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 0.5195 19249 205.1
AUD/CAD 0.8836 113 1.21
AUD/CHF 0.5883 170 1.81
AUD/CNH 4.6766 2 0.02
AUD/CZK 14.3079 70 0.74
AUD/DKK 4.5534 2 0.02
AUD/EUR 0.6103 164 1.75
AUD/GBP 0.5354 187 1.99
AUD/HKD 5.2361 2 0.02
AUD/HUF 229.3150 44 0.46
AUD/JPY 99.86 100 1.07
AUD/MXN 12.0804 83 0.88
AUD/NOK 7.0601 1 0.02
AUD/NZD 1.0895 92 0.98
AUD/PLN 2.8588 3 0.04
AUD/SEK 6.9833 1 0.02
AUD/SGD 0.8784 114 1.21
AUD/TRY 12.8655 78 0.83
AUD/USD 0.6450 155 1.65
AUD/ZAR 12.2039 82 0.87
AVE/USD 96.6600 103 1.1
BAT/USD 0.2670 374 3.99
BCH/CHF 473.4000 2112 22.51
BCH/EUR 487.1000 2053 21.87
BCH/GBP 420.3000 2379 25.35
BCH/USD 519.0000 1927 20.53
BTC/CHF 60 678.9500 16 0.18
BTC/EUR 62 440.3000 16 0.17
BTC/GBP 53 880.4000 19 0.2
BTC/USD 66 530.9000 15 0.16
CAD/AUD 1.1132 9 0.1
CAD/CHF 0.6658 150 1.6
CAD/CZK 15.8844 63 0.67
CAD/DKK 5.0551 2 0.02
CAD/EUR 0.6788 147 1.57
CAD/GBP 0.5955 168 1.79
CAD/HKD 5.7192 17 0.19
CAD/HUF 254.5820 39 0.42
CAD/JPY 113.01 88 0.94
CAD/MXN 13.4115 75 0.79
CAD/NOK 7.8380 128 1.36
CAD/NZD 1.1930 8 0.09
CAD/PLN 3.1737 3 0.03
CAD/SEK 7.7528 129 1.37
CAD/SGD 0.9859 101 1.08
CAD/TRY 14.2831 70 0.75
CAD/USD 0.7405 135 1.44
CAD/ZAR 13.5486 74 0.79
CHF/AUD 1.6613 6 0.06
CHF/CAD 1.4923 7 0.07
CHF/CZK 23.7050 422 4.49
CHF/DKK 7.5439 133 1.41
CHF/EUR 1.0130 10 0.11
CHF/GBP 0.8886 113 1.2
CHF/HKD 8.6749 115 1.23
CHF/HUF 379.9190 26 0.28
CHF/JPY 169.78 59 0.63
CHF/MXN 20.0143 50 0.53
CHF/NOK 11.6968 85 0.91
CHF/NZD 1.7804 6 0.06
CHF/PLN 4.0049 25 0.27
CHF/SEK 11.5697 86 0.92
CHF/SGD 1.4933 67 0.71
CHF/TRY 21.3150 5 0.05
CHF/USD 1.1051 9 0.1
CHF/ZAR 20.2190 495 5.27
CMP/USD 59.6900 1675 17.85
CNH/JPY 19.33 517 5.51
CZK/AUD 0.0699 1431 15.24
CZK/CAD 0.0630 1588 16.92
CZK/CHF 0.0422 2370 25.25
CZK/DKK 0.3183 314 3.35
CZK/EUR 0.0427 2341 24.94
CZK/GBP 0.0375 2668 28.43
CZK/HKD 0.3660 273 2.91
CZK/HUF 16.0272 62 0.66
CZK/JPY 6.21 1610 17.16
CZK/MXN 0.8443 118 1.26
CZK/NOK 0.4934 203 2.16
CZK/NZD 0.0750 1333 14.2
CZK/PLN 0.1998 501 5.33
CZK/SEK 0.4881 205 2.18
CZK/SGD 0.0621 1611 17.17
CZK/TRY 0.8992 111 1.18
CZK/USD 0.0466 2145 22.85
CZK/ZAR 0.8530 117 1.25
DGE/USD 0.1615 61920 659.75
DKK/AUD 0.2196 455 4.85
DKK/CAD 0.1978 506 5.39
DKK/CHF 0.1326 754 8.04
