IQIC

The International Quantitative Investing Challenge (IQIC) is an annual STEMise competition introducing high school students to quantitative investing, portfolio construction, and data-driven decision-making. It is free to enter and open worldwide to students in grades 9–12, in teams of 1–3. No prior finance, coding, or math coursework is required.

Week one (Oct 26 – Nov 1) is the strategy declaration: a written report on your thesis, rules, quantitative method, and risk limits, worth 80 points. Weeks two to four (Nov 2 – Nov 20) are live simulated trading on StockTrak, ranked against the field on Sharpe ratio, alpha, Treynor ratio, and absolute return for 100 points, with 20 more for trading integrity. Registration closed October 25, 2026.