Terms and conditions

READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS (the “T&C”) CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN RELATIONS WITH DUKASCOPY

Contest Philosophy

Before starting trading in the Contest it is recommended to read the Philosophy of the Contest. To win the Trader contest a participant needs to achieve the following goals:

  1. To reach the maximum profit within 1 month with the maximum loss limit of 100’000 USD.
  2. To attract other traders to copy trades generated by the contestant’s trading strategies by showing them outstanding quality of trading.
Additionally Dukascopy expects from participants:
  1. To show long-term consistent trading results (6 and 12 months respective).
  2. To explain the idea of the trading strategy and the decision behind each action to other traders.

The Trader Contest should be considered as trading within the monthly limit of 100,000 US dollars renewable each month. The loss of all funds during the contest month should be considered as loss of monthly limit rather than loss of all funds on regular trading account.

One of the contest’s goals is to attract other traders to copy participant’s trades. Number of subscribers is an important factor to win the prize.

Participating in the Trader contest automatically means participating in the Signal Provider Grand Prix with additional prizes! Each month five traders with the highest average profitability in six-month and/or 12-month nomination will compete for additional money prizes. Moreover, the best trader in the 12-month nomination will be awarded a 2,000 USD money prize and the title of the Trader of the Year. Keep in mind that the long term contest (Grand Prix) is based on the two criteria – your equity growth and draw-down.

Scalping and using high leverage are not welcome in the Contest. The set of rules was introduced to encourage predictability, explanations and the ability to reproduce (copy) the trades of the contestants. To ensure this, the rules of the contest contain specific trading conditions and restrictions. Also, one of the main ideas of the rules is to reduce possible cheating.

The Trader Contest is the place where all participants can promote themselves as traders and become popular. Trade, win, create a track record and use it to present yourself. Trader contest is a great place to make a trading career!

Contest Model

Dukascopy Trader Contest (the "Contest") is a forex competition between participants using DEMO accounts for manual trading only (the "Participants"). Any forms of automated trading are forbidden. Several trading limitations are designed to make the competition more fair and analytical.

Participants are expected to keep a register of their trading activity: write blog posts about their deals, trading methods, expectations, thoughts behind the deals, trading plans and other related to the Participant’s trading information. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden. The amount of the quoted text must correspond with the purpose of citing.

The posts of each participant are displayed in “Trader's blog” section on his contest page and also in Community Blog and are tagged “Trader's blog”. The quality and accuracy of these records will be beneficial for obtaining more blog points from Contest’s moderator.

Final ranking of participant represents the sum of points for pure trading performance, copied volume by the signal subscribers, quality of orders and the points for Trader's blog.

Despite the fact the Trader contest leaders table will show participants with less than 60% max draw-down for the current month the traders with higher draw-down can also claim prizes.

The Contest is conducted regularly on a monthly basis. The total prize fund is 28,000$ to be shared among the winners.

Registration Rules

  1. The Contest is held by Dukascopy ('Dukascopy') on DEMO accounts for manually trading on a regular monthly basis.
  2. For each respective month, registration opens on the 25th day of the previous month and remains available until the 25th day of that month. For example, registration for January 2011 is opened from 25.12.2010 till 25.01.2011
  3. Only persons aged 18 or over are eligible to apply for a registration in the Contest.
  4. Participants agree to provide true information during registration. If a Participant becomes eligible for any prize, information provided during his/her registration will be used for the opening of a live account with Dukascopy in the name of that Participant. In case of information being false, inaccurate or incomplete, Dukascopy may declare the participation in the Contest void at any time and at its sole discretion.
  5. Participant must register under a unique 'Nickname' which can not be used by any third person in the future. Among other, multiple registrations and/or use of proxy servers may result in the relevant Participant's disqualification.
  6. Participants shall acknowledge and agree that their trading history, any picture, personal data, and any other information posted on Dukascopy's Traders Blog are accessible to the public and that Dukascopy does not ensure any confidentiality in this respect whether or not participants already have a live account open with Dukascopy or intend / need to open such live account. Consequently, participants shall waive expressly the benefit of Swiss Banking Secrecy and release Dukascopy from any liability in that respect in the frame of the Trader Contest / Traders Blog.
  7. Participants shall acknowledge and accept that, in case they are awarded with a prize by Dukascopy, they may be asked to participate in promotional events, interviews, public announcements in connection with the Contest and that Dukascopy may make use of their names, trading history and references. Consequently, participants shall waive expressly the benefit of Swiss Banking Secrecy and release Dukascopy from any liability in that respect.
  8. Participants further acknowledge and agree that should they refuse Dukascopy's request to participate in above-mentioned promotional events, Dukascopy has the right to disqualify such participants and to give the respective prize to other participants.
  9. It is forbidden to use any kind of links in the profile pictures. Any sort of advertisement, restricted sensible content is also not allowed. Dukascopy reserves the right to delete the avatar upon detection of this rule's violation.
  10. Login names containing any trademarks of Dukascopy or its products are not allowed. Words like 'Dukascopy', 'SWFX', 'JForex' and other brand names associated with Dukascopy are forbidden.

