# Latest **URL:** https://forum.numer.ai/latest.md?no_subcategories=false [Latest](https://forum.numer.ai/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.numer.ai/categories.md) --- ## [Welcome to the Numerai forums](https://forum.numer.ai/t/welcome-to-the-numerai-forums/7)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.numer.ai/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/welcome-to-the-numerai-forums/7 "2020-03-15T03:55:01Z")
Numerai is a data science tournament that powers the Numerai hedge fund. Who is this for? These forums are meant for anyone participating in the Numerai data science tournament to discuss relevant topics and share infor… --- ## [YAND: Yet Another Numerai Dashboard](https://forum.numer.ai/t/yand-yet-another-numerai-dashboard/6792)
**Author:** [@numerologist](https://forum.numer.ai/u/numerologist)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/yand-yet-another-numerai-dashboard/6792 "2026-09-20T22:39:55Z")
Ever wondered how you perform versus your fellow Numerati? Benchmark models are too easy / not enough of embarrassment? I present to you: yet another Numerai dashboard! Yep, that’s the name. YAND: Yet Another Numer… --- ## [\[Updates\] NumerBay - The Community Marketplace](https://forum.numer.ai/t/updates-numerbay-the-community-marketplace/3844)
**Author:** [@restrading](https://forum.numer.ai/u/restrading)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/updates-numerbay-the-community-marketplace/3844 "2026-09-12T14:59:00Z")
Hi CoE and everyone interested in NumerBay, The original NumerBay proposal has become too long to navigate, so I’m starting this new one to post exclusively about updates to the project. In addition, I’m testing out th… --- ## [Numeraire - worst part of NUMERAI - time to change](https://forum.numer.ai/t/numeraire-worst-part-of-numerai-time-to-change/6017)
**Author:** [@svendaj](https://forum.numer.ai/u/svendaj)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/numeraire-worst-part-of-numerai-time-to-change/6017 "2026-09-05T12:44:55Z")
I was never a fan of crypto. So, when I started with NUMERAI about half a year ago I had my opinion, but I didn’t care, because I wanted to improve in ML for stock trading and prove myself in “the hardest data science to… --- ## [Payout anomaly on recent rounds](https://forum.numer.ai/t/payout-anomaly-on-recent-rounds/8352)
**Author:** [@lukmen74](https://forum.numer.ai/u/lukmen74)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/payout-anomaly-on-recent-rounds/8352 "2026-09-04T23:19:04Z")
Hi everyone, I’ve been analyzing my performance matrix because I noticed a drawdown on my account over the last 48 hours that didn’t make any sense based on the old calendar. I just checked the leaderboard to cross-ref… --- ## [Signals Data v3.0 “Supernova” Release](https://forum.numer.ai/t/signals-data-v3-0-supernova-release/8354)
**Author:** [@ark](https://forum.numer.ai/u/ark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/signals-data-v3-0-supernova-release/8354 "2026-09-03T09:24:34Z")
Today we are releasing Dataset v3.0 “Supernova” dataset, which is ready immediately. Just over 1 year ago, we released the \[risk-aware scoring system for Signals\]( Introducing Alpha: A Risk-Aware Scoring System for Si… --- ## [Xgboost vector leaf output - two targets experiment](https://forum.numer.ai/t/xgboost-vector-leaf-output-two-targets-experiment/8355)
**Author:** [@aininja](https://forum.numer.ai/u/aininja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/xgboost-vector-leaf-output-two-targets-experiment/8355 "2026-09-02T13:37:04Z")
Recently @jrb posted on Discord link to Xgboost article about Vector-Leaf model and I thought it was worth trying. What is Vector-Leaf model? So with Xgboost 3.4.1 you have an option to have one tree with multiple output… --- ## [Where is my wallet?](https://forum.numer.ai/t/where-is-my-wallet/8346)
**Author:** [@jnolan9](https://forum.numer.ai/u/jnolan9)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/where-is-my-wallet/8346 "2026-09-02T13:05:43Z")
I have not really been keeping upon the reading, I understand there is a new staking paradigm, but I had several hundred nmr in my wallet that I can’t find, can someone point me in the right direction? --- ## [What is Atomic Blockchain Staking?](https://forum.numer.ai/t/what-is-atomic-blockchain-staking/8302)
**Author:** [@ark](https://forum.numer.ai/u/ark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/what-is-atomic-blockchain-staking/8302 "2026-08-29T18:51:31Z")
Atomic Blockchain Staking was announced at NumerCon 2026. It is a new staking system that will replace the current system. Now I have details and want to answer many of the questions that have been asked recently. Why c… --- ## [Does crowding exist in market-neutral quant?](https://forum.numer.ai/t/does-crowding-exist-in-market-neutral-quant/8267)
**Author:** [@greyone](https://forum.numer.ai/u/greyone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/does-crowding-exist-in-market-neutral-quant/8267 "2026-07-23T20:36:23Z")
The below is an early effort to evaluate risk regimes within Numerai. Every quantitative strategy shares a structural vulnerability: when a strategy works, participants converge on it. This convergence is rational at th… --- ## [Numerai v5.3 “Quantum” Data Release](https://forum.numer.ai/t/numerai-v5-3-quantum-data-release/8321)
