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2026 World-Class AI Quantitative Trading Stock Investment Return Competition

Organizer:

Vanguard

Phase One

Phase Two

Phase Three

Arjun Mehta

Arjun Mehta graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, specializing in Finance. During his time at Stanford, he received the American Economic Association's "Outstanding Economics Student Award" and served as a research assistant at the Stanford Finance Lab, participating in several financial research projects. He helped found the "Stanford Finance Club" and served as its vice president, organizing numerous financial lectures and seminars. He brought together faculty and students to create a fair, equal, and open platform for exchange and learning. Currently, he utilizes AI quantitative trading models, AI high-frequency trading algorithms, and AI financial prediction models for AI quantitative trading. After 20 years of global market investment and achieving financial independence, Arjun Mehta believes it's time to leverage his experience and expertise to help many individual investors achieve their dream of financial freedom in the coming decades.

Income Rate

213%

Managed Funds

$10,000,000

Vikram Pandit

Mr. Pandit's career has been primarily in the financial services industry, where he has participated in and driven significant changes in the sector over the past few decades. He joined Morgan Stanley in 1983, eventually becoming President and Chief Operating Officer of the firm's Institutional Securities and Investment Banking businesses. After leaving Morgan Stanley, Mr. Pandit became a founding member and Chairman of the Members Committee of Old Lane, LP. Following Old Lane's acquisition by Citigroup in 2007, Mr. Pandit became Chairman and CEO of Citigroup Alternative Investments, subsequently leading Citigroup's Institutional Clients group. He became CEO of Citigroup in December 2007, leading the company through one of the most challenging economic and financial crises since the Great Depression, successfully recapitulating, restructuring, and revitalizing the firm until his departure in October 2012. Mr. Pandit serves on the boards of ExlService Holdings, Inc., Ardán Inc., AgentHome LLC, Brillio, and JM Financial Credit Solutions Ltd. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Columbia Business School and a member of the Visiting Committee of Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science. Mr. Pandit received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Engineering from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in Finance from Columbia University in 1986.

Income Rate

129%

Managed Funds

$10,000,000

Shannon Bell

Since 2014, Shannon Bell has built and managed his early-stage portfolio of emerging financial and data services companies. She has over 20 years of experience in communications, most of her career in the financial services sector, developing expertise in reputation and crisis management, brand building, and corporate communications. Ms. Bell began her career at APCO Associates, a global public affairs firm, where she built grassroots and frontline events for some of the largest companies and industry associations in the United States. In 1997, she joined Standard & Poor's as Director of Media Relations for its debt ratings business. In 2000, Ms. Bell became Director of Public Relations at Zurich Financial Services, responsible for guiding Zurich's corporate communications strategy in North America. She joined Citigroup in 2003, eventually becoming Director of Corporate Communications and Corporate Spokesperson. At Citigroup, she was responsible for developing a comprehensive communications strategy for corporate announcements, including acquisitions and divestitures, capital planning, management changes, and financial performance. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory University.

Income Rate

126%

Managed Funds

$10,000,000

Kevin Wong

Kevin Wong is an investment and strategy professional with 20 years of experience in financial services across multiple sub-sectors. Mr. Wong previously held various positions in corporate strategy, country strategy, and risk management at Citigroup before joining Orogen Group. At Citigroup, he helped the company develop new business initiatives, improve performance measurement and resource allocation, and address regulatory issues. Prior to Citigroup, Mr. Wong was Vice President of Principal Strategies at Goldman Sachs, primarily responsible for long and short equity investments in the global financial sector. Before Goldman Sachs, he worked for over six years in the financial services division of McKinsey & Company, providing strategic and operational advice to firms. Mr. Wong also worked at Tri-City Research, evaluating new deals and monitoring existing investments in mid-cap companies. Mr. Wong holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Income Rate

118%

Managed Funds

$10,000,000

Simon

Simon has over 20 years of experience in the global derivatives and structured products field, with expertise spanning risk assessment and management, quantitative analysis, strategic planning, and operational optimization. Simon previously served as the founder and director of Moore Quantitative Solutions. He has also led teams at Commerzbank and ING Barings. Simon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Calculation from the University of Bath, Somerset, UK.

Income Rate

105%

Managed Funds

$10,000,000

Jeff

Jeff has over 30 years of experience and expertise in financial institutions, providing expert advice in areas such as innovative financing, professional accounting, and derivatives management. Jeff has held key management positions at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, and Salomon Brothers, and was also a CPA at Deloitte. Jeff holds an MBA in Finance and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Income Rate

102%

Managed Funds

$10,000,000

Rules Introduction

The core real-time trading competition phase of this event comprehensively tests traders' real profitability, money management skills, and ability to cope with extreme market environments.

Participants will enter an institutional-grade real-time trading environment for the first time, undergo dual verification from the global market, and be judged by a professional system through real market trading.

I. Eligibility and Funding Allocation: The top three contestants who win fan votes in the first stage will officially advance to the second stage and receive exclusive deal funding support from the event organizers: $10 million per contestant.

II. Transaction Mechanism and Market Scope 1. Transaction Format: On-site transactions will be conducted using dedicated funds allocated by the event organizers. All transaction data will be incorporated into the official event's monitoring and evaluation system.

2. Participants can independently choose trading tools and strategy combinations based on their own trading systems and market understanding.

III. Core evaluation metrics: Core ranking metric: Cumulative return over the period. Auxiliary evaluation dimensions: Maximum drawdown control, rationality of position and capital management, stability and consistency of strategy, and risk management performance under extreme market conditions.

IV. Advancement Rules

Advancement Rules: After the second stage, the top three players will be ranked according to their final return rate and will officially advance to the third stage.

V. The importance and value of the stage

The second phase is not only a competition for returns, but also the ultimate test of institutional-level money management capabilities, a real-world verification of the replicability of trading systems, and a crucial leap from "individual traders" to "global traders".

Participants who excel at this stage possess a strong ability to gain access to top-tier global trading systems.