Trading Rules

  1. Contest accounts are registered with an initial deposit of USD 100,000.
  2. Trading can be performed using the Java, Android and iPhone/iPad/iPod platforms (no trading possible via web-platform).
  3. The minimum and maximum order size is 100,000 and 5,000,000 currency units respectively.
  4. Only 5 instruments can be opened simultaneously by a Participant.
  5. Only 1 position could be opened at any instrument (if there is already an entry order, there is no possibility to open a market order and vice versa).
  6. The total amount of positions opened during the Contest by one Participant must be at least 10. At the end of the Contest all open positions will be automatically closed 1 hour prior to the settlement.
  7. All positions must have Take Profit (TP) and Stop Loss (SL) orders assigned.
  8. Take profit and Stop Loss levels should not exceed 2% from the opening price for EUR/USD. Limits for the rest instruments recalculating each settlement according to "Pip Conversion Schedule". E.g. Limits for AUD/JPY=(EUR/USD Points/AUD/JPY Points)*2%=1/1.74*2=1.15%; for EUR/NOK=(EUR/USD Points/EUR/NOK Points)*2%=1/0.17*2=11.76%, etc.
  9. TP, SL levels can not initially be set closer than 5 pips either to market price, or to entry price.
  10. It is forbidden to cancel already set SLs and TPs.
  11. All contest trading accounts are subject to the same margin requirements and policies as regular demo accounts. This includes the application of end-of-week leverage (1:30) each Friday, at 18:00 GMT.
Pip Conversion Schedule (by last settlement)
Instrument Rate 1 pip value
$/1Mio$
Points
ADA/USD 0.8095 12353 130.25
AED/CNH 1.9750 51 0.53
AED/CZK 6.5321 153 1.61
AED/HKD 2.1191 47 0.5
AED/HUF 105.8735 94 1
AED/JPY 42.33 236 2.49
AED/MXN 5.5251 18 0.19
AED/RON 1.2855 78 0.82
AED/SAR 1.0221 98 1.03
AED/THB 9.4330 1060 11.18
AED/TRY 9.3938 11 0.11
AED/ZAR 4.9346 20 0.21
AUD/AED 2.3885 42 0.44
AUD/CAD 0.9092 110 1.16
AUD/CHF 0.5754 174 1.83
AUD/CNH 4.7175 21 0.22
AUD/CZK 15.5995 64 0.68
AUD/DKK 4.6026 22 0.23
AUD/HKD 5.0635 20 0.21
AUD/HUF 252.8500 40 0.42
AUD/ILS 2.4301 41 0.43
AUD/JPY 101.13 99 1.04
AUD/MXN 13.1948 8 0.08
AUD/NOK 7.1945 14 0.15
AUD/NZD 1.1071 90 0.95
AUD/PLN 2.6748 37 0.39
AUD/RON 3.0705 33 0.34
AUD/SAR 2.4419 41 0.43
AUD/SEK 7.1740 14 0.15
AUD/SGD 0.8738 114 1.21
AUD/THB 22.5075 444 4.68
AUD/TRY 22.4239 4 0.05
AUD/USD 0.6506 154 1.62
AUD/ZAR 11.7893 8 0.09
AVE/USD 157.8350 63 0.67
BAT/USD 0.2064 485 5.11
BCH/CHF 390.8000 2559 26.98
BCH/EUR 418.9500 2387 25.17
BCH/GBP 349.1500 2864 30.2
BCH/USD 441.8500 2263 23.86
BTC/CHF 83 548.3000 12 0.13
BTC/EUR 89 605.9500 11 0.12
BTC/GBP 74 658.8500 13 0.14
BTC/USD 94 472.9500 11 0.11
