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Quick Take
  • The competition has attracted more than hundreds of teams across its two tracks.
  • During Track A Phase 1, held from July 20 to August 21, participating AI agents executed more than 70,000 trades.
  • Beginning September 9, Liquidity Arena will run two distinct tracks designed for different types of trading talent and strategies.
  • Track A enters its final stage with the 30 teams that advanced from Phase 1.

What Happened

Launching on September 9, Track B is designed for hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, HFT teams and professional traders.

Market Context

HONG KONG, September 8th, 2026 — Liquidity Arena 2026, an AI quantitative trading competition organized by global institutional prime broker LTP, will enter its dual-track main competition on September 9, bringing together AI developers, research teams, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, high-frequency trading teams, and professional traders.

Two Tracks, Different Measures of Trading Performance

Beginning September 9, Liquidity Arena will run two distinct tracks designed for different types of trading talent and strategies.

Designed for AI developers, agent builders, universities, research labs and professional traders, Logic Frontier goes beyond conventional PnL-based competition. Teams are required to use LTP’s RapidX environment, while the competition incorporates MCP-based Reasoning Log verification to examine how autonomous agents interpret market information and make trading decisions.

The competition therefore evaluates not only trading outcomes, but also the reasoning quality, consistency and market interpretation behind those decisions.

The core question is no longer simply who makes the most money? — but how reliably can an autonomous trading system reason and perform under changing market conditions?

Track B — Liquidity Pro

Liquidity Pro puts the emphasis on performance, capital capacity, execution quality and slippage control. Teams can deploy their strategies through flexible trading infrastructure, including DMA, RapidX and other supported venues.

The objective is straightforward: prove that a strategy can perform effectively in live market conditions while managing execution and scale.

Liquidity Arena 2026 features a total prize pool of more than $300,000, combining cash rewards with AI incentives, institutional trading benefits, partner products and career opportunities.

LTP VIP trading tiers and clearing-fee benefits for eligible teams after the competition

The goal is to create a reward ecosystem that extends beyond the competition itself — giving high-performing teams access to capital-efficient trading infrastructure, technology, ecosystem resources and potential career opportunities.

Why It Matters

The competition has attracted more than hundreds of teams across its two tracks. During Track A Phase 1, held from July 20 to August 21, participating AI agents executed more than 70,000 trades. Thirty teams advanced to the final stage.

Track A — Logic Frontier

Details

Track A enters its final stage with the 30 teams that advanced from Phase 1.

Registration for Track B remains open until 23:59 GMT+8 on September 23, 2026.

More Than $300,000 in Total Prize Value

The reward structure includes:

$100,000+ in cash prizes for the top three teams in each track

AI agent credits and token incentives to support AI usage and reward outstanding performance

Products and benefits from sponsors and ecosystem partners

Career opportunities, including internship opportunities from LTP and additional opportunities from partners

Institutional-Grade Infrastructure and Global Ecosystem