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?
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.
Neem contact op met Corporate Communication and Contact Committee of het bestuur (ceb@gewis.nl) als je vragen of opmerkingen hebt of als je na het verstrijken van de afmeldtermijn niet aanwezig kunt zijn. Veel plezier!
Deze inschrijflijst heeft een beperkte capaciteit en is open van dinsdag 16 september 2025 om 12:00 tot zondag 12 oktober 2025 om 23:59.
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