CAD/AED 2.6273 38 0.4
CAD/CHF 0.6327 158 1.67
CAD/CNH 5.1888 19 0.2
CAD/CZK 17.1606 58 0.61
CAD/DKK 5.0628 20 0.21
CAD/HKD 5.5696 18 0.19
CAD/HUF 278.1595 36 0.38
CAD/ILS 2.6728 37 0.39
CAD/JPY 111.23 90 0.95
CAD/MXN 14.5154 7 0.07
CAD/NOK 7.9145 13 0.13
CAD/PLN 2.9415 34 0.36
CAD/RON 3.3773 30 0.31
CAD/SAR 2.6854 37 0.39
CAD/SEK 7.8905 13 0.13
CAD/SGD 0.9610 104 1.1
CAD/THB 24.7700 404 4.26
CAD/TRY 24.6462 4 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7156 14 0.15
CAD/ZAR 12.9641 8 0.08
CHF/AED 4.1521 24 0.25
CHF/CNH 8.1998 12 0.13
CHF/CZK 27.1209 37 0.39
CHF/DKK 8.0033 12 0.13
CHF/EUR 1.0729 93 0.98
CHF/HKD 8.8047 11 0.12
CHF/HUF 439.7545 23 0.24
CHF/ILS 4.2244 24 0.25
CHF/JPY 175.79 57 0.6
CHF/MXN 22.9413 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.5092 8 0.08
CHF/PLN 4.6498 22 0.23
CHF/RON 5.3377 19 0.2
CHF/SAR 4.2439 24 0.25
CHF/SEK 12.4727 8 0.08
CHF/SGD 1.5190 66 0.69
CHF/THB 39.1855 255 2.69
CHF/TRY 38.9983 3 0.03
CHF/USD 1.1309 9 0.09
CHF/ZAR 20.4901 5 0.05
CMP/USD 52.9050 1890 19.93
CNH/CZK 3.3073 302 3.19
CNH/HKD 1.0735 93 0.98
CNH/HUF 53.6260 186 1.97
CNH/JPY 21.44 466 4.92
CNH/MXN 2.7966 36 0.38
CNH/THB 4.7780 2093 22.07
CNH/TRY 4.7568 21 0.22
CNH/ZAR 2.4984 40 0.42
CZK/HUF 16.2092 62 0.65
CZK/JPY 6.48 154 1.63
CZK/THB 1.4438 7 0.07
CZK/TRY 1.4381 7 0.07
DGE/USD 0.3765 26560 280.05
DKK/AED 0.5189 193 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2172 46 0.49
DKK/CNH 1.0248 98 1.03
DKK/CZK 3.3896 295 3.11
DKK/HKD 1.1001 91 0.96
DKK/HUF 54.9425 182 1.92
DKK/ILS 0.5279 189 2
DKK/JPY 21.97 5 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.8671 35 0.37
DKK/RON 0.6671 150 1.58
DKK/SAR 0.5304 189 1.99
DKK/THB 4.8940 2043 21.54
DKK/TRY 4.8736 21 0.22
DKK/ZAR 2.5605 39 0.41
DSH/USD 27.5430 363 3.83
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 498.52
EOS/USD 0.6267 1596 16.82
ETC/USD 25.3700 3942 41.56
ETH/CHF 2 724.7500 367 3.87
ETH/EUR 2 921.1500 342 3.61
ETH/GBP 2 434.1000 411 4.33
ETH/USD 3 080.6500 325 3.42
EUR/AED 3.8724 26 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.6206 62 0.65
EUR/CAD 1.4734 68 0.72
EUR/CHF 0.9321 107 1.13
EUR/CNH 7.6445 13 0.14
EUR/CZK 25.2853 40 0.42
EUR/DKK 7.4596 13 0.14
EUR/GBP 0.8333 120 1.27
EUR/HKD 8.2067 12 0.13
EUR/HUF 409.8525 24 0.26
EUR/ILS 3.9382 25 0.27
EUR/JPY 163.89 61 0.64
EUR/MXN 21.3877 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.6616 9 0.09
EUR/NZD 1.7943 56 0.59
EUR/PLN 4.3341 23 0.24
EUR/RON 4.9762 20 0.21
EUR/SAR 3.9565 25 0.27
EUR/SEK 11.6263 9 0.09
EUR/SGD 1.4161 71 0.74
EUR/THB 36.5050 274 2.89
EUR/TRY 36.3553 3 0.03
EUR/USD 1.0544 95 1
EUR/ZAR 19.1026 5 0.06
GBP/AED 4.6455 22 0.23
GBP/AUD 1.9447 51 0.54
GBP/CAD 1.7681 57 0.6
