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 0.8795 11370 132.97
AED/CNH 1.9392 52 0.6
AED/CZK 5.6805 176 2.06
AED/HKD 2.1209 47 0.55
AED/HUF 91.5030 109 1.28
AED/JPY 40.15 249 2.91
AED/MXN 5.0667 20 0.23
AED/RON 1.1824 85 0.99
AED/SAR 1.0214 98 1.15
AED/THB 8.6455 1157 13.53
AED/TRY 11.2544 9 0.1
AED/ZAR 4.7642 21 0.25
AUD/AED 2.4283 41 0.48
AUD/CAD 0.9169 109 1.28
AUD/CHF 0.5286 189 2.21
AUD/CNH 4.7081 21 0.25
AUD/CZK 13.7935 72 0.85
AUD/DKK 4.2233 24 0.28
AUD/HKD 5.1531 19 0.23
AUD/HUF 222.5050 45 0.53
AUD/ILS 2.2028 45 0.53
AUD/JPY 97.53 103 1.2
AUD/MXN 12.3042 8 0.1
AUD/NOK 6.5864 15 0.18
AUD/NZD 1.1133 90 1.05
AUD/PLN 2.4112 41 0.49
AUD/RON 2.8701 35 0.41
AUD/SAR 2.4805 40 0.47
AUD/SEK 6.1874 16 0.19
AUD/SGD 0.8482 118 1.38
AUD/THB 21.0295 476 5.56
AUD/TRY 27.3141 4 0.04
AUD/USD 0.6614 151 1.77
AUD/ZAR 11.5708 9 0.1
AVE/USD 298.0850 34 0.39
BAT/USD 0.1590 629 7.36
BCH/CHF 465.0500 2150 25.15
BCH/EUR 497.5000 2010 23.51
BCH/GBP 429.9000 2326 27.2
BCH/USD 581.7000 1719 20.11
BTC/CHF 90 821.0500 11 0.13
BTC/EUR 97 154.9000 10 0.12
BTC/GBP 83 971.1000 12 0.14
BTC/USD 113 604.6000 9 0.1
CAD/AED 2.6487 38 0.44
CAD/CHF 0.5765 173 2.03
CAD/CNH 5.1357 19 0.23
CAD/CZK 15.0386 66 0.78
CAD/DKK 4.6054 22 0.25
CAD/HKD 5.6190 18 0.21
CAD/HUF 242.5700 41 0.48
CAD/ILS 2.4027 42 0.49
CAD/JPY 106.38 94 1.1
CAD/MXN 13.4154 7 0.09
CAD/NOK 7.1683 14 0.16
CAD/PLN 2.6297 38 0.44
CAD/RON 3.1307 32 0.37
CAD/SAR 2.7053 37 0.43
CAD/SEK 6.7472 15 0.17
CAD/SGD 0.9251 108 1.26
CAD/THB 22.9040 437 5.11
CAD/TRY 29.7682 3 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7214 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 12.6182 8 0.09
CHF/AED 4.5952 22 0.25
CHF/CNH 8.9083 11 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.0867 38 0.45
CHF/DKK 7.9880 13 0.15
CHF/EUR 1.0700 93 1.09
CHF/HKD 9.7469 10 0.12
CHF/HUF 420.7440 24 0.28
CHF/ILS 4.1674 24 0.28
CHF/JPY 184.50 54 0.63
CHF/MXN 23.2681 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.4321 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.5615 22 0.26
CHF/RON 5.4307 18 0.22
CHF/SAR 4.6941 21 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.7017 9 0.1
CHF/SGD 1.6051 62 0.73
CHF/THB 39.7395 252 2.94
CHF/TRY 51.6767 2 0.02
CHF/USD 1.2512 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 21.8750 5 0.05
CMP/USD 43.6600 2290 26.79
CNH/CZK 2.9285 341 3.99
