It appears that the October contest winner has not yet been funded, the last contest allocation was on September 21 to Spencer and that Szilvia is down =9.6% as of Wednesday - the last day the daily returns were updated and overall contestants are down about 9% on a compounded basis. At least according to the contest results.
The most basic quantitative task is performance measurement. Most money managers are not able to hide behind a wall of silence when it comes to performance. What signal does this send to potential investors or algorithmic traders?