Prosperity is back – IMC’s global trading challenge for STEM students

IMC’s flagship trading challenge is back this April with a brand new player experience. If you’re a STEM student curious about a career in quantitative trading, this is your opportunity to experience it first-hand. Sign up now to trade, code, strategize, and optimize your way to prosperity!

What is Prosperity?

Prosperity is IMC’s flagship annual trading competition for STEM students, providing a unique opportunity to learn more about a career in trading through a series of manual and algorithmic challenge rounds.

Designed by a team of IMC traders, quants, and engineers, each challenge mirrors real-world market dynamics, but in a simulated market environment.

Over the past 3 years, more than 48,000 players making up over 28,000 teams have signed up to compete for the title of IMC Trading Talent of the year. This year, Prosperity 4 takes traders to a new frontier: outer space.

Check out the trailer:

If you’re a student who enjoys solving complex problems and is curious to learn more about the trading industry, Prosperity is for you. You’ll sharpen your Python skills by refining algorithms and deepening your understanding of market dynamics from market making to options trading. In addition, the manual challenges will test your sharp thinking and ability to find creative solutions.

Think you have what it takes?

Here’s how you can get started:

1. Head over to the Prosperity website to sign up and discover more about Prosperity, including interviews with the team behind the challenges.
2. Join a team, start your own, or play solo! A team can be up to 5 players (that’s right – you’re not in it alone!)
3. Connect with the Prosperity community on Discord
4. Brush up on your trading terminology and Python skills with our e-learning center on Wiki
5. Use the Tutorial Round to practice programming your first Python program
6. Count down to Round 1 – kicking off on April 14th.

With enough skill and determination, you and your team may just take home a chunk of the $50,000* USD prize pool.

(*Terms & conditions apply. See here for details.)

Get ready for a trading challenge of cosmic proportions.