CNH/HKD 1.0940 91 1.07
CNH/HUF 47.2000 212 2.48
CNH/JPY 20.71 483 5.65
CNH/MXN 2.6123 38 0.45
CNH/THB 4.4610 2242 26.22
CNH/TRY 5.8019 17 0.2
CNH/ZAR 2.4559 41 0.48
CZK/HUF 16.1295 62 0.73
CZK/JPY 7.07 141 1.65
CZK/THB 1.5239 7 0.08
CZK/TRY 1.9812 5 0.06
DGE/USD 0.2415 41408 484.27
DKK/AED 0.5753 174 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2368 42 0.49
DKK/CNH 1.1152 90 1.05
DKK/CZK 3.2661 306 3.58
DKK/HKD 1.2202 82 0.96
DKK/HUF 52.6745 190 2.22
DKK/ILS 0.5217 192 2.24
DKK/JPY 23.10 4 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.9130 34 0.4
DKK/RON 0.6798 147 1.72
DKK/SAR 0.5876 170 1.99
DKK/THB 4.9790 2008 23.49
DKK/TRY 6.4702 15 0.18
DKK/ZAR 2.7390 37 0.43
DSH/USD 24.3830 410 4.8
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 552.96
ETC/USD 20.7700 4815 56.31
ETH/CHF 3 462.5500 289 3.38
ETH/EUR 3 703.4500 270 3.16
ETH/GBP 3 200.7500 312 3.65
ETH/USD 4 330.5500 231 2.7
EUR/AED 4.2952 23 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7683 57 0.66
EUR/CAD 1.6211 62 0.72
EUR/CHF 0.9346 107 1.25
EUR/CNH 8.3259 12 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.3839 41 0.48
EUR/DKK 7.4657 13 0.16
EUR/GBP 0.8644 116 1.35
EUR/HKD 9.1098 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 393.2490 25 0.3
EUR/ILS 3.8950 26 0.3
EUR/JPY 172.46 58 0.68
EUR/MXN 21.7476 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.6200 9 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.9689 51 0.59
EUR/PLN 4.2627 23 0.27
EUR/RON 5.0753 20 0.23
EUR/SAR 4.3869 23 0.27
EUR/SEK 10.9367 9 0.11
EUR/SGD 1.4997 67 0.78
EUR/THB 37.1710 269 3.15
EUR/TRY 48.3043 2 0.02
EUR/USD 1.1695 86 1
EUR/ZAR 20.4471 5 0.06
GBP/AED 4.9696 20 0.24
GBP/AUD 2.0458 49 0.57
GBP/CAD 1.8755 53 0.62
GBP/CHF 1.0813 92 1.08
GBP/CNH 9.6321 10 0.12
GBP/CZK 28.2108 35 0.41
GBP/DKK 8.6372 12 0.14
GBP/HKD 10.5393 9 0.11
GBP/HUF 454.9620 22 0.26
GBP/ILS 4.5063 22 0.26
GBP/JPY 199.52 50 0.59
GBP/MXN 25.1607 4 0.05
GBP/NOK 13.4437 7 0.09
GBP/NZD 2.2775 44 0.51
GBP/PLN 4.9322 20 0.24
GBP/RON 5.8717 17 0.2
GBP/SAR 5.0749 20 0.23
GBP/SEK 12.6528 8 0.09
GBP/SGD 1.7351 58 0.67
GBP/THB 42.9775 233 2.72
GBP/TRY 55.8882 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3530 74 0.86
GBP/ZAR 23.6563 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.6769 374 4.37
HKD/HUF 43.1720 232 2.71
HKD/JPY 18.92 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.3872 42 0.49