DKK/CZK 3.1423 3 0.03
DKK/EUR 0.1342 745 7.94
DKK/GBP 0.1178 849 9.05
DKK/HKD 1.1499 9 0.09
DKK/HUF 50.3610 199 2.12
DKK/JPY 19.51 512 5.46
DKK/MXN 2.6531 4 0.04
DKK/NOK 1.5505 6 0.07
DKK/NZD 0.2358 424 4.52
DKK/PLN 0.6278 159 1.7
DKK/SEK 1.5337 7 0.07
DKK/SGD 0.1950 513 5.46
DKK/TRY 2.8255 4 0.04
DKK/USD 0.1465 683 7.27
DKK/ZAR 2.6802 4 0.04
DSH/USD 31.7860 315 3.35
ENJ/USD 0.3570 28011 298.46
EOS/USD 0.8544 1170 12.47
ETC/USD 28.3900 3522 37.53
ETH/CHF 2 910.2000 344 3.66
ETH/EUR 2 994.8500 334 3.56
ETH/GBP 2 584.1500 387 4.12
ETH/USD 3 190.7500 313 3.34
EUR/AUD 1.6522 61 0.64
EUR/CAD 1.4597 69 0.73
EUR/CHF 0.9717 103 1.1
EUR/CNH 7.5201 133 1.42
EUR/CZK 25.2810 40 0.42
EUR/DKK 7.4609 13 0.14
EUR/GBP 0.8627 116 1.24
EUR/HKD 8.3490 12 0.13
EUR/HUF 394.3295 25 0.27
EUR/JPY 164.98 61 0.65
EUR/MXN 20.6352 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.7073 9 0.09
EUR/NZD 1.8001 56 0.59
EUR/PLN 4.3186 23 0.25
EUR/SEK 11.6021 9 0.09
EUR/SGD 1.4511 69 0.73
EUR/TRY 34.6331 3 0.03
EUR/USD 1.0655 94 1
EUR/ZAR 17.6600 6 0.06
GBP/AUD 1.9146 52 0.56
GBP/CAD 1.6917 59 0.63
GBP/CHF 1.1263 89 0.95
GBP/CNH 8.5714 117 1.24
GBP/CZK 26.6840 375 3.99
GBP/DKK 8.4919 118 1.25
GBP/EUR 1.1400 9 0.09
GBP/HKD 9.7651 102 1.09
GBP/HUF 427.6650 23 0.25
GBP/JPY 191.20 52 0.56
GBP/MXN 22.5296 44 0.47
GBP/NOK 13.1668 76 0.81
GBP/NZD 2.0861 48 0.51
GBP/PLN 5.3315 2 0.02
GBP/SEK 13.0237 77 0.82
GBP/SGD 1.6562 6 0.06
GBP/TRY 23.9940 417 4.44
GBP/USD 1.2349 81 0.86
GBP/ZAR 22.7599 4 0.05
HKD/AUD 0.1910 524 5.58
HKD/CAD 0.1720 582 6.2
HKD/CHF 0.1153 867 9.24
HKD/CZK 2.7326 4 0.04
HKD/DKK 0.8696 115 1.23
HKD/EUR 0.1167 857 9.13
HKD/GBP 0.1024 976 10.4
HKD/HUF 43.7950 228 2.43
HKD/JPY 19.76 5 0.05
HKD/MXN 2.3072 4 0.05
HKD/NOK 1.3484 7 0.08
HKD/NZD 0.2050 488 5.2
HKD/PLN 0.5460 183 1.95
HKD/SEK 1.3337 7 0.08
HKD/SGD 0.1696 590 6.28
HKD/TRY 2.4571 4 0.04
HKD/USD 0.1274 785 8.36
HKD/ZAR 2.3307 4 0.05
IOT/USD 0.2450 40816 434.9
LNK/USD 15.4690 646 6.89
LTC/CHF 78.6000 12723 135.56
LTC/EUR 80.9000 12361 131.71
LTC/GBP 69.8500 14316 152.54
LTC/USD 86.2000 11601 123.61
MAN/USD 0.4825 20725 220.83
MAT/USD 0.7395 13523 144.08
MKR/USD 2 908.1650 34 0.37
MXN/AUD 0.0828 1208 12.87
MXN/CAD 0.0746 1341 14.29
MXN/CHF 0.0500 2002 21.33
MXN/CZK 1.1844 8 0.09
