadline in 3 Days The final deadline for the Olympiad is in 3 days. I'm going to submit a revised trading plan before then but I was hoping to see if anyone could criticize it beforehand. It's copied below, omitting most of the long list of futures contracts which the system will...

I would also like to know if transaction costs are simulated.

Greetings All, Just finished my first year at UC Berkeley undergrad (but I have senior standing somehow). I will most likely declare a double major in Business Administration and Computer Science when it comes time. Besides that I do indoor rock climbing 4-5 times a week, manage a website, and...