OREANDA-NEWS. December 13, 2007. On December 10th, 2007, contest "2007 Best private investor" came to an end, RTS' press service reports. The number of participants reached 204 this year. This was the first time when computer trading systems, besides people, became contenders for the title "2007 Best private investor". As is well-known, the main objective of the contest is to show what profit private investors may make by skillful work with derivatives – futures and options.

Profitability of contestants is growing every year. If the winner of the last year reached 1148%, this year the leader of the contest NACHPROD earned 2048% which corresponds to 8336% per annum. The main instrument which helped NACHPROD reach this result – futures on RTS Index.

Second profitability result was shown by the participant under assumed name SNSH, who worked only with options during the whole contest. Only for the last week he managed to rise from the 18th place to the 2nd and he lacked just a little time to reach the leader of the contest. As a result profitability of SNSH made up 1951,37%, number of transactions – 68.

The Rewarding ceremony of contest winners will take place on December 19 when the main prize of 250 000 rubles will be given to NACHPROD – absolute winner of the contest.

Moreover, the prize money of 75 000 rubles will be given to the winners in the following categories: ROBOT_KIPA became the first in "2007 BEST TRADER-CYBORG" category, the first place in the category "2007 BEST TRADER – MILLIONAIRE" was taken by
MUMITROLL, and NACHPROD became also the winner in the "2007 BEST TRADER - MAN" category.

The first ten winners will be given honorary diplomas.

Contest "2007Best private investor" was organized by "Russian Trading System "Stock Exchange" in cooperation with investment company Zerich Capital Management IC OJSC and weekly magazine “Smart Money”. The contest took place from September 20, 2007 to December 10, 2007.