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Upcoming & Past Events
FINCRAFT Workshop – FAAST Week 2026
FINCRAFT is a one-day hands-on workshop focused on real-world financial decision-making. The session connects core finance concepts with practical analysis through data-driven tools, guided case studies, and interactive learning.
📚 What You'll Learn
- • Financial systems, markets, and risk–return concepts
- • Financial, operational metrics and valuation basics
- • Case study approach, structuring, and presentation
- • Strategy building, basic backtesting, and analysis
- • Trading psychology, discipline, and ethics
🛠️ Tools Used
Python, analytics & ML libraries, data visualization, real market data
Case Study Competition
Solve a challenging finance/tech case study with clear, practical solutions. Showcase your problem-solving skills and innovative thinking.
Format
- • Round 1: 3-4 slide solution deck
- • Round 2: Live presentation & Q&A
Evaluation
- • Problem Understanding (20%)
- • Analysis Depth (25%)
- • Feasibility (20%) & Innovation (15%)
- • Presentation & Q&A (20%)
FAAST Research Competition – FAAST Week 2026
Submit your original unpublished research and defend it with a PPT presentation! Open to all bonafide students of AMU, participate individually or in teams (max 3 members). Papers must be in IEEE format (max 6 pages).
Themes: Data Science & Analytics, AI/ML Applications, Economics & Policy, Sustainability & ESG, Technology & Society, Interdisciplinary Research
FAASTHON – Fintech Hackathon | FAAST Week 2026
Step into the world of quantitative finance and algorithmic trading at FAASTHON, a 48-hour fintech hackathon where participants transform real-world financial data into actionable trading strategies. Open to all bonafide UG & PG students of AMU.
What You Will Do
- • Explore financial data and market behaviour
- • Build algorithmic trading models
- • Backtest strategies and analyse risk
Problem Statement
Design and backtest a trading strategy for a given stock or commodity. The dataset will be revealed at the beginning of the event.
🛠️ Tools You May Use
Python, Pine Script, Excel, R
📊 Evaluation Criteria
Strategy Performance, Analytical Insight, Innovation & Backtesting, Live Validation
24 Hour Blitz Competition
The Fintech Club conducted a 24-hour real-time trading challenge where participants traded XAU/USD (Gold) using a virtual $5,000 balance and a maximum lot size of 0.1. The event emphasized strategic decision-making supported by technical indicators like MACD and RSI, while focusing on risk management, emotional discipline, and trading psychology.
More Exciting Events Coming Soon
We're working on bringing you more workshops, competitions, and learning opportunities.