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+# Quant Invest Contest Submission
+
+## Environment setup
+Requires anaconda python distribution, such as: https://conda.io/miniconda.html
+```
+conda create -n quant-invest python=3.7.2 jupyterlab numpy pandas scikit-learn pytorch
+source activate quant-invest
+```