Automated Trading Championship 2007: New Challenge!

We are glad to inform you, that the 1st of July is the start date of the registration of the Automated Trading Championship 2007 participants. From now on till the 21st of September all persons interested can register for participation in the competition.

As compared to the Championship of 2006, we decided to start the registration 1 month earlier. It gives all possible participants the opportunity to fill out personal data and upload the Expert Advisors.

Expert advisors that fully meet the Requirements of the Championship are eligible to participate. This year the requirements became more stringent. It will help us select strong and efficient Expert Advisors only. We expect that the second annual Automated Trading Championship 2007 will gather more profitable, stable and reliable experts.

The sponsors of the new Championship are: ODL Securities Limited, Alpari (UK) Limited, FXDD. The media-sponsor - TRADERS' magazine. The organizer is MetaQuotes Software Corp.

We wish all prospective participants a successful contest and good luck in the forthcoming competition!

I registered and gotdetails of an account to test the EA. My EA involves opening a single position on 3 currency pairs, but it won't allow me to open all three. The rules say 3 positions but can't I opn them on different pairs? I have a successfully running EA trading live that does this, so it is possible with MT4. Will I be allowed to use this type of EA? I don't understand the restrictions

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.

I would rather see one long never ending "season", instead of starting a new season of EA trading systems every year. Well, you could maybe select the best systems yearly, but doing the restart isn't a good idea.

That's because it's more about luck (incoming market conditions) in such a short period of time, not so much about system.

And it would be much more interesting to see if those systems that worked well last year will also perfom good in the incoming years? Much more interesting than picking pounch of random systems and rating them in short period of time - of course some of them will make profit and some of them wont.

But I guess that's because you are aware yourself that no system can work forever anyway

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

I like winwin2007, does anyone have it?

On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, the article Statistical Report #1 has been published. A month has passed since the contest started. Now we have a rich source of materials to be analyzed. The results of multiaspect analysis of all Participants' equities are given in the first part of the report.

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

On the website of the Automated Trading Championship 2007, an Interview with Tai Elliott (MiltonWaddams) has been published. Tai is the leader of the Championship. He places his bets on low-volatility securities and long-term strategies. "At present, I'm interested more in something which has proven results over a long period without any intervention, rather than an EA which requires frequent optimization."

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