Anyone who is 18 years or older can participate in the Global Alphathon. The following categories cannot participate: Individuals who are (i) BRAIN Consultants, (ii) former VRC or WebSim consultants, (iii) WorldQuant University students or alumni as of August 1, 2022, (iv) residents of Afghanistan, Belarus, Brazil, the Canadian province of Quebec, Cuba, Iran, Italy, North Korea, Russia, Sudan, Syria or Ukraine, and/or (v) residents of any area, province, region or country subject to applicable sanctions by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

New users can register here. Existing BRAIN users can register here.
Ensure that the option at the bottom of the page is checked: “I am interested in participating in the Global Alphathon 2022 Stage 1 National Qualifier.”

There is no fee to register for a BRAIN account or to participate in the Global Alphathon.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams will be announced for each country at the conclusion of the Stage 2 National/Regional Round. The top three teams during the Stage 3 Global Finals will be declared winners of the overall competition.

Participants accumulate points by building alphas. Your team will be evaluated on both the quality and the quantity of your alpha submissions.

There is no limit to the number of alphas a team or individual team member can submit.

Each qualifying alpha is scored based on its performance against other alphas submitted by the other participants in the Global Alphathon. Because the competition is team-based, the scores for each individual on a team are aggregated to produce a team score.

Top scoring teams from each round will qualify to move on to the next stage of the competition. The number of teams that move on after each round is progressively smaller, with only 1 or 2 teams qualifying to represent each nation or region in the global finals.

If you are enrolled in the Global Alphathon and not already on a team, a “Create Team” button should be visible when you log into the Global Alphathon page under the Competitions tab in the top navigation bar on the BRAIN platform. You can create a team and invite other BRAIN users to join by entering their email addresses and clicking “Save Team.”

You will need to be invited by the BRAIN user who created the team. You can find your invitations under the Team tab in the top navigation bar on the BRAIN panel. Upon accepting an invitation, you will immediately be added to that team.

You will need to create a team to participate in the Global Alphathon, but you do not have to invite anyone to join your team. Note that teams with multiple members may have an advantage because you are being evaluated on the quality and quantity of your total alpha submissions.

The BRAIN platform offers a variety of resources to teach you about quantitative finance, including live webinars, training videos, documentation and the BRAIN community forum.

Please reach out to [email protected]

Registrations close on September 25, 2022, at the end of Stage 1.