MXN/DKK 0.3769 265 2.83
MXN/EUR 0.0506 1977 21.06
MXN/GBP 0.0444 2253 24
MXN/HKD 0.4334 231 2.46
MXN/HUF 18.9824 53 0.56
MXN/JPY 9.04 11 0.12
MXN/NOK 0.5844 171 1.82
MXN/NZD 0.0889 1125 11.99
MXN/PLN 0.2367 423 4.5
MXN/SEK 0.5781 173 1.84
MXN/SGD 0.0735 1360 14.49
MXN/TRY 1.0650 9 0.1
MXN/USD 0.0552 1811 19.3
MXN/ZAR 1.0102 10 0.11
NEO/USD 19.7500 5063 53.95
NOK/AUD 0.1416 706 7.52
NOK/CAD 0.1276 784 8.35
NOK/CHF 0.0855 1170 12.46
NOK/CZK 2.0266 5 0.05
NOK/DKK 0.6450 155 1.65
NOK/EUR 0.0866 1155 12.31
NOK/GBP 0.0760 1317 14.03
NOK/HKD 0.7417 135 1.44
NOK/HUF 32.4810 308 3.28
NOK/JPY 12.59 795 8.47
NOK/MXN 1.7111 6 0.06
NOK/NZD 0.1521 658 7.01
NOK/PLN 0.4049 247 2.63
NOK/SEK 0.9891 101 1.08
NOK/SGD 0.1258 795 8.47
NOK/TRY 1.8223 5 0.06
NOK/USD 0.0945 1058 11.28
NOK/ZAR 1.7286 6 0.06
NZD/AUD 0.9330 107 1.14
NZD/CAD 0.8112 123 1.31
NZD/CHF 0.5399 185 1.97
NZD/CNH 4.2810 2 0.02
NZD/CZK 13.3273 75 0.8
NZD/DKK 4.2413 2 0.03
NZD/EUR 0.5696 176 1.87
NZD/GBP 0.4993 200 2.13
NZD/HKD 4.8772 2 0.02
NZD/HUF 213.5990 47 0.5
NZD/JPY 91.68 109 1.16
NZD/MXN 11.2525 89 0.95
NZD/NOK 6.5762 2 0.02
NZD/PLN 2.6628 4 0.04
NZD/SEK 6.5047 2 0.02
NZD/SGD 0.8267 121 1.29
NZD/TRY 11.9838 83 0.89
NZD/USD 0.5920 169 1.8
NZD/ZAR 11.3675 88 0.94
PLN/AUD 0.3498 286 3.05
PLN/CAD 0.3151 317 3.38
PLN/CHF 0.2111 474 5.05
PLN/CZK 5.0050 200 2.13
PLN/DKK 1.5928 6 0.07
PLN/EUR 0.2138 468 4.98
PLN/GBP 0.1876 533 5.68
PLN/HKD 1.8316 5 0.06
PLN/HUF 80.2150 125 1.33
PLN/JPY 31.08 322 3.43
PLN/MXN 4.2258 2 0.03
PLN/NOK 2.4696 4 0.04
PLN/NZD 0.3755 266 2.84
PLN/SEK 2.4428 4 0.04
PLN/SGD 0.3107 322 3.43
PLN/TRY 4.5004 2 0.02
PLN/USD 0.2333 429 4.57
PLN/ZAR 4.2690 2 0.02
SEK/AUD 0.1432 698 7.44
SEK/CAD 0.1290 775 8.26
SEK/CHF 0.0864 1157 12.33
SEK/CZK 2.0489 5 0.05
SEK/DKK 0.6520 153 1.63
SEK/EUR 0.0875 1143 12.17
SEK/GBP 0.0768 1302 13.88
SEK/HKD 0.7498 133 1.42
SEK/HUF 32.8370 305 3.24
SEK/JPY 12.72 786 8.37
SEK/MXN 1.7299 6 0.06
SEK/NOK 1.0110 10 0.11
SEK/NZD 0.1537 650 6.93
SEK/PLN 0.4094 244 2.6
SEK/SGD 0.1272 786 8.38
SEK/TRY 1.8423 5 0.06
SEK/USD 0.0955 1047 11.15
SEK/ZAR 1.7476 6 0.06
SGD/AUD 1.1281 9 0.09
SGD/CAD 1.0143 10 0.11
SGD/CHF 0.6794 147 1.57
SGD/CZK 16.1112 62 0.66
SGD/DKK 5.1273 2 0.02
SGD/EUR 0.6882 145 1.55