GBP/CHF 1.1187 89 0.94
GBP/CNH 9.1736 11 0.11
GBP/CZK 30.3425 33 0.35
GBP/DKK 8.9518 11 0.12
GBP/HKD 9.8481 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 491.8310 20 0.21
GBP/ILS 4.7259 21 0.22
GBP/JPY 196.67 51 0.54
GBP/MXN 25.6648 4 0.04
GBP/NOK 13.9941 7 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.1529 46 0.49
GBP/PLN 5.2010 19 0.2
GBP/RON 5.9715 17 0.18
GBP/SAR 4.7479 21 0.22
GBP/SEK 13.9518 7 0.08
GBP/SGD 1.6994 59 0.62
GBP/THB 43.8285 228 2.41
GBP/TRY 43.6283 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.2653 79 0.83
GBP/ZAR 22.9231 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 3.0811 325 3.42
HKD/HUF 49.9425 200 2.11
HKD/JPY 19.97 5 0.05
HKD/MXN 2.6061 38 0.4
HKD/THB 4.4510 2247 23.69
HKD/TRY 4.4301 23 0.24
HKD/ZAR 2.3273 43 0.45
ILS/AED 0.9829 102 1.07
ILS/CNH 1.9413 52 0.54
ILS/CZK 6.4201 156 1.64
ILS/HKD 2.0839 48 0.51
ILS/HUF 103.9225 96 1.01
ILS/JPY 41.61 240 2.53
ILS/MXN 5.4292 18 0.19
ILS/RON 1.2636 79 0.83
ILS/SAR 1.0046 100 1.05
ILS/THB 9.2555 1080 11.39
ILS/TRY 9.2339 11 0.11
ILS/ZAR 4.8498 21 0.22
IOT/USD 0.1675 59701 629.48
JPY/HUF 2.50 40 0.42
LNK/USD 14.4010 694 7.32
LTC/CHF 74.4500 13432 141.62
LTC/EUR 79.8500 12523 132.04
LTC/GBP 66.5500 15026 158.43
LTC/USD 84.2000 11876 125.22
MAN/USD 0.3930 25445 268.29
MAT/USD 0.4380 22831 240.72
MKR/USD 1 503.8150 66 0.7
MXN/CHF 0.0436 229 2.42
MXN/CZK 1.1826 8 0.09
MXN/HUF 19.1442 52 0.55
MXN/JPY 7.66 13 0.14
MXN/THB 1.7058 6 0.06
MXN/TRY 1.7009 59 0.62
NEO/USD 12.3800 8078 85.17
NOK/AED 0.3320 301 3.18
NOK/CNH 0.6555 153 1.61
NOK/CZK 2.1683 461 4.86
NOK/DKK 0.6397 156 1.65
NOK/HKD 0.7037 142 1.5
NOK/HUF 35.1490 285 3
NOK/ILS 0.3377 296 3.12
NOK/JPY 14.05 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8343 55 0.57
NOK/RON 0.4267 234 2.47
NOK/SAR 0.3393 295 3.11
NOK/SEK 0.9970 100 1.06
NOK/THB 3.1305 3194 33.68
NOK/TRY 3.1177 32 0.34
NOK/ZAR 1.6383 61 0.64
NZD/AED 2.1575 46 0.49
NZD/AUD 0.9033 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8212 122 1.28
NZD/CHF 0.5196 192 2.03
NZD/CNH 4.2609 23 0.25
NZD/CZK 14.0914 71 0.75
NZD/DKK 4.1575 24 0.25
NZD/HKD 4.5740 2186 23.05
NZD/HUF 228.4805 44 0.46
NZD/ILS 2.1951 46 0.48
NZD/JPY 91.31 110 1.15
NZD/MXN 11.9210 8 0.09
NZD/NOK 6.4996 15 0.16
NZD/PLN 2.4158 41 0.44
NZD/RON 2.7735 36 0.38
NZD/SAR 2.2052 45 0.48
NZD/SEK 6.4802 15 0.16
NZD/SGD 0.7891 127 1.34
NZD/THB 20.3430 492 5.18
NZD/TRY 20.2615 5 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5877 170 1.79
NZD/ZAR 10.6469 9 0.1
PLN/AED 0.8930 112 1.18
PLN/CNH 1.7637 57 0.6
PLN/CZK 5.8338 171 1.81
PLN/DKK 1.7212 58 0.61
PLN/HKD 1.8935 53 0.56
PLN/HUF 94.5595 106 1.12
PLN/ILS 0.9085 110 1.16
PLN/JPY 37.81 264 2.79
PLN/MXN 4.9342 20 0.21
