GES and the IEEE
(Hong Kong) Computational Intelligence Chapter (IEEE (HK) CI Chapter) jointly
organized the First Computational Finance Competition (Competition), to foster
the pursuit of algo trading among academia in Hong Kong.
The Competition is launched to provide undergraduates and
postgraduates students with a platform to apply their algo trading techniques
in daily lives. During the Competition, all participants are required to use
the Auton trading platform provided by GES for algo development, backtesting
with historical data as well as virtual trading by live data. Each participant
can participate either as an individual or as a team with no more than 2 team
members (Participant). Every participant will use algo strategies to trade on
CFDs of 50 Hang Seng Index Constituent Stocks and several major indices with a
simulated capital of HK$1 million.
The organizer held a briefing session on March 10, 2017
in Lecture Theatre C, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong. The
representatives of the organizers introduced the details of the competition
rules as well as the important notes on algo trading and application of the
competition platform. The briefing session received overwhelming responses from
nearly 30 students and professors from Hong Kong universities. Most of them
showed great enthusiasm by raising questions during the event.
Students can register for the Competition from 24 February
to 30 April 2017 via the Competition website: www.ges.com.hk/FirstComputationalFinanceCompetition. Participants will have a chance to win the prize of up
to HK$8,000 and half-year free usage on the GES Auton Software. At the end of
the Competition, the Participants with the “Best Overall Return” and “Best
Risk-Adjusted Return” will be the winners. Top two teams of each category will
be awarded the Champion and First Runner-up respectively. The Champion will be
presented with book coupons of HK$3,000 and a cash prize of HK$5,000, while the
First Runner-up will be presented with book coupons of HK$2,000 and a cash
prize of HK$3,000. A “Weekly Best
Return” award will also be presented to each weekly winner who gains the
largest positive profits by each week during the competition period, including 6
winners in total. Each weekly winner will be presented with HK$300 book coupon
as the reward.
Dr. Vincent
Tam, Chairman of IEEE (HK) CI Chapter, said, “Thanks to the keen supports of the Executive
Committee members of the IEEE (HK) CI Chapter, and the Computational Finance
and Economics Technical Committee (CFETC) of the Computational Intelligence
Society (CIS), the Competition has been successfully launched and has received
overwhelming response so far. The Competition is certainly one of the most
meaningful investment competitions in the academic sector, allowing students to
put investment theories into practice and gain the valuable experience of
trading simulation in the real investment world.”
Mr. Ken So, Senior Quantitative Developer of GES, said, “GES is dedicated in promoting the application of computational intelligence in the financial industry for years, being one of the pioneers in the development of quantitative finance in Asia. GES Auton platform is a true multi-asset platform which supports FX, Bullion, CFDs, Equities, Futures and Stock Options. Its built-in algo trading kit allows traders to deploy existing trading strategies or script their own one in the platform. Allowing algo backtesting and forward-testing with historical data and live data respectively, Auton helps traders to develop the unique trading strategy that will work best for them. The Competition is definitely a good channel to nurture the next generation of Fintech talent and promote the development of Fintech in Hong Kong investment market.”
About the
First Computational Finance Competition
The First Computational Finance Competition is organized
by Global eSolutions (HK) Limited (“GES”) and IEEE (Hong Kong) Computational
Intelligence Chapter (“IEEE (HK) CI Chapter”), which invite undergraduates and
postgraduates students from renowned universities in Hong Kong to foster the
pursuit of algo trading among university students in Hong Kong. It was
initiated with the vision to promote the use of Computational Intelligence in
the area of finance, identify algo trading talents at top universities and
provide top performers with potential career opportunities
About IEEE
The IEEE is the world's largest professional organization
dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit
of humanity, with more than 430,000 members in over 160 countries. Through
its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and
professional and educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice on a wide
variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers, and telecommunications
to biomedical engineering, electric power, and consumer electronics. Learn more
at http://www.ieee.org.
About GES
Global eSolutions (HK) Limited (“GES”) is a global
leading provider dedicated in financial technologies for more than 10 years.
GES empowers financial institutions with algo-trading capability, advanced risk
management and FIX bridging solutions. GES fully covers the needs of the
on-floor trading and OTC markets, with value-added services ranging from IT
technical support, system integration, bespoke software and network
infrastructure development to hosting services. With GES technologies,
financial institutions are able to overcome the challenges of risk management,
position management, liquidity source and trading across different financial
instruments in a single platform. GES’s well established partnering with
top-tier financial institutions and prime brokerage firms can fulfill
customers’ needs of liquidity and market depth. GES ensures the highest level
of certainty and satisfaction through comprehensive industry expertise and a
deep-set commitment to customers.
