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 0.8010 12484 139.5
AED/CNH 1.9646 51 0.57
AED/CZK 6.0780 165 1.84
AED/HKD 2.1257 47 0.53
AED/HUF 98.2570 102 1.14
AED/JPY 39.98 250 2.79
AED/MXN 5.2807 19 0.21
AED/RON 1.2445 80 0.9
AED/SAR 1.0211 98 1.09
AED/THB 9.1105 1098 12.26
AED/TRY 10.5564 9 0.11
AED/ZAR 4.9786 20 0.22
AUD/AED 2.3595 42 0.47
AUD/CAD 0.8987 111 1.24
AUD/CHF 0.5414 185 2.06
AUD/CNH 4.6350 22 0.24
AUD/CZK 14.3515 70 0.78
AUD/DKK 4.2937 23 0.26
AUD/HKD 5.0184 20 0.22
AUD/HUF 231.9705 43 0.48
AUD/ILS 2.2810 44 0.49
AUD/JPY 94.33 106 1.18
AUD/MXN 12.4626 8 0.09
AUD/NOK 6.6708 15 0.17
AUD/NZD 1.0898 92 1.03
AUD/PLN 2.4350 41 0.46
AUD/RON 2.9363 34 0.38
AUD/SAR 2.4089 42 0.46
AUD/SEK 6.2717 16 0.18
AUD/SGD 0.8369 119 1.34
AUD/THB 21.5370 464 5.19
AUD/TRY 24.9228 4 0.04
AUD/USD 0.6428 156 1.74
AUD/ZAR 11.7380 9 0.1
AVE/USD 229.1825 44 0.49
BAT/USD 0.1602 624 6.98
BCH/CHF 341.8000 2926 32.69
BCH/EUR 363.2500 2753 30.76
BCH/GBP 305.9500 3269 36.52
BCH/USD 405.8000 2464 27.54
BTC/CHF 87 251.4500 11 0.13
BTC/EUR 92 711.2000 11 0.12
BTC/GBP 78 099.6000 13 0.14
BTC/USD 103 582.1000 10 0.11
CAD/AED 2.6252 38 0.43
CAD/CHF 0.6024 166 1.85
CAD/CNH 5.1574 19 0.22
CAD/CZK 15.9562 63 0.7
CAD/DKK 4.7756 21 0.23
CAD/HKD 5.5857 18 0.2
CAD/HUF 258.0685 39 0.43
CAD/ILS 2.5379 39 0.44
CAD/JPY 104.96 95 1.06
CAD/MXN 13.8632 7 0.08
CAD/NOK 7.4271 13 0.15
CAD/PLN 2.7093 37 0.41
CAD/RON 3.2671 31 0.34
CAD/SAR 2.6808 37 0.42
CAD/SEK 6.9741 14 0.16
CAD/SGD 0.9310 107 1.2
CAD/THB 23.9470 418 4.67
CAD/TRY 27.7523 4 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7152 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 13.0696 8 0.09
CHF/AED 4.3605 23 0.26
CHF/CNH 8.5629 12 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.4896 38 0.42
CHF/DKK 7.9282 13 0.14
CHF/EUR 1.0625 94 1.05
CHF/HKD 9.2692 11 0.12
CHF/HUF 428.4370 23 0.26
CHF/ILS 4.2135 24 0.27
CHF/JPY 174.26 57 0.64
CHF/MXN 23.0156 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.3298 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.4972 22 0.25
CHF/RON 5.4240 18 0.21
CHF/SAR 4.4514 22 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.5777 9 0.1
CHF/SGD 1.5460 65 0.72
CHF/THB 39.7710 251 2.81
CHF/TRY 46.1381 2 0.02
CHF/USD 1.1874 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 21.6972 5 0.05
CMP/USD 46.3400 2158 24.11
CNH/CZK 3.0936 323 3.61
CNH/HKD 1.0827 92 1.03
CNH/HUF 50.0345 200 2.23
