MetaQuotes Software Corp, Spacevision Switzerland SA, FXDD and Interbank FX LLC. conducted the Automated Trading Championship 2006. The Championship was held over three months, within this period the top three developers of mechanical trading systems were identified. Assessment criterion was the absolute profit. The winners shared the prize pool of The 2006 Championship which amounted to 80 000 US dollars!

The main objective of the Championship conduction was to raise the popularity of Automated Trading and MetaQuotes Language 4 (MQL4) programming language. This open Championship involved a contest of many mechanical trading systems. Anybody could get sufficient proof that "Expert Advisors" can trade and generate profit without human involvement.
Automated Trading Championship 2007
We are glad to inform that preparations for the Automated Trading Championship 2007 have already been started and the contest will certainly take place. There is not very much time left before it starts.
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On the 23rd of December 2006, the first annual Automated Trading Championship 2006 was over. 258 developers had competed for the prize of totally 80 000 dollars for 12 weeks. Three developers came out on top of the competition.
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