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, the article Restart of Participants’ Terminals has been published. Some Participants had problems with sending logs to the Championship website server. New versions of terminals will be restarted at the weekend.

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #41     Oct 12, 2007
  2. Fat

    Fat

    At the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the Report of the Second Week (8-14 October) news has been published. Several interesting events have taken place within the past 5 trading days. Participant AxelForex has rushed to the first place. He was not among even the Top 10 last week. The total profit of the Top Ten Expert Advisors has increased by 30 thousand dollars. Some Participants have been disqualified.

    The full text was published at the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #42     Oct 15, 2007
  3. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, an Interview with Alexey Kirienko (Axelforex) has been published. The Participant of the Automated Trading Championship 2007 from Kyrgyzstan Aleksey Kirienko is the leader of The Championship already for the second week. The development of his Expert Advisor for the contest took quite a long time. "The secret here is that we should use traditional and famous matters in accordance with our own needs, making alterations that can solve our task – in such a case they will be very useful".

    The interview was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.

    The Automated Trading Championship 2007 is organized by MetaQuotes Software Corp. and co-sponsored by ODL Securities Limited, Alpari (UK) Limited, FXDD and the popular TRADERS` magazine.
     
    #43     Oct 19, 2007
  4. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the Reporting the Championship: Third Week (15 – 21 October) has been published. This week has drastically decreased profits of some Expert Advisors and essentially reshuffled the entire Top Ten. The Participant of Championship 2006, Valeri Karpenko (valvk) got onto the first place. He took the fourth place last year. The second and the third places were taken by Participants from New Zealand and Australia, respectively. The Top Ten's total equity has decreased as compared to the preceding week and is now only 108 000 dollars.

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #44     Oct 22, 2007
  5. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the article Jury Session Record of the 25th of October 2007 has been published. At the session, the Jury discussed disqualification of several Participants. Four more Participants dropped out of the competition.

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #45     Oct 26, 2007
  6. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the article Reporting the Championship: Fourth Week (22-28 October) has been published. One month has passed since the Automated Trading Championship 2007 started. The first place changed its owner every week. We witnessed sudden ups and downs. The most of risky Expert Advisors could not stand the test of time and left the Top Ten. Now we can expect to see gradual accumulation of profits...

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.

    The Automated Trading Championship 2007 is organized by MetaQuotes Software Corp. and co-sponsored by ODL Securities Limited, Alpari (UK) Limited, FXDD and the popular TRADERS` magazine.
     
    #46     Oct 29, 2007
  7. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, an Interview with Boris Vilenski (bablokos) has been published. The Participant from Israel decided to write an automated trading system based on his professional experience, though it is far from trading. Boris thinks that "for being successful, one should try to lead one's own way and search new solutions". And he does well.

    The interview was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #47     Oct 31, 2007
  8. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, an Interview with Matthew Brown (Matmospheric) has been published. Matthew Brown is now among the best ten developers, but he is not very surprised at it. He has presented in the Championship his Expert Advisor that was thoroughly optimized. Matthew thinks that “all EAs, especially the good ones, need to be optimized and updated from time to time. If you learn the code and optimize it yourself, then you can keep it up to date and continually make money”.

    The interview was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #48     Nov 2, 2007
  9. Fat

    Fat

    On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the article Jury Session Record of the 6th of November 2007 has been published. At the session, the Jury discussed disqualification of several Participants. Three more Participants dropped out of the competition.

    The full text of the article was published on the website of Automated Trading Championship 2007 in the News section.
     
    #49     Nov 6, 2007
  10. I agree with you... this thing is bogus...
    A bunch of yonng, smart-but-not-wise desperados "fooled by randomness".

    Also...
    There are many cons baked into this...
    Which is the real point.

    Show me Audited Financial statements for 5 years...
    Audited by a reputable Western accounting firm.

    Anything else is a waste of time. Yawn.
     
    #50     Nov 6, 2007