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 0.3530 28329 316.2
AED/CNH 1.9256 52 0.58
AED/CZK 6.1232 163 1.82
AED/HKD 2.1228 47 0.53
AED/HUF 96.1370 1 0.01
AED/JPY 38.83 258 2.87
AED/MXN 5.2632 19 0.21
AED/RON 1.2135 82 0.92
AED/SAR 1.0216 98 1.09
AED/THB 9.0235 1108 12.37
AED/TRY 9.2891 11 0.12
AED/ZAR 4.7663 21 0.23
AUD/AED 2.5023 40 0.45
AUD/CAD 0.9240 108 1.21
AUD/CHF 0.5778 173 1.93
AUD/CNH 4.8191 21 0.23
AUD/CZK 15.3235 65 0.73
AUD/DKK 4.5543 22 0.25
AUD/HKD 5.3120 19 0.21
AUD/HUF 240.6925 42 0.46
AUD/ILS 2.5575 39 0.44
AUD/JPY 97.20 103 1.15
AUD/MXN 13.1626 8 0.08
AUD/NOK 7.1499 14 0.16
AUD/NZD 1.0924 92 1.02
AUD/PLN 2.6094 38 0.43
AUD/RON 3.0366 33 0.37
AUD/SAR 2.5563 39 0.44
AUD/SEK 6.9252 14 0.16
AUD/SGD 0.8803 114 1.27
AUD/THB 22.6120 442 4.94
AUD/TRY 23.1909 4 0.05
AUD/USD 0.6815 147 1.64
AUD/ZAR 11.9249 8 0.09
AVE/USD 150.4925 66 0.74
BAT/USD 0.1826 548 6.11
BCH/CHF 289.7000 3452 38.53
BCH/EUR 306.0000 3268 36.48
BCH/GBP 257.3000 3887 43.38
BCH/USD 341.4000 2929 32.69
BTC/CHF 53 467.1500 19 0.21
BTC/EUR 56 487.3500 18 0.2
BTC/GBP 47 457.4000 21 0.24
BTC/USD 63 044.7500 16 0.18
CAD/AED 2.7087 37 0.41
CAD/CHF 0.6255 160 1.78
CAD/CNH 5.2154 19 0.21
CAD/CZK 16.5835 60 0.67
CAD/DKK 4.9294 20 0.23
CAD/HKD 5.7490 17 0.19
CAD/HUF 260.4775 38 0.43
CAD/ILS 2.7683 36 0.4
CAD/JPY 105.23 95 1.06
CAD/MXN 14.2480 7 0.08
CAD/NOK 7.7386 13 0.14
CAD/PLN 2.8248 35 0.4
CAD/RON 3.2867 30 0.34
CAD/SAR 2.7671 36 0.4
CAD/SEK 7.4926 13 0.15
CAD/SGD 0.9528 105 1.17
CAD/THB 24.4625 409 4.56
CAD/TRY 25.0645 4 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7376 14 0.15
CAD/ZAR 12.8956 8 0.09
CHF/AED 4.3324 23 0.26
CHF/CNH 8.3405 12 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.5192 38 0.42
CHF/DKK 7.8825 13 0.14
CHF/EUR 1.0567 95 1.06
CHF/HKD 9.1938 11 0.12
CHF/HUF 416.5405 24 0.27
CHF/ILS 4.4269 23 0.25
CHF/JPY 168.25 59 0.66
CHF/MXN 22.7833 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.3767 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.5178 22 0.25
CHF/RON 5.2561 19 0.21
CHF/SAR 4.4251 23 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.9824 8 0.09
CHF/SGD 1.5237 66 0.73
CHF/THB 39.0990 256 2.85
CHF/TRY 40.2116 2 0.03
CHF/USD 1.1795 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 20.6227 5 0.05
CMP/USD 44.6100 2242 25.02
CNH/CZK 3.1800 314 3.51
CNH/HKD 1.1024 91 1.01
CNH/HUF 49.9270 200 2.24
CNH/JPY 20.17 496 5.53
CNH/MXN 2.7324 37 0.41
CNH/THB 4.6860 2134 23.82
CNH/TRY 4.8240 21 0.23
CNH/ZAR 2.4724 40 0.45
CZK/HUF 15.7070 64 0.71
CZK/JPY 6.34 158 1.76
CZK/THB 1.4741 7 0.08
CZK/TRY 1.5162 7 0.07
DGE/USD 0.1065 93897 1048.07
DKK/AED 0.5496 182 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2196 46 0.51
DKK/CNH 1.0581 95 1.05
DKK/CZK 3.3642 297 3.32
DKK/HKD 1.1663 86 0.96
DKK/HUF 52.8410 189 2.11
DKK/ILS 0.5616 178 1.99
DKK/JPY 21.34 5 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.8902 35 0.39
