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 0.4410 22676 244.67
AUD/CAD 0.9032 111 1.19
AUD/CHF 0.6000 167 1.8
AUD/CNH 4.7839 2 0.02
AUD/CZK 15.1998 66 0.71
AUD/DKK 4.5692 22 0.24
AUD/EUR 0.6124 16 0.18
AUD/GBP 0.5261 19 0.21
AUD/HKD 5.1623 2 0.02
AUD/HUF 237.0075 42 0.46
AUD/JPY 103.22 97 1.05
AUD/MXN 11.1048 9 0.1
AUD/NOK 7.1513 14 0.15
AUD/NZD 1.0982 91 0.98
AUD/PLN 2.6252 4 0.04
AUD/SEK 7.1639 14 0.15
AUD/SGD 0.8943 112 1.21
AUD/TRY 21.3203 0 0.01
AUD/USD 0.6608 151 1.63
AUD/ZAR 12.1376 8 0.09
AVE/USD 83.4150 120 1.29
BAT/USD 0.2298 435 4.7
BCH/CHF 401.5000 2491 26.87
BCH/EUR 409.7000 2441 26.34
BCH/GBP 351.9500 2841 30.66
BCH/USD 442.0500 2262 24.41
BTC/CHF 57 299.8000 17 0.19
BTC/EUR 58 465.4500 17 0.18
BTC/GBP 50 229.1000 20 0.21
BTC/USD 63 082.2500 16 0.17
CAD/AUD 1.1132 9 0.1
CAD/CHF 0.6645 150 1.62
CAD/CZK 15.8844 63 0.68
CAD/DKK 5.0551 20 0.21
CAD/EUR 0.6788 15 0.16
CAD/GBP 0.5955 17 0.18
CAD/HKD 5.7162 17 0.19
CAD/HUF 254.5820 39 0.42
CAD/JPY 114.29 87 0.94
CAD/MXN 13.4115 7 0.08
CAD/NOK 7.8380 13 0.14
CAD/NZD 1.1930 8 0.09
CAD/PLN 3.1737 3 0.03
CAD/SEK 7.7528 13 0.14
CAD/SGD 0.9859 10 0.11
CAD/TRY 14.2831 1 0.01
CAD/USD 0.7405 14 0.15
CAD/ZAR 13.5486 7 0.08
CHF/AUD 1.6613 6 0.06
CHF/CAD 1.4923 7 0.07
CHF/CZK 23.7047 4 0.05
CHF/DKK 7.5439 13 0.14
CHF/EUR 1.0130 99 1.07
CHF/GBP 0.8886 11 0.12
CHF/HKD 8.6749 1 0.01
CHF/HUF 379.9190 26 0.28
CHF/JPY 171.99 58 0.63
CHF/MXN 20.0143 5 0.05
CHF/NOK 11.6968 1 0.01
CHF/NZD 1.7804 6 0.06
CHF/PLN 4.0049 2 0.03
CHF/SEK 11.5697 9 0.09
CHF/SGD 1.4901 67 0.72
CHF/TRY 21.3150 0 0.01
CHF/USD 1.1051 9 0.1
CHF/ZAR 20.2189 5 0.05
CMP/USD 54.9200 1821 19.65
CNH/JPY 19.33 5 0.06
CZK/AUD 0.0699 143 1.54
CZK/CAD 0.0630 159 1.71
CZK/CHF 0.0422 237 2.56
CZK/DKK 0.3182 31 0.34
CZK/EUR 0.0427 234 2.53
CZK/GBP 0.0375 267 2.88
CZK/HKD 0.3660 27 0.29
CZK/HUF 16.0272 6 0.07
CZK/JPY 6.21 2 0.02
CZK/MXN 0.8443 12 0.13
CZK/NOK 0.4934 20 0.22
CZK/NZD 0.0750 133 1.44
CZK/PLN 0.1998 50 0.54
CZK/SEK 0.4881 20 0.22
CZK/SGD 0.0621 161 1.74
CZK/TRY 0.8992 11 0.12
CZK/USD 0.0466 215 2.31
CZK/ZAR 0.8530 12 0.13
DGE/USD 0.1505 66445 716.94
DKK/AUD 0.2196 46 0.49
DKK/CAD 0.1978 51 0.55
DKK/CHF 0.1326 75 0.81
DKK/CZK 3.1423 32 0.34
