Optiver Coding Challenge – Mini Hackathon

Step into the world of algorithmic trading – join the Optiver Coding Challenge!
At Optiver, our teams tackle complex coding problems every day — designing algorithms that must perform under the pressure of fast-moving financial markets. Now it’s your turn to take on the challenge.

We’re inviting students to join a hands-on workshop where you’ll build a trading algorithm in Python that competes in real-time against other teams on our simulated exchange, Optibook.

Your mission? Create an algorithm that helps companies expand into new markets and compete to have the best-performing solution. While PnL (profit and loss) is a factor, it’s not the only criteria we’ll use to determine the winner.

This workshop is a simplified but realistic version of our daily work at Optiver. You’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of how trading really works, life at a trading firm, and the skills to build and test your own trading algorithm.

No prior trading experience? No problem.
This session is designed for beginners — we’ll explain the basics of trading and finance, and our team will be on hand to support you throughout the challenge.

Why join?

• Push your skills to the limit for a chance to win an iPhone
• Food provided during the event
• Limited spots available (max 70), so don’t miss out!

Note teams can be up to 4 people, individual sign-ups are welcome please sign up with looking for a team.  We ask you to bring a charged laptop to the event.