PLN/NOK 2.6903 37 0.39
PLN/RON 1.1479 87 0.92
PLN/SAR 0.9127 110 1.16
PLN/SEK 2.6824 37 0.39
PLN/THB 8.4208 12 0.13
PLN/TRY 8.3879 12 0.13
PLN/ZAR 4.4066 23 0.24
RON/CNH 1.5364 65 0.69
RON/CZK 5.0814 197 2.07
RON/HKD 1.6492 61 0.64
RON/HUF 82.3610 121 1.28
RON/JPY 32.93 304 3.2
RON/MXN 4.2969 23 0.25
RON/THB 7.3360 1363 14.37
RON/TRY 7.3075 14 0.14
RON/ZAR 3.8384 26 0.27
SAR/CNH 1.9324 52 0.55
SAR/CZK 6.3906 156 1.65
SAR/HKD 2.0742 48 0.51
SAR/HUF 103.5850 97 1.02
SAR/JPY 41.42 241 2.55
SAR/MXN 5.4057 18 0.2
SAR/RON 1.2577 80 0.84
SAR/THB 9.2295 1083 11.42
SAR/TRY 9.1907 11 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.8280 21 0.22
SEK/AED 0.3329 300 3.17
SEK/CNH 0.6576 152 1.6
SEK/CZK 2.1748 460 4.85
SEK/DKK 0.6416 156 1.64
SEK/HKD 0.7059 142 1.49
SEK/HUF 35.2525 284 2.99
SEK/ILS 0.3387 295 3.11
SEK/JPY 14.10 7 0.07
SEK/MXN 1.8396 54 0.57
SEK/RON 0.4280 234 2.46
SEK/SAR 0.3403 294 3.1
SEK/THB 3.1400 3185 33.58
SEK/TRY 3.1269 32 0.34
SEK/ZAR 1.6429 61 0.64
SGD/AED 2.7340 37 0.39
SGD/CNH 5.3992 19 0.2
SGD/CZK 17.8568 56 0.59
SGD/DKK 5.2678 19 0.2
SGD/HKD 5.7954 17 0.18
SGD/HUF 289.4565 35 0.36
SGD/ILS 2.7814 36 0.38
SGD/JPY 115.75 86 0.91
SGD/MXN 15.1033 7 0.07
SGD/NOK 8.2362 12 0.13
SGD/PLN 3.0606 33 0.34
SGD/RON 3.5143 28 0.3
SGD/SAR 2.7941 36 0.38
SGD/SEK 8.2111 12 0.13
SGD/THB 25.7855 388 4.09
SGD/TRY 25.6743 4 0.04
SGD/ZAR 13.4860 7 0.08
THB/HUF 11.2234 9 0.09
THB/JPY 4.48 22 0.24
TRX/USD 0.1958 511 5.39
TRY/AUD 0.0446 224 2.36
TRY/HUF 11.2745 887 9.35
TRY/JPY 4.50 2223 23.44
TRY/SEK 0.3201 312 3.29
TRY/THB 1.0040 100 1.05
UNI/USD 8.8190 1134 11.96
USD/AED 3.6714 27 0.29
USD/AUD 1.5370 7 0.07
USD/CAD 1.3975 72 0.75
USD/CHF 0.8843 113 1.19
USD/CNH 7.2512 14 0.15
USD/CZK 23.9820 42 0.44
USD/DKK 7.0751 14 0.15
USD/EUR 0.9484 11 0.11
USD/GBP 0.7904 13 0.13
USD/HKD 7.7835 13 0.14
USD/HUF 388.8675 26 0.27
USD/ILS 3.7352 27 0.28
USD/JPY 155.43 64 0.68
USD/MXN 20.2848 5 0.05
USD/NOK 11.0590 9 0.1
USD/NZD 1.7017 59 0.62
USD/PLN 4.1114 24 0.26
USD/RON 4.7196 21 0.22
USD/SAR 3.7526 27 0.28
USD/SEK 11.0275 9 0.1
USD/SGD 1.3434 74 0.78
USD/THB 34.6480 29 0.3
USD/TRY 34.4533 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 18.1162 6 0.06
UST/CHF 0.8843 113 1.19
UST/EUR 0.9484 105 1.11
UST/GBP 0.7903 127 1.33
UST/USD 0.9999 100 1.05
XLM/CHF 0.2206 453 4.78
XLM/EUR 0.2366 423 4.46
XLM/GBP 0.1972 507 5.35
XLM/USD 0.2495 401 4.23
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.57
XRP/USD 1.1055 9046 95.38
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 864.24
YFI/USD 6 128.7000 163 1.72
ZAR/CZK 1.3239 755 7.96
ZAR/HUF 21.4680 466 4.91
ZAR/JPY 8.58 1166 12.29
ZAR/MXN 1.1199 89 0.94
ZAR/THB 1.9125 5229 55.13
ZAR/TRY 1.9039 53 0.55