DKK/EUR 0.1342 75 0.8
DKK/GBP 0.1178 85 0.92
DKK/HKD 1.1499 9 0.09
DKK/HUF 50.3613 2 0.02
DKK/JPY 19.51 5 0.06
DKK/MXN 2.6531 4 0.04
DKK/NOK 1.5505 6 0.07
DKK/NZD 0.2358 42 0.46
DKK/PLN 0.6278 16 0.17
DKK/SEK 1.5337 7 0.07
DKK/SGD 0.1950 51 0.55
DKK/TRY 2.8255 4 0.04
DKK/USD 0.1465 68 0.74
DKK/ZAR 2.6802 4 0.04
DSH/USD 28.2500 354 3.82
ENJ/USD 0.3190 31348 338.24
EOS/USD 0.7907 1265 13.65
ETC/USD 26.4650 3779 40.77
ETH/CHF 2 683.0000 373 4.02
ETH/EUR 2 737.4000 365 3.94
ETH/GBP 2 351.7500 425 4.59
ETH/USD 2 953.6000 339 3.65
EUR/AUD 1.6330 61 0.66
EUR/CAD 1.4746 68 0.73
EUR/CHF 0.9800 102 1.1
EUR/CNH 7.5201 1 0.01
EUR/CZK 24.8081 40 0.43
EUR/DKK 7.4607 13 0.14
EUR/GBP 0.8591 116 1.26
EUR/HKD 8.4292 12 0.13
EUR/HUF 387.0040 26 0.28
EUR/JPY 168.56 59 0.64
EUR/MXN 20.6352 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.6723 9 0.09
EUR/NZD 1.7935 56 0.6
EUR/PLN 4.2855 23 0.25
EUR/SEK 11.6980 9 0.09
EUR/SGD 1.4603 68 0.74
EUR/TRY 34.8336 3 0.03
EUR/USD 1.0790 93 1
EUR/ZAR 17.6600 1 0.01
GBP/AUD 1.9007 53 0.57
GBP/CAD 1.7164 58 0.63
GBP/CHF 1.1406 88 0.95
GBP/CNH 8.5714 1 0.01
GBP/CZK 26.6838 4 0.04
GBP/DKK 8.4920 12 0.13
GBP/EUR 1.1400 9 0.09
GBP/HKD 9.7651 1 0.01
GBP/HUF 427.6650 23 0.25
GBP/JPY 196.20 51 0.55
GBP/MXN 22.5296 4 0.05
GBP/NOK 13.1668 8 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.0874 48 0.52
GBP/PLN 5.3315 2 0.02
GBP/SEK 13.0237 8 0.08
GBP/SGD 1.6562 6 0.07
GBP/TRY 23.9938 0 0
GBP/USD 1.2558 80 0.86
GBP/ZAR 22.7599 0 0
HKD/AUD 0.1910 52 0.56
HKD/CAD 0.1720 58 0.63
HKD/CHF 0.1153 87 0.94
HKD/CZK 2.7326 37 0.39
HKD/DKK 0.8696 11 0.12
HKD/EUR 0.1167 86 0.92
HKD/GBP 0.1024 98 1.05
HKD/HUF 43.7952 2 0.02
HKD/JPY 19.99 5 0.05
HKD/MXN 2.3072 4 0.05
HKD/NOK 1.3484 7 0.08
HKD/NZD 0.2050 49 0.53
HKD/PLN 0.5460 18 0.2
HKD/SEK 1.3337 7 0.08
HKD/SGD 0.1696 59 0.64
HKD/TRY 2.4571 4 0.04
HKD/USD 0.1274 8 0.08
HKD/ZAR 2.3307 4 0.05
IOT/USD 0.2095 47733 515.03
LNK/USD 13.4965 741 7.99
LTC/CHF 73.5500 13596 146.7
LTC/EUR 75.0500 13324 143.77
LTC/GBP 64.4500 15516 167.42
LTC/USD 81.0000 12346 133.21
MAN/USD 0.4095 24420 263.49
MAT/USD 0.6685 14959 161.4
MKR/USD 2 710.5400 37 0.4
MXN/AUD 0.0828 121 1.3
MXN/CAD 0.0746 134 1.45
MXN/CHF 0.0500 200 2.16
MXN/CZK 1.1844 8 0.09