CNH/JPY 20.35 491 5.49
CNH/MXN 2.6882 37 0.42
CNH/THB 4.6415 2154 24.07
CNH/TRY 5.3766 19 0.21
CNH/ZAR 2.5343 39 0.44
CZK/HUF 16.1747 62 0.69
CZK/JPY 6.58 152 1.7
CZK/THB 1.5015 7 0.07
CZK/TRY 1.7418 6 0.06
DGE/USD 0.2340 42735 477.51
DKK/AED 0.5496 182 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2329 43 0.48
DKK/CNH 1.0799 93 1.03
DKK/CZK 3.3411 299 3.34
DKK/HKD 1.1692 86 0.96
DKK/HUF 54.0410 185 2.07
DKK/ILS 0.5316 188 2.1
DKK/JPY 21.98 5 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.9021 34 0.39
DKK/RON 0.6841 146 1.63
DKK/SAR 0.5613 178 1.99
DKK/THB 5.0175 1993 22.27
DKK/TRY 5.8205 17 0.19
DKK/ZAR 2.7359 37 0.41
DSH/USD 25.0330 399 4.46
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 528.31
EOS/USD 0.8003 1250 13.96
ETC/USD 19.8600 5035 56.26
ETH/CHF 2 190.9500 456 5.1
ETH/EUR 2 327.9500 430 4.8
ETH/GBP 1 961.1500 510 5.7
ETH/USD 2 601.0000 384 4.3
EUR/AED 4.1039 24 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7384 58 0.64
EUR/CAD 1.5625 64 0.72
EUR/CHF 0.9412 106 1.19
EUR/CNH 8.0581 12 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.9294 40 0.45
EUR/DKK 7.4614 13 0.15
EUR/GBP 0.8426 119 1.33
EUR/HKD 8.7244 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 403.2280 25 0.28
EUR/ILS 3.9651 25 0.28
EUR/JPY 164.00 61 0.68
EUR/MXN 21.6549 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.6039 9 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.8949 53 0.59
EUR/PLN 4.2337 24 0.26
EUR/RON 5.1043 20 0.22
EUR/SAR 4.1880 24 0.27
EUR/SEK 10.8964 9 0.1
EUR/SGD 1.4545 69 0.77
EUR/THB 37.4365 267 2.98
EUR/TRY 43.4305 2 0.03
EUR/USD 1.1174 89 1
EUR/ZAR 20.4183 5 0.05
GBP/AED 4.8675 21 0.23
GBP/AUD 2.0631 48 0.54
GBP/CAD 1.8544 54 0.6
GBP/CHF 1.1168 90 1
GBP/CNH 9.5639 10 0.12
GBP/CZK 29.5871 34 0.38
GBP/DKK 8.8557 11 0.13
GBP/HKD 10.3539 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 478.5525 21 0.23
GBP/ILS 4.7062 21 0.24
GBP/JPY 194.61 51 0.57
GBP/MXN 25.7062 4 0.04
GBP/NOK 13.7712 7 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.2482 44 0.5
GBP/PLN 5.0231 20 0.22
GBP/RON 6.0582 17 0.18
GBP/SAR 4.9694 20 0.22
GBP/SEK 12.9318 8 0.09
GBP/SGD 1.7263 58 0.65
GBP/THB 44.4290 225 2.51
GBP/TRY 51.5428 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3263 75 0.84
GBP/ZAR 24.2333 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.8578 350 3.91
HKD/HUF 46.2195 216 2.42
HKD/JPY 18.79 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.4822 40 0.45