HKD/THB 4.0765 2453 28.69
HKD/TRY 5.3025 19 0.22
HKD/ZAR 2.2448 45 0.52
ILS/AED 1.1020 91 1.06
ILS/CNH 2.1375 47 0.55
ILS/CZK 6.2595 160 1.87
ILS/HKD 2.3387 43 0.5
ILS/HUF 100.9580 99 1.16
ILS/JPY 44.27 226 2.64
ILS/MXN 5.5835 18 0.21
ILS/RON 1.3030 77 0.9
ILS/SAR 1.1257 89 1.04
ILS/THB 9.5450 1048 12.25
ILS/TRY 12.4019 8 0.09
ILS/ZAR 5.2500 19 0.22
JPY/HUF 2.28 44 0.51
LNK/USD 23.3335 429 5.01
LTC/CHF 92.2000 10846 126.85
LTC/EUR 98.6500 10137 118.55
LTC/GBP 85.2500 11730 137.19
LTC/USD 115.3000 8673 101.43
MAN/USD 0.3185 31397 367.19
MAT/USD 0.2675 37383 437.2
MKR/USD 1 690.4100 59 0.69
MXN/CHF 0.0430 233 2.72
MXN/CZK 1.1211 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 18.0771 55 0.65
MXN/JPY 7.93 13 0.15
MXN/THB 1.7093 6 0.07
MXN/TRY 2.2212 45 0.53
NEO/USD 6.6250 15094 176.53
NOK/AED 0.3694 271 3.17
NOK/CNH 0.7166 140 1.63
NOK/CZK 2.0980 477 5.57
NOK/DKK 0.6425 156 1.82
NOK/HKD 0.7840 128 1.49
NOK/HUF 33.8395 296 3.46
NOK/ILS 0.3352 298 3.49
NOK/JPY 14.84 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8717 53 0.62
NOK/RON 0.4368 229 2.68
NOK/SAR 0.3774 265 3.1
NOK/SEK 0.9413 106 1.24
NOK/THB 3.2000 3125 36.55
NOK/TRY 4.1575 24 0.28
NOK/ZAR 1.7600 57 0.66
NZD/AED 2.1810 46 0.54
NZD/AUD 0.8982 11 0.13
NZD/CAD 0.8234 121 1.42
NZD/CHF 0.4746 211 2.46
NZD/CNH 4.2286 24 0.28
NZD/CZK 12.3817 81 0.94
NZD/DKK 3.7916 26 0.31
NZD/HKD 4.6265 2161 25.28
NZD/HUF 199.7155 50 0.59
NZD/ILS 1.9784 51 0.59
NZD/JPY 87.56 114 1.34
NZD/MXN 11.0462 9 0.11
NZD/NOK 5.9015 17 0.2
NZD/PLN 2.1651 46 0.54
NZD/RON 2.5777 39 0.45
NZD/SAR 2.2273 45 0.53
NZD/SEK 5.5551 18 0.21
NZD/SGD 0.7617 131 1.54
NZD/THB 18.8915 529 6.19
NZD/TRY 24.5306 4 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5941 168 1.97
NZD/ZAR 10.3857 10 0.11
PLN/AED 1.0068 99 1.16
PLN/CNH 1.9532 51 0.6
PLN/CZK 5.7194 175 2.04
PLN/DKK 1.7514 57 0.67
PLN/HKD 2.1371 47 0.55
PLN/HUF 92.2435 108 1.27
PLN/ILS 0.9138 109 1.28
PLN/JPY 40.46 247 2.89
PLN/MXN 5.1019 20 0.23
PLN/NOK 2.7259 37 0.43
PLN/RON 1.1907 84 0.98
PLN/SAR 1.0287 97 1.14
PLN/SEK 2.5653 39 0.46
PLN/THB 8.7218 11 0.13
PLN/TRY 11.3319 9 0.1
PLN/ZAR 4.7990 21 0.24
RON/CNH 1.6404 61 0.71
RON/CZK 4.8039 208 2.43
RON/HKD 1.7951 56 0.65
RON/HUF 77.4760 129 1.51
RON/JPY 33.98 294 3.44
RON/MXN 4.2850 23 0.27
RON/THB 7.3240 1365 15.97
RON/TRY 9.5182 11 0.12
RON/ZAR 4.0289 25 0.29
SAR/CNH 1.8983 53 0.62
