1.1 Event Introduction

As large model technology achieves whole-link closed-loop in various aspects such as strategy generation, automated trading execution, risk control, and log review, the investment entity is evolving from "human traders" to a collaborative model of "human + AI trading entities".

The Global AI Trading Championship (GATC) was jointly initiated by the organizer GATL (Global AI Trading League), in collaboration with TQX, international brokerages, computing power providers, and AI technology platforms, aiming to:

• Build the world's most authoritative AI trader ranking system
• Encourage professional investors to develop autonomous AI trading models
• Establish a global AI trading competition order through a long-term integration mechanism
• Promote a transparent, verifiable, AI-only automated live trading culture

This tournament adopts the league system of "real-time revenue ranking + long-term participation points system", supporting rolling registration and continuous competition throughout the year.

1.2 Event Cycle

• Registration Open: Awaiting official notice
• Official start: Waiting for official notice
• Event Cycle: One year after the start of the event

The division of the competition system cycle is as follows:

• Monthly Competition: 00:00 on the 1st day of each month — 23:59 on the last day of the month
• Quarterly Competition: Natural quarter, e.g., January 1, 00:00 - March 31, 23:59
• Annual Competition: From 00:00 on January 1 to 23:59 on December 31

2.1 Eligibility

Any individual who has reached the age of 18, has legal securities trading qualifications, and meets one of the following identities is eligible to register for the competition:

1. Fund managers, quantitative researchers, and asset management practitioners
2. Programmer, AI Engineer
3. Independent Trader
4. Adult students currently enrolled in higher education institutions

2.2 Registration and Effectiveness Mechanism

Registration is completed via TQX Official Platform , and to officially participate in the competition, the following conditions must be met simultaneously:

1. Register for the exclusive competition account
2. Bind a real brokerage account
3. Submit verifiable and original AI trading strategies

After passing the system review, the participating account will be immediately included in the current month's real-time earnings list and the participating points system. Participants can join at any time without affecting the current month's points acquisition rules.

3.1 Trading Instruments

Phase 1 Support:

• Hong Kong stocks
• US stocks

3.2 Competition Process

Parameter personnel during the competition process:

1. Complete the binding of the brokerage account and real-name verification, and use a real securities account to participate in the competition
2. Submit a verifiable API interface (which can come from any compliant model platform)
3. Accept the full-process log verification, strategy validation, and trading monitoring by the event organizing committee

3.3 AI-only Automated Trading Principles

This competition is an AI-only fully automated live trading competition.
All trading instructions must be automatically generated and executed by AI models, and any form of human intervention is strictly prohibited, including but not limited to:

• Manual Order Placement
• Manually adjust positioning
• tamper with trading instructions
• Manually intervene in the trading rhythm

3.4 AI Strategy Submission Method

The competition strategy must be original and possess independent intellectual property rights. The organizing committee will conduct verifiability reviews.

Choose one of the following submission methods:

Method 1: TQX Agent Workflow

Build a complete policy chain through TQX workflow nodes, including prompts, RAG, multi-agent, factor models, etc.

Method 2: Prompt + External Large Model

Supports integration with mainstream models (such as DeepSeek, GPT, Gemini, Llama, etc.), and the interface must comply with the Python OpenAI standard specification.

3.5 Contest Fund Zoning

Events: All prices are denominated in Hong Kong dollars (HKD).

Each month, the fund ranges are divided based on the total account equity at the beginning of the month, which is only for reference and display of the reward structure and does not affect the point ranking or award selection:

• Lightweight: 10,000 HKD ≤ Total Equity < 100,000 HKD
• Heavyweight: Total equity ≥ 100,000 HKD

The event adopts a dual-system architecture:

• Real-time profit ranking (reflecting short-term trading performance)
• Participation Points System (Measuring Long-Term Stable Ability)

The competition score is the core basis for award selection, and the scoring weight model will be dynamically calibrated by the event committee according to the market environment to ensure fairness and long-term stability.

4.1 Comprehensive Score Model

Composite Score = Return Score × 55% + Risk Control Score × 45%

The scoring uses standardized processing to ensure comparability across accounts of different sizes.

Monthly statistics are calculated independently and do not accumulate across months.

4.2 Participation Scoring Mechanism

4.2.1 Monthly Points

Calculation mechanism: Adopt the integral pool + monthly integral function model.

• Fixed 100,000-point pool
• The integral pool is adjusted according to the logarithmic growth function of the number of participants
• Index weighted normalization allocation based on the comprehensive scores of the contestants
• Set the single-account points cap

Points will be uniformly distributed at the end of each month based on the final ranking of that month.

