Calais Partners with LTP as Official Co-Organizer of Liquidity Arena 2026
Singapore
SINGAPORE JULY 9, 2026—Calais, a Singapore-based quantitative investment fund, has partnered with global institutional prime brokerage LTP as a core co-organizer of Liquidity Arena 2026, the world’s first live AI Agent-focused quantitative trading competition built on prime brokerage infrastructure.
Against the global redistribution of macro liquidity, generating excess returns through a simple “buy and hold” strategy has become significantly more challenging. Market trends are shifting away from sentiment-driven speculation toward sophisticated algorithmic and strategy-driven trading. At this inflection point, teams capable of precisely capturing market volatility and deploying AI for effective risk hedging are emerging as the new focal point of the asset management industry. Liquidity Arena 2026 responds to this industry evolution by stress-testing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in complex financial scenarios, pioneering practical implementation and standard-setting for next-generation AI-native quantitative trading and capital management.
Two Tracks, Two Frontiers
The competition adopts a flexible and professional dual-track system covering Track A and Track B to accommodate participants with different technical backgrounds and trading capabilities.
Track A — Logic Frontier is designed for AI developers, university teams, and agent builders. AI systems compete as autonomous traders, evaluated not just on returns but on reasoning quality and market signal interpretation. Runs in LTP’s RapidX environment across demo and live-capital phases.
Track B — Liquidity Pro is built for hedge funds, prop desks, and HFT shops deploying large capital. Judged on risk-adjusted returns, execution quality, and slippage control at institutional scale. Accessible via DMA, RapidX, or participants’ own venues.
Building a New Benchmark for Quantitative Competition
As a key co-organizer of Liquidity Arena 2026, Calais is deeply involved in the competition’s design, cross-industry resource integration and operational empowerment. The initiative serves as a high-value stage to discover outstanding trading talents, innovative quantitative strategies and emerging AI quantitative teams, establishing a new institutional benchmark for modern quantitative investment research and trading. Drawing on profound institutional trading experience, Calais brings the multi-dimensional evaluation perspectives, shifting industry assessment away from simplistic yield-only metrics toward institutional-grade risk-reward balance and strategy sustainability.
Liquidity Arena 2026 is initiated to build a professional, transparent, and fully verifiable competition arena. It assesses true asset management capabilities not merely by profit growth during bullish market conditions, but more importantly by participants’ ability to manage and mitigate risks amid liquidity crunches and black swan events.
Liquidity Arena 2026 Competition Details：
$300,000+ Prize Pool
- $100,000+ in cash prizes distributed across top teams in both tracks
- $200,000+ in ecosystem value: AI agent credits, token incentives, LTP VIP trading tiers, clearing-fee rebates, sponsor product access, and career placement in digital asset and quant finance
Key Dates
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| July 20 | Track A Phase 1 begins |
| August 21 | Track A Phase 1 ends |
| Aug 22 – Sep 6 | Track A environment transition & advancing team KYC |
| September 7 | Full dual-track competition opens (Track A Phase 2 + Track B) |
| October 31 | Competition closes |
| November 14 | Final results announced |
| Late November | Closing Ceremony |
Registration is open at arena.liquiditytech.com. Outstanding quantitative teams and asset management institutions worldwide are sincerely invited to participate. In this arena, data serves as the most compelling testament of professional strength. A grand awards ceremony will be held in Singapore in late November 2026 to honor the year’s top-performing strategic teams.
About Calais
Calais is a Singapore-headquartered quantitative investment fund specializing in multi-asset yield enhancement, portfolio optimization and systematic investment strategies across traditional and digital assets.
The firm leverages quantitative research, rigorous risk management and systematic execution to manage a diversified suite of strategies, including market-neutral arbitrage, options volatility trading, statistical arbitrage and CTA strategies.
Calais manages capital for qualified investors and institutional clients. Drawing on macro analysis, cross-asset research and AI-powered modeling, the firm constructs diversified portfolios with disciplined risk controls and clearly defined risk-return objectives.Beyond Beta,Building Alpha.
About LTP
LTP is a global institutional prime brokerage providing secure, regulated, and scalable solutions. It bridges traditional finance and blockchain innovation by offering execution, clearing, settlement, custody, lending, and financing services for digital assets.