**Author:** [@ark](https://forum.numer.ai/u/ark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/numerai-v5-3-quantum-data-release/8321 "2026-07-21T19:56:11Z")
Today we are releasing the v5.3 “Quantum” dataset, which is ready immediately. Features and Targets The Quantum dataset contains 807 new features and maintains the same target list as before, but the new features imp… --- ## [Optimization Paradox: Advanced Feature Neutralization vs. Universal Alpha Protocol (IVAN)](https://forum.numer.ai/t/optimization-paradox-advanced-feature-neutralization-vs-universal-alpha-protocol-ivan/8301)
**Author:** [@lukmen74](https://forum.numer.ai/u/lukmen74)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/optimization-paradox-advanced-feature-neutralization-vs-universal-alpha-protocol-ivan/8301 "2026-06-12T22:57:07Z")
Hi everyone, I am running a series of architectural stress-tests on the Numerai V5.1 dataset, trying to reconcile the platform’s constraints with a proprietary universal alpha protocol I developed for live markets, call… --- ## [Elder Nominations - open until April 27 midnight UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/elder-nominations-open-until-april-27-midnight-utc/8265)
**Author:** [@uuazed](https://forum.numer.ai/u/uuazed)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/elder-nominations-open-until-april-27-midnight-utc/8265 "2026-05-05T10:53:58Z")
It’s time for a new CoE Election & the CoE is expanding to 9 Elders! Please nominate your fellow Numerati for the election taking place end of April / beginning of May. All current & past CoE members are eligible to run… --- ## [I built a small DL helper package](https://forum.numer.ai/t/i-built-a-small-dl-helper-package/8282)
**Author:** [@klaes\_ashford](https://forum.numer.ai/u/klaes_ashford)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/i-built-a-small-dl-helper-package/8282 "2026-04-24T16:51:03Z")
Built a tiny utility from my own deep learning experimentation workflow and figured others here might find it useful. I kept getting messy training logs during iterative experiments, so I made epoch-printer — a lightwei… --- ## [Corr with meta model - good or bad?](https://forum.numer.ai/t/corr-with-meta-model-good-or-bad/8271)
**Author:** [@jnolan9](https://forum.numer.ai/u/jnolan9)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/corr-with-meta-model-good-or-bad/8271 "2026-04-13T19:43:15Z")
All: I am just getting back into this again, and I have a new model with a corr with meta model of .11- the percentile is saying 3.4, but my understanding had been that a low corr with meta model was actually a good thin… --- ## [Distribution shifts](https://forum.numer.ai/t/distribution-shifts/8270)
**Author:** [@anonemaus](https://forum.numer.ai/u/anonemaus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/distribution-shifts/8270 "2026-04-03T19:31:03Z")
The discussion about old models no longer working led me to thinking about a quick analysis of distribution shifts. There are libraries out there for this kind of thing, so maybe there are better ways of doing this. As y… --- ## [Foundation Models on Numerai Data: TabPFN v2.5 and TabICL v2](https://forum.numer.ai/t/foundation-models-on-numerai-data-tabpfn-v2-5-and-tabicl-v2/8269)
**Author:** [@degerhan](https://forum.numer.ai/u/degerhan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/foundation-models-on-numerai-data-tabpfn-v2-5-and-tabicl-v2/8269 "2026-03-30T15:07:57Z")
In the quest for mmc, I wanted to experiment with TabPFN v2.5 and TabICL v2, foundation models for tabular data and about as different from gradient-boosted trees as you can get. Neither works at Numerai scale, so the i… --- ## [How often do you re-train your model?](https://forum.numer.ai/t/how-often-do-you-re-train-your-model/8164)
**Author:** [@spn30n](https://forum.numer.ai/u/spn30n)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/how-often-do-you-re-train-your-model/8164 "2026-03-21T21:40:28Z")
My model performed well on the first few weeks, and then the performance degraded. I wonder how often should we re-train our model to incorporate the new data. --- ## [Rant at numerai admins](https://forum.numer.ai/t/rant-at-numerai-admins/8261)
**Author:** [@slashv](https://forum.numer.ai/u/slashv)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/rant-at-numerai-admins/8261 "2026-03-17T15:54:24Z")
OK, so I was very busy the past 3 months and missed the 5.2 update. Result: lost one and half years of gains in two months. Why oh why do you not create a new submission endpoint for a new dataset??? It really would be z… --- ## [When to Retrain a Model — A Casuistic Analysis](https://forum.numer.ai/t/when-to-retrain-a-model-a-casuistic-analysis/8253)
**Author:** [@svendaj](https://forum.numer.ai/u/svendaj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/when-to-retrain-a-model-a-casuistic-analysis/8253 "2026-02-17T22:33:00Z")
Over the last year I was running simple experiment which should give me intuition of frequency of model retraining. As some of you could mention on discord and Forum I am running weekly retraining of all of my models, bu… --- ## [AI for ML by jefferythewind](https://forum.numer.ai/t/ai-for-ml-by-jefferythewind/8245)