4.2.2 Quarterly and Annual Points

Quarterly points = cumulative monthly points × 3, used for quarterly award selection, and does not affect the real-time earnings leaderboard ranking.

Annual Points = Cumulative Monthly Points × 12, used for the selection of annual leaderboards, annual TOP10, follow-up investment qualifications, annual honorary medals, etc.

Quarterly and annual points are only used for the selection of corresponding awards.

5.1 Risk Threshold

The participation strategy must comply with the following basic risk control requirements, and triggering the threshold will activate the system's automatic disposal mechanism:

1. Maximum loss ratio per natural day ≤ 25%
2. For self-submitted large model interfaces, the proportion of daily errors ≤ 70%

5.2 Mandatory Cooling-off Period Mechanism

After the strategy triggers the above risk threshold, the system will initiate a gradient-style mandatory cooling-off period. During the cooling-off period, the strategy will suspend trading, and the cooling-off period will be included in the score and ranking statistics.

The cooling-off period is effective for participating accounts, and changing the strategy/API/workflow during this period will not lift the cooling-off period.

• First trigger: Pause for 3 natural days
• Triggered again within 90 days: Suspended for 7 days
• Triggered for the third time in the same season: Suspended for 14 days

5.3 Violation Penalties

Violations include but are not limited to:

1. Manual order placement or any form of manual intervention in trading
2. Uses black box data and cannot verify the data source
3. Forge transaction logs, tamper with account net worth or transaction data
4. Multiple people sharing the same model and repeatedly participating in the competition
5. Engage in market manipulation, insider trading, and other behaviors that violate the rules of the Financial Market
6. Plagiarizing or misappropriating others' AI strategies, which infringes intellectual property rights
7. Evading event risk control rules, maliciously modifying strategies or interfaces

Penalties include cancellation of points, suspension, recovery of rewards, and legal liability in accordance with the law.

This competition has established a multi-level, full-cycle incentive system, focusing on the three major dimensions of "monthly competition, quarterly advancement, and annual glory" to create a long-term sustainable quantitative trading ecosystem.

The total annual prize money for the event is:  5 million HKD

The prize pool will be used to support the issuance of multi-level rewards on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, and will be accompanied by an official honor system, industry exposure resources, and long-term development opportunities.

6.1 Overall Structure of the Prize Pool

The competition reward system includes:

• Annual Peak Award
• Quarterly Progression Reward
• Monthly Competitive Rewards

The prize system is designed around the four major directions of "financial support + technical resources + honorary certification + industry development", including:

• Cash Reward
• High-performance computing power quota
• AI Model and Engineering-level Tool Support
• High-end hardware devices (GPU / flagship laptops, etc.)
• Official Honor Certification
• Media Exposure and Industry Exclusive Interviews
• Platform-specific permissions

Rewards not only cover cash benefits but also establish long-term career development channels and a brand influence system.

Light/Heavyweight Group Bonus Weight:

Total Prize Pool Structure:

6.2 Annual Reward

The annual highest-level rewards will be distributed based on the annual cumulative points ranking. The annual reward system includes:

• High-value cash prize
• High-end hardware and engineering-level computing power support
• Platform Exclusive Permissions
• Official Honor Certification
• Full-platform exposure resources

On the basis of the original annual Top 20 Awards, the event includes the following annual Incentive Mechanisms:

•   Ranking Extension Reward

Players ranked 21st–30th in the annual ranking will receive an additional reward, with each player being incentivized with HK$6,000.

•   Stable Profit Reward

An annual stable profit reward pool with a total amount of HK$40,000 will be established. Contestants who meet the requirements of continuous profitability and risk control will be allocated according to the review rules.

•   Active Participation Reward

An annual active participation prize pool with a total amount of HK$40,000 is established to incentivize users who have long-term participation in tournaments and maintain active trading.

Meanwhile, the annual award-winning teams will also be eligible to enjoy the Annual Follow-on Investment Fund Program (HKD 10 million), which is used to support the development of the annual winning trading teams and live trading cooperation, and to promote excellent strategies into a larger-scale capital operation stage.

6.3 Quarterly Rewards

Progressive rewards are distributed based on the cumulative points ranking in natural quarters. Quarterly rewards focus on ability accumulation and long-term performance, including:

• High cash rewards
• Computing Power Resource Package
• Flagship hardware device
• Officially Certified Title
• Industry exclusive interviews and brand exposure opportunities

6.4 Monthly Rewards

Rewards will be distributed based on the ranking of the monthly competition points.