Key Limitations

  1. Every Participant should have only one unique nickname and email linked with his/her personal details, which will be used for the account opening with Dukascopy in case of awarding of a Contest prize.
  2. Only Participants who have a positive balance more than 100,000 may claim to be awarded by any of the prizes.
  3. Trader’s blog posts should not be shorter than 50 words and may be written in any language. In case post contains picture or chart the limitation lowers to 20 words.
  4. Use of offensive or abusive language may cause disqualification from Dukascopy Community and Contest.
  5. Official results of every month will be published during 2 weeks.
  6. Dukascopy reserves the right to set a 1-day ban to any contest participant or community user in case of continuous breaches of contest rules. A permanent disqualification can be applied if a serious violation is detected.

Ranking Calculation Rules

Each month, the score table is formed on the basis of 4 criteria, with a maximum total score of 303-306 points:

  1. Performance - real increase of capital. Maximum - 200 points.

  2. Signal subscribers - nomination consists of 2 components:

    • DEMO - cumulative traded volumes copied by the DEMO signal subscribers active in Social Trading contest are taken into account. Restriction: the copied volume is counted if signal subscriber has subscribed to at least 5 providers. Maximum 15 points.
    • LIVE - cumulative traded volumes copied by the LIVE signal subscribers are taken into account. Maximum 10 points.

  3. Orders quality - volume-weighted share of trades made with conditional orders. It is calculated as a ratio of the traded volume made with conditional orders to the total traded volume. Conditional orders include pending Entry orders, SL and TP orders. Maximum – 50 points.
  4. Trader’s blog - The score entered by a moderator for the quality and accuracy of the posts with "Trader's blog" tag. Maximum 28-31 points (depends on the number of days in the current month).