MXN/DKK 0.3769 27 0.29
MXN/EUR 0.0506 198 2.13
MXN/GBP 0.0444 225 2.43
MXN/HKD 0.4334 23 0.25
MXN/HUF 18.9824 53 0.57
MXN/JPY 9.30 11 0.12
MXN/NOK 0.5844 17 0.18
MXN/NZD 0.0889 113 1.21
MXN/PLN 0.2366 42 0.46
MXN/SEK 0.5781 17 0.19
MXN/SGD 0.0735 136 1.47
MXN/TRY 1.0650 9 0.1
MXN/USD 0.0595 168 1.81
MXN/ZAR 1.0102 10 0.11
NEO/USD 15.2200 6570 70.89
NOK/AUD 0.1416 71 0.76
NOK/CAD 0.1276 78 0.85
NOK/CHF 0.0855 117 1.26
NOK/CZK 2.0266 49 0.53
NOK/DKK 0.6450 16 0.17
NOK/EUR 0.0866 116 1.25
NOK/GBP 0.0759 132 1.42
NOK/HKD 0.7417 13 0.15
NOK/HUF 32.4806 3 0.03
NOK/JPY 12.59 1 0.01
NOK/MXN 1.7111 6 0.06
NOK/NZD 0.1521 66 0.71
NOK/PLN 0.4049 25 0.27
NOK/SEK 0.9891 10 0.11
NOK/SGD 0.1258 80 0.86
NOK/TRY 1.8223 5 0.06
NOK/USD 0.0945 106 1.14
NOK/ZAR 1.7286 6 0.06
NZD/AUD 0.9330 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8221 122 1.31
NZD/CHF 0.5462 183 1.98
NZD/CNH 4.2810 2 0.03
NZD/CZK 13.3273 75 0.81
NZD/DKK 4.2413 24 0.25
NZD/EUR 0.5696 18 0.19
NZD/GBP 0.4993 20 0.22
NZD/HKD 4.8772 2 0.02
NZD/HUF 213.5990 47 0.51
NZD/JPY 93.98 106 1.15
NZD/MXN 11.2525 9 0.1
NZD/NOK 6.5762 15 0.16
NZD/PLN 2.6628 4 0.04
NZD/SEK 6.5047 15 0.17
NZD/SGD 0.8267 12 0.13
NZD/TRY 11.9838 1 0.01
NZD/USD 0.6016 166 1.79
NZD/ZAR 11.3675 9 0.09
PLN/AUD 0.3498 29 0.31
PLN/CAD 0.3151 32 0.34
PLN/CHF 0.2111 47 0.51
PLN/CZK 5.0050 20 0.22
PLN/DKK 1.5928 63 0.68
PLN/EUR 0.2138 47 0.5
PLN/GBP 0.1876 53 0.58
PLN/HKD 1.8316 55 0.59
PLN/HUF 80.2152 12 0.13
PLN/JPY 31.08 32 0.35
PLN/MXN 4.2258 24 0.26
PLN/NOK 2.4696 40 0.44
PLN/NZD 0.3755 27 0.29
PLN/SEK 2.4428 41 0.44
PLN/SGD 0.3107 32 0.35
PLN/TRY 4.5004 2 0.02
PLN/USD 0.2333 43 0.46
PLN/ZAR 4.2690 23 0.25
SEK/AUD 0.1432 70 0.75
SEK/CAD 0.1290 78 0.84
SEK/CHF 0.0864 116 1.25
SEK/CZK 2.0489 49 0.53
SEK/DKK 0.6520 15 0.17
SEK/EUR 0.0875 114 1.23
SEK/GBP 0.0768 130 1.41
SEK/HKD 0.7498 13 0.14
SEK/HUF 32.8374 3 0.03
SEK/JPY 12.72 8 0.08
SEK/MXN 1.7299 6 0.06
SEK/NOK 1.0110 10 0.11
SEK/NZD 0.1537 65 0.7
SEK/PLN 0.4094 24 0.26
SEK/SGD 0.1272 79 0.85
SEK/TRY 1.8423 5 0.06
SEK/USD 0.0955 105 1.13
SEK/ZAR 1.7476 6 0.06
SGD/AUD 1.1281 9 0.1
SGD/CAD 1.0143 10 0.11
SGD/CHF 0.6794 15 0.16
SGD/CZK 16.1112 62 0.67
SGD/DKK 5.1273 20 0.21
SGD/EUR 0.6882 15 0.16
