🏆 Competition May 2026: Congratulations to Our Winners! 🚀

YO ALPHANOVANS, 👋

After months of research, experimentation and a full three-month live evaluation, our May 2026 competition has reached the finish line!

We’re delighted to announce our three winners, sharing a total prize pool of USD 36,184.88:

🥇 spottedcorollary — 1st Place — USD 21,710.93

🥈 obaba — 2nd Place — USD 9,046.22

🥉 devnikhilmishra — 3rd Place — USD 5,427.73

A huge congratulations to all three! 🎉

The winning signals earned their places through our full walk-forward evaluation, including the live period from August 1 to October 31, and our correlation / novelty selection process. That means earning a place required both strong performance and a sufficiently distinct contribution alongside the other selected signals.

This competition has brought together an extraordinary range of ideas and approaches. We’ve seen people explore, experiment, rethink their assumptions and keep improving their work—and that is exactly the spirit we want AlphaNova to encourage.

To everyone who submitted a model, tested an idea, asked a question, reported a problem or helped another participant: thank you. Your contributions have helped us improve the platform and made this competition far more interesting.

And if you didn’t make the podium this time, keep going. There is plenty of room for new ideas, and every competition is another opportunity to find something valuable.

We’ll contact the winners individually to arrange their prize payments.

🔥 Season 2 of our biweekly competitions begins on November 15. We look forward to welcoming returning participants and new AlphaNovans alike.

Congratulations again to our winners, and thank you to the whole community for making this competition happen!

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