Automated Trading Championship: 2006 and 2007

Discussion in 'Automated Trading' started by Fat, Jul 6, 2007.

  1. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, an Interview with Alexander Pozdnishev (AlexSilver) (http://championship.mql4.com/2007/news/213) has been published.Alexander Pozdnishev better known as AlexSilver has large experience in working on financial markets. He fully participates in various projects. He developed a stable trading system Silver-channel - "the strategy is not super-profitable, nor very successful. It gives rather modest profit percentage on historical data, but has a small and stable (for almost all currency pairs) positive mathematical expectation. This is why I use it for purposes of teaching how to trade with the strategy".

    The video interview was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #31     Aug 28, 2007
  2. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the article 2 Months of Registration (http://championship.mql4.com/2007/news/216/?source=et.08.31) has been published. The results of two-month registration are given in the article. Over 1100 people have applied for participation in the Championship. The amount of those submitted their Expert Advisors and personal details exceeds 200. Only 3 weeks are left until the registration is closed. “I would like to advise all applicants to hurry up since not so much time is left. As it is usually the case, the majority suddenly starts to submit data when a few days are left to the end of registration. In such situation, we may just have no time to check data of some potential Participants", Stanislav Starikov said.

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #32     Aug 31, 2007
  3. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, an Interview with Eugeni Neumoin (nen) has been published. Eugeni Neumoin known as nen uses functions provided by MQL4 to develop his indicator named ZUP. In this indicator, he utilizes various methods. The indicator is based on many graphical tools. Eugeni sees advantages of such tools "in their plainness, accuracy, good ability to predict things...".

    The interview was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #33     Sep 5, 2007
  4. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the article Registration Problems has been published. It gives a brief description of the most common errors in Expert Advisors submitted for the Championship. Anticipating the growth of popularity of the Championship, the Organizers introduced an automated system to check the Expert Advisors submitted this year. At this stage, 60% of all submitted Expert Advisors have already been checked automatically. Various errors in the Expert Advisors’ codes were detected and corrected during these tests. These errors often resulted in overconsumption of computer resources and improper orders management.

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #34     Sep 11, 2007
  5. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the article Registration: Preliminary Results has been published. Two and a half months have passed since Registration started. Only 7 days are left to complete it and participate in the Automated Trading Championship 2007. According to the latest information, 1 560 people have already registered at the website. 374 developers have fully completed registration.

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #35     Sep 14, 2007
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    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the article Evolution of Trading Systems has been published. Almost one year has passed since Automated Trading Championship 2006 started. The new contest of automated trading systems, Automated Trading championship 2007, will start very soon. How have the views of developers changed over the last year?

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #36     Sep 18, 2007
  7. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the article The Automated Trading Championship 2007 has Began has been published. The 1st of October, the day when the Automated Trading Championship 2007 starts. Registration and checks of Participants are finished. 603 Participants are admitted to the Championship. Renat Fatkhullin, CEO of MetaQuotes Software Corp., commented the start of the Championship:

    Expert Advisors’ writers have done enormous work within the last 9 months. Nothing depends on them now, they can just witness the successes of their brainchildren. I want to thank all Participants for the work they have done and wish everybody much success at the Automated Trading Championship 2007!

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #37     Oct 1, 2007
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    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the article Reporting the Championship: First Week (1 – 7 October) has been published. The article summarizes the results of the fisrt week of the Championship. The Top Ten Expert Advisors alternated all the time during the week. The Top Three Expert Advisors managed to almost double their deposits. We'll see whether they can make further successful trades.

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #38     Oct 8, 2007
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    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, an Interview with Nikolay (zona) has been published. Nikolay known as zonа has not been trading forex for a very long time. However, he has already developed about 30 Expert Advisors. Nikolay trusts trading to Expert Advisors, because "a computer makes decisions without any hesitations and much sooner than a man. Well, one does not become conscience-stricken if the deposit is depleted, in case the Expert Advisor is unsuccessful". His EA named WholeSight has made only one profitable trade yet.

    The interview was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #39     Oct 9, 2007
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    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the article Jury Session Record of the 10th of October 2007 has been published. At its session, the Jury discussed the issue of disqualification of some Participants the Expert Advisors of which had not complied with the Championship Rules. Six Expert Advisors are set down.

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #40     Oct 11, 2007