SGD/GBP 0.6038 17 0.18
SGD/HKD 5.8960 170 1.83
SGD/HUF 258.2163 4 0.04
SGD/JPY 115.43 87 0.93
SGD/MXN 13.6030 7 0.08
SGD/NOK 7.9499 13 0.14
SGD/NZD 1.2089 8 0.09
SGD/PLN 3.2190 3 0.03
SGD/SEK 7.8635 13 0.14
SGD/TRY 14.4870 1 0.01
SGD/USD 0.7511 13 0.14
SGD/ZAR 13.7420 7 0.08
TRX/USD 0.1262 792 8.55
TRY/AUD 0.0777 129 1.39
TRY/CAD 0.0700 143 1.54
TRY/CHF 0.0469 213 2.3
TRY/CZK 1.1121 899 9.7
TRY/DKK 0.3539 283 3.05
TRY/EUR 0.0475 211 2.27
TRY/GBP 0.0417 240 2.59
TRY/HKD 0.4070 246 2.65
TRY/HUF 17.8240 56 0.61
TRY/JPY 4.84 2066 22.3
TRY/MXN 0.9390 106 1.15
TRY/NOK 0.5488 182 1.97
TRY/NZD 0.0835 120 1.29
TRY/PLN 0.2222 45 0.49
TRY/SEK 0.5428 184 1.99
TRY/SGD 0.0690 145 1.56
TRY/USD 0.0518 193 2.08
TRY/ZAR 0.9486 105 1.14
UNI/USD 7.0290 1423 15.35
USD/AUD 1.5031 7 0.07
USD/CAD 1.3667 73 0.79
USD/CHF 0.9083 110 1.19
USD/CNH 7.2400 14 0.15
USD/CZK 23.0020 43 0.47
USD/DKK 6.9147 14 0.16
USD/EUR 1.0911 9 0.1
USD/GBP 1.2433 8 0.09
USD/HKD 7.8120 13 0.14
USD/HUF 358.7405 28 0.3
USD/ILS 3.7118 27 0.29
USD/JPY 156.22 64 0.69
USD/MXN 16.8052 6 0.06
USD/NOK 10.8167 9 0.1
USD/NZD 0.6207 161 1.74
USD/PLN 3.9722 25 0.27
USD/RON 4.6122 22 0.23
USD/RUB 101.8900 1 0.01
USD/SEK 10.8382 9 0.1
USD/SGD 1.3534 74 0.8
USD/THB 36.8025 27 0.29
USD/TRY 32.2660 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 18.3631 5 0.06
UST/EUR 0.9281 108 1.16
UST/GBP 0.7973 125 1.35
UST/USD 1.0014 100 1.08
XLM/CHF 0.0952 1050 11.33
XLM/EUR 0.0972 1029 11.11
XLM/GBP 0.0836 1197 12.91
XLM/USD 0.1048 954 10.29
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.59
XRP/USD 0.5075 19704 212.61
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 884.42
YFI/USD 6 714.4000 149 1.61
ZAR/AUD 0.0819 122 1.32
ZAR/CAD 0.0738 135 1.46
ZAR/CHF 0.0495 202 2.18
ZAR/CZK 1.1724 85 0.92
ZAR/DKK 0.3731 268 2.89
ZAR/EUR 0.0501 200 2.15
ZAR/GBP 0.0439 228 2.46
ZAR/HKD 0.4291 23 0.25
ZAR/HUF 18.7903 5 0.06
ZAR/JPY 8.51 1175 12.68
ZAR/MXN 0.9899 10 0.11
ZAR/NOK 0.5785 17 0.19
ZAR/NZD 0.0880 114 1.23
ZAR/PLN 0.2343 43 0.46
ZAR/SEK 0.5722 17 0.19
ZAR/SGD 0.0728 137 1.48
ZAR/TRY 1.0542 9 0.1
ZAR/USD 0.0547 183 1.97

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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