Quantpedia Awards 2026 – Winners Announcement

26.May 2026

Hello all,

Welcome to the Quantpedia Awards 2026 winners announcement. For the third time, we are proud to celebrate excellence in quantitative research and recognize the researchers behind innovative studies in quantitative trading. We are also pleased to see that the Quantpedia Awards have become an established and recognized brand within the quant community. This is the moment we have all been waiting for: who made it into the top five, and what will the authors of the winning papers receive?

1st Place– Wiedemann & Beckmeyer: All Days Are Not Created Equal: Understanding Momentum by Learning to Weight Past Returns

• Executive Programme In Algorithmic Trading – EPAT by QuantInsti ($9,499)

• $3,000 cash award jointly sponsored by Quantpedia & QuantConnect

• Quantpedia Pro subscription for 36-months ($1,600)

• Quantconnect Researcher Pack for a year ($600)

• Strategy Quant Professional License ($1,500)

• EOD Historical Data – All-In-One 1 year package ($1000)

• An opportunity to attend (free of charge) one of 26 paid Quantra QuantInsti courses authored by QuantInsti or Quantpedia

• An opportunity to use the “Quantpedia Awards 2026 – 1st Place” badge in the CV, Bio, on personal/company’s webpage, and in the official communication

• Featured interview on Quantpedia.com about the winning paper.

• A free lifetime membership to Quantopian Community and an interview for the newsletter.

2nd Place – Nathan et al.: The Intramonth Momentum Cycle

• $1,000 cash award sponsored by Quantpedia

• Quantpedia Pro subscription for 12-months ($800)

• Quantconnect Researcher Pack for a year ($600)

• Quant Analyzer License ($350)

• EOD Historical Data – All-In-One 6 months package ($600)

• An opportunity to attend (free of charge) one of 26 paid Quantra QuantInsti courses authored by QuantInsti or Quantpedia

• An opportunity to use the “Quantpedia Awards 2026 – 2nd Place” badge in the CV, Bio, on personal/company’s webpage, and in the official communication

3rd Place – Liu et al.: Can AI Do Financial Research? LLM-Guided Hypothesis Discovery in Asset Pricing

• $500 cash award sponsored by Quantpedia

• Quantpedia Pro subscription for 12-months ($800)

• Quantconnect Researcher Pack for a year ($600)

• Quant Analyzer License ($350)

• EOD Historical Data – All-In-One 3 months package ($300)

• An opportunity to attend (free of charge) one of 26 paid Quantra QuantInsti courses authored by QuantInsti or Quantpedia

• An opportunity to use the “Quantpedia Awards 2026 – 3rd Place” badge in the CV, Bio, on personal/company’s webpage, and in the official communication

4th Place – Beckmeyer et al.: Reviving Anomalies

• Quantpedia Pro subscription for 3-months ($600)

• Algo Cloud License ($300)

• EOD Historical Data – All World Extended 3 month package ($90)

• An opportunity to attend (free of charge) one of 26 paid Quantra QuantInsti courses authored by QuantInsti or Quantpedia

• An opportunity to use the “Quantpedia Awards 2026 – 4th Place” badge in the CV, Bio, on personal/company’s webpage, and in the official communication

5th Place – Zarattini et al.: The Volatility Edge, A Dual Approach For VIX ETNs Trading

• Quantpedia Pro subscription for 3-months ($600)

• Algo Cloud License ($300)

• EOD Historical Data – EOD 3 month package ($60)

• An opportunity to attend (free of charge) one of 26 paid Quantra QuantInsti courses authored by QuantInsti or Quantpedia

• An opportunity to use the “Quantpedia Awards 2026 – 5th Place” badge in the CV, Bio, on personal/company’s webpage, and in the official communication

Congratulations to all our winners! We extend our heartfelt appreciation to all participants for their dedication and ingenuity. Our team will contact all of the winners in the coming week with details about the delivery of the prizes. Until then, keep innovating and inspiring us all. Thank you, and good trading!

Quantpedia Awards 2026 would not be possible without the help of our Partners, and we sincerely invite you to visit them and see their offerings. We would like to thank to all of the following organizations for their support:

Best regards,

Radovan Vojtko
CEO, Quantpedia

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