**Author:** [@unsentient](https://forum.numer.ai/u/unsentient)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/ai-for-ml-by-jefferythewind/8245 "2026-02-14T21:04:04Z")
Based on a presentation given at the January 2026 Numerai Symposium by @jefferythewind Restated and posted with permission. The Problem: Convergence in Quantitative Finance If you are a data scientist or a participant i… --- ## [What World Are Our Models Building?](https://forum.numer.ai/t/what-world-are-our-models-building/8240)
**Author:** [@perseverance](https://forum.numer.ai/u/perseverance)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/what-world-are-our-models-building/8240 "2026-02-11T14:24:04Z")
Hey Numerai community, I’ve been loving the tournament, it’s super fun and mathematically challenging. But as we pour our expertise into these micro-predictions that power the hedge fund’s meta-model, I’ve started wonde… --- ## [Validation data missing ids?](https://forum.numer.ai/t/validation-data-missing-ids/8241)
**Author:** [@fasec](https://forum.numer.ai/u/fasec)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/validation-data-missing-ids/8241 "2026-02-09T16:18:16Z")
Hi! I’m trying to get back to Numerai after a long time. I noticed that there are no ids in the validation data. It’s just \[None\] when I try to print index or id fields. Is this some bug or is there a reason why ids have… --- ## [Vibesciencing my way through v5.2 data (Faith II)](https://forum.numer.ai/t/vibesciencing-my-way-through-v5-2-data-faith-ii/8214)
**Author:** [@degerhan](https://forum.numer.ai/u/degerhan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/vibesciencing-my-way-through-v5-2-data-faith-ii/8214 "2026-02-04T14:31:09Z")
Four things collided during the long Christmas weekend: My building anxiety over not sciencing the numerai data for a year Faith II v5.2 changes everything (yet again) Codex CLI with gpt-52-xhigh is a beast. It will no… --- ## [Retro Bounties for Outstanding Community Contributions](https://forum.numer.ai/t/retro-bounties-for-outstanding-community-contributions/8237)
**Author:** [@ia\_ai](https://forum.numer.ai/u/ia_ai)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/retro-bounties-for-outstanding-community-contributions/8237 "2026-02-03T17:59:51Z")
The Council of Elders is excited to announce two retro bounties honouring exceptional contributions from our community members. These bounties celebrate thoughtful, high-quality work that has meaningfully advanced collec… --- ## [Fine-Tuning LLMs with RL for ML Code Generation: Post-Mortem](https://forum.numer.ai/t/fine-tuning-llms-with-rl-for-ml-code-generation-post-mortem/8235)
**Author:** [@jefferythewind](https://forum.numer.ai/u/jefferythewind)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/fine-tuning-llms-with-rl-for-ml-code-generation-post-mortem/8235 "2026-01-29T04:44:39Z")
Following up from my talk at the Numerai Symposium today - thanks to everyone who attended and especially those who asked great questions afterward. The feedback inspired me to dig into what the LLM was actually writing … --- ## [US exchange for NMR](https://forum.numer.ai/t/us-exchange-for-nmr/8231)
**Author:** [@taylor2](https://forum.numer.ai/u/taylor2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/us-exchange-for-nmr/8231 "2026-01-25T00:03:18Z")
Which US exchange (Coinbase, Binance.US, Kraken) is best for simply buying NMR for staking? What has been your experience with them? Does the answer depend on whether it’s personally or through an LLC? --- ## [UX for the Modern Era](https://forum.numer.ai/t/ux-for-the-modern-era/8228)
**Author:** [@ark](https://forum.numer.ai/u/ark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/ux-for-the-modern-era/8228 "2026-01-23T16:31:09Z")
NumerCon is just 1 week out! In preparation for the big ideas we will be dropping at NumerCon, we have just released a few UX updates. We feel these updates are in-line with the future that Numerai will be pushing toward… --- ## [NMR price hedging: 2026 edition](https://forum.numer.ai/t/nmr-price-hedging-2026-edition/8213)
**Author:** [@correlator](https://forum.numer.ai/u/correlator)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/nmr-price-hedging-2026-edition/8213 "2026-01-13T16:09:57Z")
Purpose: Suggest a way for NMR stakers in the Numerai tournament to hedge the NMR price risk. It answers the question: As a DS in the Numerai tournament, I want to be exposed to the alpha of my model submissions, not t… --- ## [\[Proposal\] Around the World with Numeratis](https://forum.numer.ai/t/proposal-around-the-world-with-numeratis/5301)
**Author:** [@ia\_ai](https://forum.numer.ai/u/ia_ai)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/proposal-around-the-world-with-numeratis/5301 "2026-01-08T10:26:08Z")
Overview NumerCon and the time I spent with my fellow Numeratis were the exact “booster jab” I needed to wake the “meetup organizer Joe” up after two crazy years of COVID and hibernation in a man cave. After NumerCon, I… [Next page](https://forum.numer.ai/latest.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1)