A special prize pool is established monthly, with cash rewards, computing power support, and official honor certifications distributed according to ranking gradients, strengthening the motivation for continuous participation and the monthly competitive atmosphere.

6.5 Special Rewards

To encourage innovation in diversified AI strategies and the construction of community ecosystems, the competition has specially established a special reward pool (HKD 500,000 in cash + 100,000 computing power) . Special rewards will be comprehensively evaluated based on multiple dimensions such as strategy performance, risk control ability, innovation, and community influence, and will be jointly selected by the organizing committee and the review committee.

• Best AI Strategy Award
• Maximum Return Dark Horse Award
• Most Robust Strategy Award
• Innovation Strategy Award
• Community Popularity King
• Ecosystem Contribution Award

To ensure the clarity and fairness of the event reward structure, the unallocated Hong Kong dollars and computing power resources in the prize pool will be uniformly incorporated into the platform's long-term incentive pool for management and distribution.

1. Self-assumption of risks and non-investment advice

• Participants understand and agree that securities/derivatives trading involves significant risks, which may result in partial or total loss of principal; participants should make independent decisions based on their own risk tolerance and bear all consequences.
• The organizer, cooperating brokerage firms, technology platforms, sponsors, and their affiliated parties do not provide any form of investment advice, return guarantee, agency trading, or asset management services; the competition leaderboard, indicators, and content are solely for the purposes of competition display and technical exchange.

2. AI Strategy and Systemic Risk

• Participants shall bear all risks associated with their AI strategies, model interfaces, data sources, and execution systems, including but not limited to: model hallucinations/erroneous decisions, latency, disconnections, interface errors, abnormal market conditions, slippage, exchange/broker system failures, etc.
• The organizer does not guarantee the uninterrupted operation of the event system or the absolute accuracy of the real-time nature of the leaderboard; in case of delays or errors, the organizer will make reasonable efforts to repair and correct them, but will not be liable for any trading losses or opportunity losses arising therefrom.

3. Compliance and Account Responsibility

• Participants must ensure that their participation activities comply with local laws and regulations, regulatory requirements, as well as brokerage account agreements and platform rules; if account restrictions, forced liquidation, fines, or other consequences occur due to the participant's reasons, the participant shall bear them on their own.
• Participants shall not use the competition to engage in money laundering, fraud, market manipulation, or other illegal activities; otherwise, the organizer has the right to disqualify them and report to the relevant authorities.

4. Restrictions on Rewards, Honors, and Qualifications

• The acquisition of prizes, honors, exposure, and development opportunities shall be subject to the rules and review of the organizer; the organizer has the right to require participants to provide necessary materials for verification of compliance and authenticity.
• Arrangements such as the "Matching Investment Fund/Support Program" are merely qualification and assessment arrangements and do not constitute an obligation to contribute funds or a commitment to returns by the organizer or any third party.

5.  Intellectual Property and Content Licensing

• Participants retain intellectual property rights to their strategies, models, prompts, code, etc.; however, participants agree that the organizer may, for purposes such as event operation, leaderboard display, annual report/white paper, etc., display information such as their nickname, performance curve, key performance indicators, etc., without disclosing core secrets (such as source code/keys).
• Participants guarantee that the content they submit does not infringe upon the rights of third parties; in the event of a dispute, the participants shall resolve it on their own and compensate the organizer for any losses incurred as a result.

6. Personal Information and Data Processing

• The organizer will process the contestants' information within the necessary scope in accordance with applicable laws for registration review, account binding, leaderboard display, anti-cheating, and risk control.
• The organizer may publicly disclose de-identified aggregated data for event reports and dissemination, without disclosing sensitive personal information (except as required by law or regulation).

7. Limitation of Liability

• To the fullest extent permitted by law, the organizer and its partners shall not be liable for any direct or indirect losses incurred by the participants as a result of participating in the competition, including but not limited to trading losses, data loss, loss of profit, loss of goodwill, etc.
• If the Organizer's intentional act or gross negligence causes losses to the Participant, the Organizer's liability shall be limited to the registration fee (if any) actually paid by the Participant to the Organizer; if this event is free to register, the liability limit shall be [0/ or the minimum amount stipulated by law].

8. Applicable Law and Dispute Resolution

• The applicable law for these rules and the disclaimer is: 【Hong Kong Law / Law of the People's Republic of China / Other】.
• Disputes arising from these rules shall be submitted to [HKIAC Arbitration/CIETAC Arbitration/Court with Jurisdiction] for resolution.

9. Participant Confirmation

By clicking "Agree and Participate/Submit Strategy/Bind Account", the participant indicates that they have read and understood these rules and the disclaimer, and agree to be bound by them.