Build. Deploy. Trade. Compete.
Design and deploy AI-driven trading strategies in a fair, standardized global simulation. The 2026 edition ran from 16 August to 15 September 2026 — the official final standings are now published.
About the Competition
The SoAI 2026 AI Algorithmic Trading Competition brought together participants worldwide to design and deploy AI-driven trading strategies — across AI, finance, computer science, mathematics, and beyond. The competition has concluded and the final standings are published below.
All strategies competed in a fair, standardized simulation environment: centralized execution, identical data feeds, zero hardware bias.
Key Dates
Final Standings
Official final standings of the SoAI 2026 AI Algorithmic Trading Competition, published by the IntelligenceX technical team on 18 September 2026. All results were generated by the official centralized execution system over the 16 August – 15 September 2026 trading window.
| Rank | Team | Annual Return | Max Drawdown | Sharpe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Mushroom | +906.99% | -14.03% | 3.21 |
| 2 | meloilz | +272.23% | -3.86% | 4.18 |
| 3 | Ember | +190.76% | -4.34% | 3.88 |
| 4 | Beginner_CS | +174.60% | -4.26% | 6.99 |
| 5 | V. V. C. | +29.57% | -0.17% | 3.5 |
| 6 | High Beta Leader | +7.21% | -11.22% | 1.41 |
| 7 | AFCM | +2.75% | 0.00% | 21.09 |
| 8 | Cadence | +1.06% | -0.02% | 3.97 |
| 9 | BotRock | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0 |
| 10 | Alpha Man | 0.00% | 0.00% | N/A |
| 11 | Situational Cognizance | -2.81% | -1.70% | -0.25 |
| 12 | Z. W. | -3.89% | -5.43% | -2.81 |
| 13 | owennpine | -6.83% | -6.83% | -2.47 |
| 14 | I. W. | -11.08% | -3.72% | -1.44 |
| 15 | Mega Knights | -14.01% | -3.35% | -0.96 |
| 16 | Homunculus Lab | -15.24% | -10.27% | -0.5 |
| 17 | P. G. | -24.90% | -24.90% | -1.48 |
| 18 | Testing123 | -44.40% | -6.84% | -1.36 |
| 19 | turtle | -70.63% | -15.10% | -1.51 |
| 20 | T.-Y. P. | -99.09% | -32.37% | -3.36 |
| — | PuM4 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Results as published by the IntelligenceX technical team. PuM4 produced no valid result during the official trading window and is not ranked. Cash prizes are awarded only to winners who present in person at IntelligenceX 2026 in Singapore.
Process
The 2026 edition has concluded — this is how the competition ran.
lumibot.strategies.Strategyrequirements.txtMarkets
Strategies traded across two major asset classes with unrestricted access.
Developer Guide
Strategy class must inherit from lumibot.strategies.Strategy. The template provides the base scaffold.initialize() for one-time setup and on_trading_iteration() for each trading cycle — fetch data, compute signals, submit orders.from lumibot.strategies import Strategy class Strategy(Strategy): def initialize(self): # One-time setup self.sleeptime = "1D" # "1M" | "1H" | "1D" def on_trading_iteration(self): # Runs every sleeptime cycle bars = self.get_historical_prices( "BTC/USDT", 30, "day" ) # Compute signal... order = self.create_order( "BTC/USDT", quantity=0.01, side="buy" ) self.submit_order(order)
Judging Criteria
Prize Pool
Competition Highlights
Competition Closed
Registration and code submission for the SoAI 2026 AI Algorithmic Trading Competition are closed, and the official trading window has ended. Final results were published on 18 September 2026.