HKD/THB 4.2855 2333 26.07
HKD/TRY 4.9715 20 0.22
HKD/ZAR 2.3400 43 0.48
ILS/AED 1.0344 97 1.08
ILS/CNH 2.0323 49 0.55
ILS/CZK 6.2849 159 1.78
ILS/HKD 2.1993 45 0.51
ILS/HUF 101.6505 98 1.1
ILS/JPY 41.36 242 2.7
ILS/MXN 5.4624 18 0.2
ILS/RON 1.2873 78 0.87
ILS/SAR 1.0563 95 1.06
ILS/THB 9.4200 1062 11.86
ILS/TRY 10.9171 9 0.1
ILS/ZAR 5.1494 19 0.22
IOT/USD 0.2445 40900 457.01
JPY/HUF 2.46 41 0.45
LNK/USD 17.0075 588 6.57
LTC/CHF 85.4000 11710 130.84
LTC/EUR 90.7500 11019 123.13
LTC/GBP 76.4000 13089 146.25
LTC/USD 101.3500 9867 110.25
MAN/USD 0.3635 27510 307.39
MAT/USD 0.2515 39761 444.29
MKR/USD 1 856.8900 54 0.6
MXN/CHF 0.0434 230 2.57
MXN/CZK 1.1510 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 18.6149 54 0.6
MXN/JPY 7.57 13 0.15
MXN/THB 1.7273 6 0.06
MXN/TRY 1.9997 50 0.56
NEO/USD 7.0750 14134 157.93
NOK/AED 0.3534 283 3.16
NOK/CNH 0.6944 144 1.61
NOK/CZK 2.1485 465 5.2
NOK/DKK 0.6430 156 1.74
NOK/HKD 0.7518 133 1.49
NOK/HUF 34.7495 288 3.22
NOK/ILS 0.3417 293 3.27
NOK/JPY 14.13 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8663 54 0.6
NOK/RON 0.4398 227 2.54
NOK/SAR 0.3608 277 3.1
NOK/SEK 0.9390 106 1.19
NOK/THB 3.2245 3101 34.65
NOK/TRY 3.7405 27 0.3
NOK/ZAR 1.7594 57 0.64
NZD/AED 2.1650 46 0.52
NZD/AUD 0.9176 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8249 121 1.35
NZD/CHF 0.4966 201 2.25
NZD/CNH 4.2551 24 0.26
NZD/CZK 13.1569 76 0.85
NZD/DKK 3.9378 25 0.28
NZD/HKD 4.6035 2172 24.27
NZD/HUF 212.7915 47 0.53
NZD/ILS 2.0932 48 0.53
NZD/JPY 86.56 116 1.29
NZD/MXN 11.4382 9 0.1
NZD/NOK 6.1240 16 0.18
NZD/PLN 2.2337 45 0.5
NZD/RON 2.6946 37 0.41
NZD/SAR 2.2107 45 0.51
NZD/SEK 5.7503 17 0.19
NZD/SGD 0.7676 130 1.46
NZD/THB 19.7700 506 5.65
NZD/TRY 22.9355 4 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5901 169 1.89
NZD/ZAR 10.7801 9 0.1
PLN/AED 0.9694 103 1.15
PLN/CNH 1.9043 53 0.59
PLN/CZK 5.8899 170 1.9
PLN/DKK 1.7625 57 0.63
PLN/HKD 2.0607 49 0.54
PLN/HUF 95.2670 105 1.17
PLN/ILS 0.9371 107 1.19
PLN/JPY 38.75 258 2.88
PLN/MXN 5.1170 20 0.22
PLN/NOK 2.7417 36 0.41
PLN/RON 1.2063 83 0.93
PLN/SAR 0.9895 101 1.13
PLN/SEK 2.5745 39 0.43
PLN/THB 8.8442 11 0.13
PLN/TRY 10.2603 10 0.11
PLN/ZAR 4.8263 21 0.23
RON/CNH 1.5786 63 0.71
RON/CZK 4.8840 205 2.29
RON/HKD 1.7090 59 0.65
RON/HUF 78.9570 127 1.42
RON/JPY 32.13 311 3.48
RON/MXN 4.2433 24 0.26
RON/THB 7.3340 1364 15.24
RON/TRY 8.4824 12 0.13
RON/ZAR 4.0006 25 0.28