According to the places in nomination 'Performance' ,the Participants will gain points from 200 till 1 in the following sequence: (1) 200, (2) 180, (3) 170, (4) 165, (5) 160, (6) 159, (7) 158, ... (164) 1.

For 'Signal subscribers' points are assigned linearly.

  • DEMO: (1) 15, (2) 14, (3) 13, ... (15) 1.
  • LIVE: (1) 10, (2) 9, (3) 8, ... (10) 1.

The 'Order's quality' evaluation is obtained from the volume-weighted share of trades made with conditional orders. The percentage of such trades is then multiplied by the maximum score – 50 points. E.g. 90% of conditional volumes – 45 points, 50% - 25 points, etc.

Moderators are checking the Trader's blog for all participants, that shall not post more than 1 time per day. 1 post per 1 day is counted and the maximum points depend on the number of days in the particular month. The Contest moderator decides whether to assign points for the posts or not. Posting of spam, senseless posts, plagiarism and over-citing will be punished by assigning -1 point for each post. The rule “1 post per 1 day is counted” is not applied for spam-posts.

Please notice: At equal quantity of points, the preference will be given to the trader with the latest date of registration in the Contest.


Only Participants with real positive increase of capital can be treated as Contest nominees.
The winners with higher than 60% of max draw-down can also claim prizes.

Prizes and Awarding Rules

  1. The total prize pool of USD 28,000 is distributed among 30 winners of the Contest in the following manner:
    • 1st place and nomination 'The Trader of the Month' - 6,000 USD.
    • 2nd place - 3,500 USD
    • 3rd place - 2,500 USD
    • 4th place - 2,000 USD
    • 5th-6th place - 1,500 USD
    • 7th-10th places - 1,000 USD
    • 11th-20th places - 500 USD
    • 21st-30th places - 200 USD
  2. The contest winners may withdraw their cash prizes and the profits generated from their cash prizes on their respective sub-accounts after meeting the minimum turnover requirement. The minimum turnover requirement constitutes 2.5 million USD for every 100 USD won in the contest.:
    • 1st place - 150 million USD
    • 2nd place - 87.5 million USD
    • 3rd place - 62.5 million USD
    • 4th place - 50 million USD
    • 5th-6th place - 37.5 million USD
    • 7th-10th places - 25 million USD
    • 11th-20th places - 12.5 million USD
    • 21th-30th places - 5 million USD
  3. Participants are allowed to withdraw funds in full only when there are no blocked prizes on the account. Profit can only be withdrawn when there are no blocked prizes on the account.

    If there are both blocked and unblocked prizes:
    • participants are only allowed to withdraw the sum of unblocked prizes;
    • only the positive difference between equity and sum of blocked funds can be withdrawn;
    • the sum of withdrawn funds can't exceed the sum of unblocked funds.
  4. Top-3 position winners are required to take part in one broadcast of Dukascopy Community TV. Broadcasts are open-format and Participants have the opportunity of presenting the trading strategies and principles that lead them to success in the particular contest, taking part in the discussion of one of the open discussion of the Live TV or suggesting another topic of their interest related to Forex/Economics/Trading psychology etc.

    The broadcast is to be carried within one calendar month after the end of the contest month. Dukascopy representatives will be in contact with every of the winners to appoint a commonly convenient time for the broadcast.

