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Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) launched "J-Quants", a Proof of Concept (PoC)* Project in January 2021 to provide a learning environment for trading utilizing IT and data analysis. The second data analysis competition (hereinafter referred to as the "competition") begins today.
This competition is held for novices in data analysis for the stock market, experts in data science and natural language processing to analyze stock prices, etc. using various data such as issue information, stock prices, fundamental data, NIKKEI online edition headlines text data, and timely disclosure data.
Overview of the competition is as follows:
| Purpose | To provide an opportunity for a wide range of people from novices in data analysis to those with knowledge of data science to become familiar with financial data that normally is rarely accessible and foster an interest in investing through the utilization of data analysis |
| Data for analysis | Financial statements data and stock prices data for each listed company, news headlines data and disclosure materials data |
| Challenge | Participants will use the data for analysis to create an equity portfolio and compete for profit for approximately one month. |
| Period (Tentative) | March 19 to July 2021 |
In this competition as well, JPX provides data through API and learning contents such as tutorials for financial data analysis and natural language processing free of charge, much in the same way as for the current competition concurrently held, "Fundamentals Analytical Challenge".
How to participate in the PoC testing
Prospective participants in the PoC testing are required to apply for the data analysis competition. The competition will be held on a platform provided by SIGNATE. Please apply on the SIGNATE webpage.
Those who have registered in the competition via the SIGNATE platform can use the data provision API provided by JPX. For more information, please refer to the dedicated website below:
*Details for J-Quants are available on the link below:
| Project Name | J-Quants |
| Project Outline | PoC testing to provide a learning environment for trading utilizing IT and data analysis |
| Project Owner | Japan Exchange Group, Inc. |
| IT Support Vendors | AlpacaJapan Co., Ltd. Amazon Web Service, Inc. |
| Data Provider | Nikkei Inc. QUICK Corp. |
| Test Period (Tentative) | January 29 to July 2021 |