SAR/CNH 1.9238 52 0.58
SAR/CZK 5.9529 168 1.88
SAR/HKD 2.0834 48 0.54
SAR/HUF 96.2405 104 1.16
SAR/JPY 39.15 255 2.85
SAR/MXN 5.1746 19 0.22
SAR/RON 1.2191 82 0.92
SAR/THB 8.9205 1121 12.53
SAR/TRY 10.3787 10 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.8779 21 0.23
SEK/AED 0.3764 266 2.97
SEK/CNH 0.7395 135 1.51
SEK/CZK 2.2880 437 4.88
SEK/DKK 0.6848 146 1.63
SEK/HKD 0.8007 125 1.4
SEK/HUF 37.0050 270 3.02
SEK/ILS 0.3639 275 3.07
SEK/JPY 15.05 7 0.07
SEK/MXN 1.9877 50 0.56
SEK/RON 0.4684 213 2.39
SEK/SAR 0.3844 260 2.91
SEK/THB 3.4340 2912 32.54
SEK/TRY 3.9837 25 0.28
SEK/ZAR 1.8738 53 0.6
SGD/AED 2.8226 35 0.4
SGD/CNH 5.5385 18 0.2
SGD/CZK 17.1404 58 0.65
SGD/DKK 5.1302 19 0.22
SGD/HKD 5.9980 17 0.19
SGD/HUF 277.2310 36 0.4
SGD/ILS 2.7253 37 0.41
SGD/JPY 112.74 89 0.99
SGD/MXN 14.8865 7 0.08
SGD/NOK 7.9778 13 0.14
SGD/PLN 2.9096 34 0.38
SGD/RON 3.5083 29 0.32
SGD/SAR 2.8799 35 0.39
SGD/SEK 7.4924 13 0.15
SGD/THB 25.7340 389 4.34
SGD/TRY 29.8523 3 0.04
SGD/ZAR 14.0316 7 0.08
THB/HUF 10.7670 9 0.1
THB/JPY 4.38 23 0.26
TRX/USD 0.2769 361 4.03
TRY/AUD 0.0401 249 2.78
TRY/HUF 9.2810 1077 12.04
TRY/JPY 3.79 2639 29.49
TRY/SEK 0.2510 398 4.45
TRY/THB 0.8622 116 1.3
UNI/USD 6.6165 1511 16.89
USD/AED 3.6705 27 0.3
USD/AUD 1.5557 6 0.07
USD/CAD 1.3983 72 0.8
USD/CHF 0.8422 119 1.33
USD/CNH 7.2109 14 0.15
USD/CZK 22.3092 45 0.5
USD/DKK 6.6781 15 0.17
USD/EUR 0.8950 11 0.12
USD/GBP 0.7540 13 0.15
USD/HKD 7.8077 13 0.14
USD/HUF 360.8855 28 0.31
USD/ILS 3.5484 28 0.31
USD/JPY 146.74 68 0.76
USD/MXN 19.3829 5 0.06
USD/NOK 10.3855 10 0.11
USD/NZD 1.6947 59 0.66
USD/PLN 3.7868 26 0.3
USD/RON 4.5679 22 0.24
USD/SAR 3.7474 27 0.3
USD/SEK 9.7518 10 0.11
USD/SGD 1.3020 77 0.86
USD/THB 33.4573 30 0.33
USD/TRY 38.7344 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 18.2430 5 0.06
UST/CHF 0.8422 119 1.33
UST/EUR 0.8949 112 1.25
UST/GBP 0.7539 133 1.48
UST/USD 0.9998 100 1.12
XLM/CHF 0.2582 387 4.33
XLM/EUR 0.2743 365 4.07
XLM/GBP 0.2311 433 4.84
XLM/USD 0.3065 326 3.65
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.61
XRP/USD 2.5620 3903 43.61
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 915.89
YFI/USD 6 092.3000 164 1.83
ZAR/CZK 1.2210 819 9.15
ZAR/HUF 19.7635 506 5.65
ZAR/JPY 8.04 1244 13.9
ZAR/MXN 1.0625 94 1.05
ZAR/THB 1.8335 5454 60.94
ZAR/TRY 2.1224 47 0.53

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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