PromptWorkAI

Contest · October

Prize: kit + engine

Bring your strategy.Pass the engine, then compete.

One intraday MNQ strategy, in a YAML file. We audit it with the Marot engine, and the ones that pass compete for one live month on the same data and the same costs.

Prize: the PromptWorkAI kit and access to the private backtesting and optimization repository. Valued at over $1,000.

  • MNQ intraday
  • 1 contract
  • Same rules for all
  • No code
Submit ↓Download template (estrategia.yaml)

How it works

  1. 01SubmitOne strategy per person, in YAML. You can resend it until the deadline: the last one counts.Oct 5 → 19
  2. 02EngineMarot audit with the same settings for all. ACCEPTED ones go through; if fewer than 3, the ones with the fewest failures fill the gap.Oct 20 → 23
  3. 03FinalOne live month, on paper: every day after the close, all of them run on the same new MNQ bars.Oct 26 → Nov 24

Dates

  1. 5 Oct

    Submissions open

  2. 19 Oct

    Submissions close (23:59, Madrid)

  3. 23 Oct

    Finalists published

  4. 26 Oct

    Live final starts

  5. 25 Nov

    Winner

The same rules for everyone

Market

  • MNQ (Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100)
  • 15, 30 or 60-minute bars
  • 1 fixed contract, flat at every session close
  • Engine data only

Engine

  • Sample 2019-05-13 – 2026-05-13
  • $1 commission + 1 tick slippage per contract and side
  • Decides at the bar close, fills at the next bar's open
  • 20 fixed prior trials for all · 56 rules · rejected on 1 hard or 12 soft failures

Final

  • Each strategy is frozen with its SHA-256 at the start
  • Highest net profit in dollars wins
  • At least 10 trades in the month

Who wins

  • — The finalist with the highest net profit at the close of November 24, after costs.
  • — Tie: the higher daily Sharpe in the month.
  • — If a session arrives with incomplete data, it counts for no one.

The format

Download the template, change the logic and the parameters, and submit it here. No coding and no engine needed.

# PromptWorkAI · Concurso de estrategias · plantilla v1
# Solo MNQ. 1 contrato. Plano al cierre de cada sesión. Costes: 1 $ + 1 tick por lado.
# Rellena y entrega en promptworkai.app/concurso. No es código: el motor lo lee, no lo ejecuta.

frecuencia: 30min        # 15min | 30min | 60min
direccion: ambas         # largo | corto | ambas

# Barras de la sesión en las que puede ABRIR posición (1 = primera barra tras la apertura).
franja: {desde: 1, hasta: 11}

# Máximo 4 parámetros. Para cada uno: el valor que eliges y uno por debajo y otro por encima.
# El motor prueba esos vecinos para medir si la estrategia depende de un número exacto.
parametros:
  ventana: {valor: 14, abajo: 10, arriba: 20}
  umbral:  {valor: 1.0, abajo: 0.8, arriba: 1.2}

# Cuándo entra. Solo piezas de la lista, números, parámetros y: and  or  not  >  <  >=  <=  +  -  *  /
entrada:
  largo: "mov_apertura > umbral * tipica(ventana)"
  corto: "mov_apertura < -umbral * tipica(ventana)"

# Cómo sale antes del cierre (opcional). Sin esto, sale al cierre de la sesión.
salida:
  stop_atr: {n: 14, mult: 2.0}     # stop a mult × ATR(n) del precio de entrada
  objetivo_atr: null               # o {n: 14, mult: 3.0}

# De 1 a 3 filtros que se puedan apagar: qué parámetro y qué valor lo desactiva.
# El motor comprueba que cada filtro aporta algo.
filtros:
  umbral: {umbral: 0.0}

idea: "Una frase: qué ineficiencia aprovecha y por qué debería seguir ahí."
Download template (estrategia.yaml)

Pieces you can use

precio · apertura · maximo · minimo
Bar now
apertura_sesion
Session open price
mov_apertura
Price − session open
vwap
Session VWAP
rango_alto(n) · rango_bajo(n)
High / low of the first n bars
media(n)
Simple moving average, n bars
atr(n)
Average true range
adx(n)
Trend strength
momentum(n)
Change over n bars
zscore(n)
Price deviation from its mean, in σ
tipica(n)
Typical move at that time over the last n sessions
cruza_arriba(a, b) · cruza_abajo(a, b)
a crosses b on this bar

Your strategy and your data

  • — It is not code: the engine reads the file against a closed list of pieces and runs nothing you write.
  • — Your strategy stays yours. We publish the verdict and the metrics, never the file.
  • — We use your email for the contest only and delete it when it ends.

Terms

  • — Adults only. One strategy per person.
  • — Run by PromptWorkAI. The prize is the PromptWorkAI kit and access to the private backtesting and optimization repository (valued at over $1,000), personal and non-transferable. The repository is for your own use: it may not be redistributed.
  • — The final is on paper: no real order is sent to any market.
  • — This is not financial advice. Past or simulated results do not guarantee future results.
  • — Any entry that tries to get around the format, is copied from someone else or is sent from several accounts is disqualified.

Submit

Submissions are closed. Finalists are published on October 23.