## ENTRY IN THIS COMPETITION CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE RULES.

This competition is a skills-based challenge focused on building the best predictive model for forecasting the opening price of a financial portfolio. By participating, you agree to follow all rules outlined below.

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## 1. TEAM RULES
- Maximum team size: **1** (solo participation only).
- You may not register or submit from multiple accounts.

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## 2. SUBMISSION RULES
- Maximum **5 submissions per day**.
- Only **1 final submission** will be considered for evaluation.
- Submissions must follow the exact format provided in `sample_submission.csv`.
- Any submission using future data leakage will be disqualified.

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## 3. COMPETITION TIMELINE
All key dates, including:
- Start Date  
- Entry Deadline  
- Final Submission Deadline  
are listed on the **Competition Overview > Timeline** page.

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## 4. USE OF EXTERNAL DATA & TOOLS
- External data is allowed **only if it is publicly available, free, and equally accessible to all participants**.
- Proprietary or paid datasets that are not openly accessible are not allowed.
- Pretrained models may be used if they are freely available to everyone.

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## 5. USE OF AI & AUTOMATED TOOLS
- **Use of AI assistants (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot) is allowed.**
- AI tools may help with:
  - brainstorming,
  - debugging,
  - explanation,
  - code refinement.
- However, participants must ensure:
  - The final model is **their own work**.
  - AI-generated code is understood and reproducible.
  - The solution is not trivially generated end-to-end without participant involvement.

Automated ML tools (AutoML frameworks) are also allowed as long as:
- The participant has a valid license to use them.
- The final code and methodology can be reproduced and explained.

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## 6. MODEL & CODE REQUIREMENTS (FOR WINNERS)
Winners must provide:
- The code used to generate the final submission (training + inference).
- A clear explanation of:
  - model architecture,
  - preprocessing steps,
  - hyperparameters,
  - training process,
  - environment requirements.

The provided code must reproduce the submitted predictions.

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## 7. LICENSE FOR WINNING SUBMISSIONS
Winning participants grant the competition host a **non-exclusive, royalty-free license** to:
- use,
- reproduce,
- and display  
the winning solution for research, educational, and promotional purposes.

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## 8. FAIR PLAY & ETHICS
Participants must **not**:
- collude with others,
- share predictions privately,
- reverse-engineer or alter the test set,
- manually adjust predictions after seeing patterns,
- use tools or data inaccessible to other participants.

Any violation may lead to disqualification.

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## 9. GOVERNING CONDITIONS
- The competition host’s decisions are final.
- Rules may be updated to ensure fairness.
- By submitting, you confirm compliance with all rules.

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## 10. CONTACT & SUPPORT
All queries should be posted in the competition’s **Discussion** section.

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