    The only device Participants need to take part in the web-broadcast is a microphone and a web-cam. Broadcasts are held in English. Cases when the prize winner does not master English at a sufficient level will be solved on an individual basis: either by outsourcing an interpreter or via other individual solutions.
  5. If Participant does not have a live account with Dukascopy, then he/she should proceed to the live account opening procedure in a regular way. If Participant does not comply with live account opening requirements, Dukascopy reserves the right to cancel the cash prize.
  6. Cash prizes may be credited only to a live sub-account open with Dukascopy in the name of the relevant Participant.
  7. LIVE accounts which are credited with prize money are considered LIVE Prize accounts. LIVE Prize accounts can be credited only with cash prize money. Clients are not allowed crediting their own funds on this type of account.
  8. Prizes may only be credited to sub-accounts which are not linked to any Business Introducer. If needed, Dukascopy opens new sub-accounts not linked to the Participants’ Business Introducers, if any, and credit the prize(s) on such new sub-accounts.
  9. If a Participant already has a Live account but has not yet any open sub-account, Dukascopy opens a sub-account in the Participant’s reference currency and credits the prize(s) on this sub-account.
  10. Save contrary and valid preliminary written instruction of the Participant, Dukascopy converts the prize(s) into the currency of the sub-account on which the prize(s) shall be credited in application of the present “Prizes and Awarding Rules”. Such conversion is subject to fees as per the fee schedule posted on Dukascopy’s website.
  11. In case of Participant's refusal to participate in promotional events, interviews, public announcements in connection with the Contest, Dukascopy has the right to disqualify such Participant and give the respective prize to another Participant.

Fair Play

  1. Participants acknowledge and agree to make efforts to respect the principles of Fair Play.
  2. Participants must refrain from any dishonest and unfair conduct even if these activities are not fully described within the framework of the Contest rules.
  3. Such activities include, but are not limited to:
    • Registration of persons that are directly or indirectly related to other Participant
    • Various team tactics that include consolidation of Participants into a group with a purpose to get a statistical advantage on one of the accounts
    • Trading in opposite directions within one or more accounts
    • Spamming in private messages and comments
    • Any kind of manipulations with Orders quality points and other statistics
    • Other activities used to get an unfair advantage over other Participants

6/12 Statistics for Signal Provider Grand Prix

  1. Total pip-points gained – The number of pip-points (EUR/USD pips equivalent) scored during the given statistical period.
  2. Avg. pip-points outcome from all positions – The average number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points gained/lost on all positions opened during the given statistical period.
  3. Most profitable trade – The number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points gained on the most profitable position opened during the given statistical period.
  4. Worst trade - The number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points lost on the most detrimental position opened during the given statistical period.
  5. Avg. pip-points gain on positive positions - The average number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points gained on all positive positions opened during the given statistical period.
  6. Avg. pip-points lost on negative positions - The average number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points lost on all negative positions opened during the given statistical period.
  7. Number of trades – Total number of trades conducted during the given statistical period.
  8. Avg. position size (USD) – The average size of a position opened during the given statistical period, in USD.
  9. Avg. trade time – The average duration of all positions opened during the given statistical period. From opening to closure.
  10. Maximum drawdown (%) – Maximum equity's depreciation, calculated as the percentage between the highest equity value and the lowest one during the given statistical period.
  11. Number of drawdowns – Total number of consecutive equity contractions during the given statistical period.
  12. Volume-weighted share of trades conducted with conditional orders – calculated as a ratio of the Traded volume made with conditional orders to the Total traded volume. These include entry pending orders, Stop-Loss and Take-Profit orders.
  13. Win/Loss ratio – Ratio of positive vs. negative positions opened during the given statistical period.

Charts

  1. Cumulative Profit/Loss dynamics - The chart is based on the continuous sum of periodic profits & losses. Starts from zero although traders actually start their trading with an initial deposit of 100,000 USD every month.
  2. Contest standings – Current rank of the trader in the respective period’s (1 month, 6 month or 1 year) standings of the Trader contest.
  3. Performance – Historical profit & loss results along a selected statistical period. Shown in pip points (EUR/USD pips equivalent).
  4. Traded volumes – Volumes traded historically during a selected statistical period. Shown in USD.
  5. Instruments – Distribution of instruments the trader uses for trading.

Other rules and policies

  1. Dukascopy reserves the right to use any kind of information posted by Participants within the framework of the Contest for its own purposes without prior coordination and approval from the authors. These purposes may include any kind of promotional activities or publicity campaigns, statistics collection etc.
  2. Dukascopy reserves the right to disqualify a Participant, to change the Contest rules, requirements and awards, without prior notice and at any time and at its sole discretion.

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