SAR/CZK 5.5599 180 2.1
SAR/HKD 2.0768 48 0.56
SAR/HUF 89.5980 112 1.31
SAR/JPY 39.30 254 2.98
SAR/MXN 4.9615 20 0.24
SAR/RON 1.1576 86 1.01
SAR/THB 8.4635 1182 13.82
SAR/TRY 11.0476 9 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.6643 21 0.25
SEK/AED 0.3924 255 2.98
SEK/CNH 0.7612 131 1.54
SEK/CZK 2.2298 448 5.24
SEK/DKK 0.6826 146 1.71
SEK/HKD 0.8330 120 1.4
SEK/HUF 35.9560 278 3.25
SEK/ILS 0.3561 281 3.28
SEK/JPY 15.77 6 0.07
SEK/MXN 1.9881 50 0.59
SEK/RON 0.4640 216 2.52
SEK/SAR 0.4010 249 2.92
SEK/THB 3.3950 2946 34.45
SEK/TRY 4.4165 23 0.26
SEK/ZAR 1.8695 53 0.63
SGD/AED 2.8642 35 0.41
SGD/CNH 5.5516 18 0.21
SGD/CZK 16.2578 62 0.72
SGD/DKK 4.9782 20 0.23
SGD/HKD 6.0744 16 0.19
SGD/HUF 262.2150 38 0.45
SGD/ILS 2.5974 38 0.45
SGD/JPY 115.00 87 1.02
SGD/MXN 14.5025 7 0.08
SGD/NOK 7.7489 13 0.15
SGD/PLN 2.8418 35 0.41
SGD/RON 3.3843 30 0.35
SGD/SAR 2.9254 34 0.4
SGD/SEK 7.2923 14 0.16
SGD/THB 24.7695 404 4.72
SGD/TRY 32.2144 3 0.04
SGD/ZAR 13.6315 7 0.09
THB/HUF 10.5735 9 0.11
THB/JPY 4.64 22 0.25
TRX/USD 0.3382 296 3.46
TRY/AUD 0.0366 273 3.19
TRY/HUF 8.1415 1228 14.36
TRY/JPY 3.56 2807 32.83
TRY/SEK 0.2264 442 5.17
TRY/THB 0.7686 130 1.52
UNI/USD 9.6520 1036 12.12
USD/AED 3.6705 27 0.32
USD/AUD 1.5119 7 0.08
USD/CAD 1.3863 72 0.84
USD/CHF 0.7992 125 1.46
USD/CNH 7.1195 14 0.16
USD/CZK 20.8499 48 0.56
USD/DKK 6.3836 16 0.18
USD/EUR 0.8551 12 0.14
USD/GBP 0.7391 14 0.16
USD/HKD 7.7896 13 0.15
USD/HUF 336.0805 30 0.35
USD/ILS 3.3305 30 0.35
USD/JPY 147.46 68 0.79
USD/MXN 18.5974 5 0.06
USD/NOK 9.9359 10 0.12
USD/NZD 1.6834 59 0.69
USD/PLN 3.6439 27 0.32
USD/RON 4.3399 23 0.27
USD/SAR 3.7495 27 0.31
USD/SEK 9.3520 11 0.13
USD/SGD 1.2825 78 0.91
USD/THB 31.7533 31 0.37
USD/TRY 41.2699 2 0.03
USD/ZAR 17.5007 6 0.07
UST/CHF 0.7996 125 1.46
UST/EUR 0.8554 117 1.37
UST/GBP 0.7393 135 1.58
UST/USD 1.0002 100 1.17
XLM/CHF 0.3043 329 3.84
XLM/EUR 0.3256 307 3.59
XLM/GBP 0.2814 355 4.16
XLM/USD 0.3807 263 3.07
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.64
XRP/USD 2.9740 3362 39.32
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 958.62
YFI/USD 5 407.4500 185 2.16
ZAR/CZK 1.1914 839 9.82
ZAR/HUF 19.2235 520 6.08
ZAR/JPY 8.43 1187 13.88
ZAR/MXN 1.0635 94 1.1
ZAR/THB 1.8165 5505 64.38
ZAR/TRY 2.3604 42 0.5

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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