SGD/GBP 0.6038 166 1.76
SGD/HKD 5.8960 2 0.02
SGD/HUF 258.2160 39 0.41
SGD/JPY 113.70 88 0.94
SGD/MXN 13.6030 74 0.78
SGD/NOK 7.9499 126 1.34
SGD/NZD 1.2089 8 0.09
SGD/PLN 3.2190 3 0.03
SGD/SEK 7.8635 127 1.35
SGD/TRY 14.4870 69 0.74
SGD/USD 0.7511 133 1.42
SGD/ZAR 13.7420 73 0.78
TRX/USD 0.1121 892 9.51
TRY/AUD 0.0777 1287 13.71
TRY/CAD 0.0700 1428 15.22
TRY/CHF 0.0469 2131 22.71
TRY/CZK 1.1121 9 0.1
TRY/DKK 0.3539 283 3.01
TRY/EUR 0.0475 2106 22.44
TRY/GBP 0.0417 2399 25.56
TRY/HKD 0.4070 246 2.62
TRY/HUF 17.8240 56 0.6
TRY/JPY 4.76 2103 22.41
TRY/MXN 0.9390 106 1.13
TRY/NOK 0.5488 182 1.94
TRY/NZD 0.0835 1198 12.77
TRY/PLN 0.2222 450 4.79
TRY/SEK 0.5428 184 1.96
TRY/SGD 0.0690 1449 15.44
TRY/USD 0.0519 1929 20.55
TRY/ZAR 0.9486 105 1.12
UNI/USD 8.1125 1233 13.13
USD/AUD 1.5031 67 0.71
USD/CAD 1.3701 73 0.78
USD/CHF 0.9120 110 1.17
USD/CNH 7.2508 14 0.15
USD/CZK 23.7210 42 0.45
USD/DKK 7.0023 14 0.15
USD/EUR 1.0911 92 0.98
USD/GBP 1.2433 80 0.86
USD/HKD 7.8358 13 0.14
USD/HUF 370.1425 27 0.29
USD/ILS 3.7657 27 0.28
USD/JPY 154.84 65 0.69
USD/MXN 17.1357 6 0.06
USD/NOK 10.9885 9 0.1
USD/NZD 0.6207 161 1.72
USD/PLN 4.0530 25 0.26
USD/RON 4.6702 21 0.23
USD/RUB 101.8900 1 0.01
USD/SEK 10.8890 9 0.1
USD/SGD 1.3617 73 0.78
USD/THB 37.0555 27 0.29
USD/TRY 32.5240 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 19.1805 5 0.06
UST/EUR 0.9395 106 1.13
UST/GBP 0.8107 123 1.31
UST/USD 1.0011 100 1.06
XLM/CHF 0.1086 921 9.81
XLM/EUR 0.1117 895 9.54
XLM/GBP 0.0965 1036 11.04
XLM/USD 0.1190 840 8.95
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.58
XRP/USD 0.5645 17715 188.75
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 873.36
YFI/USD 7 510.2000 133 1.42
ZAR/AUD 0.0819 1220 13
ZAR/CAD 0.0738 1355 14.44
ZAR/CHF 0.0495 2022 21.54
ZAR/CZK 1.1724 9 0.09
ZAR/DKK 0.3731 268 2.86
ZAR/EUR 0.0501 1997 21.28
ZAR/GBP 0.0439 2276 24.25
ZAR/HKD 0.4291 233 2.48
ZAR/HUF 18.7903 53 0.57
ZAR/JPY 8.07 1239 13.2
ZAR/MXN 0.9899 101 1.08
ZAR/NOK 0.5785 173 1.84
ZAR/NZD 0.0880 1137 12.11
ZAR/PLN 0.2343 427 4.55
ZAR/SEK 0.5722 175 1.86
ZAR/SGD 0.0728 1374 14.64
ZAR/TRY 1.0542 9 0.1
ZAR/USD 0.0547 1829 19.49

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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