DKK/RON 0.6668 150 1.67
DKK/SAR 0.5613 178 1.99
DKK/THB 4.9590 2017 22.51
DKK/TRY 5.1012 20 0.22
DKK/ZAR 2.6175 38 0.43
DSH/USD 25.1230 398 4.44
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 527.75
EOS/USD 0.5109 1957 21.85
ETC/USD 18.9400 5280 58.93
ETH/CHF 2 091.2500 478 5.34
ETH/EUR 2 209.3500 453 5.05
ETH/GBP 1 856.2000 539 6.01
ETH/USD 2 465.9500 406 4.53
EUR/AED 4.0998 24 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.6380 61 0.68
EUR/CAD 1.5132 66 0.74
EUR/CHF 0.9463 106 1.18
EUR/CNH 7.8926 13 0.14
EUR/CZK 25.0959 40 0.44
EUR/DKK 7.4598 13 0.15
EUR/GBP 0.8402 119 1.33
EUR/HKD 8.7004 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 394.1805 25 0.28
EUR/ILS 4.1892 24 0.27
EUR/JPY 159.20 63 0.7
EUR/MXN 21.5595 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.7123 9 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.7890 56 0.62
EUR/PLN 4.2756 23 0.26
EUR/RON 4.9738 20 0.22
EUR/SAR 4.1872 24 0.27
EUR/SEK 11.3389 9 0.1
EUR/SGD 1.4418 69 0.77
EUR/THB 36.9900 270 3.02
EUR/TRY 38.0519 3 0.03
EUR/USD 1.1162 90 1
EUR/ZAR 19.5248 5 0.06
GBP/AED 4.8795 20 0.23
GBP/AUD 1.9494 51 0.57
GBP/CAD 1.8010 56 0.62
GBP/CHF 1.1262 89 0.99
GBP/CNH 9.3928 11 0.12
GBP/CZK 29.8663 33 0.37
GBP/DKK 8.8781 11 0.13
GBP/HKD 10.3547 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 469.1100 21 0.24
GBP/ILS 4.9855 20 0.22
GBP/JPY 189.47 53 0.59
GBP/MXN 25.6578 4 0.04
GBP/NOK 13.9370 7 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.1291 47 0.52
GBP/PLN 5.0872 20 0.22
GBP/RON 5.9194 17 0.19
GBP/SAR 4.9829 20 0.22
GBP/SEK 13.4940 7 0.08
GBP/SGD 1.7160 58 0.65
GBP/THB 44.0305 227 2.54
GBP/TRY 45.2881 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3284 75 0.84
GBP/ZAR 23.2382 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.8845 347 3.87
HKD/HUF 45.3065 221 2.46
HKD/JPY 18.30 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.4795 40 0.45
HKD/THB 4.2520 2352 26.25
HKD/TRY 4.3734 23 0.26
HKD/ZAR 2.2435 45 0.5
ILS/AED 0.9785 102 1.14
ILS/CNH 1.8840 53 0.59
ILS/CZK 5.9916 167 1.86
ILS/HKD 2.0771 48 0.54
ILS/HUF 94.0520 106 1.19
ILS/JPY 38.00 263 2.94
ILS/MXN 5.1480 19 0.22
ILS/RON 1.1873 84 0.94
ILS/SAR 0.9995 100 1.12
ILS/THB 8.8350 1132 12.63
ILS/TRY 9.0900 11 0.12
ILS/ZAR 4.6585 21 0.24
IOT/USD 0.1315 76046 848.81
JPY/HUF 2.48 40 0.45
LNK/USD 11.1960 893 9.97
LTC/CHF 55.7000 17953 200.39
LTC/EUR 58.8500 16992 189.67
LTC/GBP 49.4500 20222 225.72
LTC/USD 65.7000 15221 169.89
MAN/USD 0.2915 34305 382.91
MAT/USD 0.3975 25157 280.8
MKR/USD 1 527.1450 65 0.73
MXN/CHF 0.0439 228 2.54
MXN/CZK 1.1634 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 18.3038 55 0.61
MXN/JPY 7.38 14 0.15
MXN/THB 1.7195 6 0.06
MXN/TRY 1.7648 57 0.63
NEO/USD 9.7350 10272 114.66
NOK/AED 0.3500 286 3.19
NOK/CNH 0.6739 148 1.66
NOK/CZK 2.1427 467 5.21
NOK/DKK 0.6369 157 1.75
NOK/HKD 0.7429 135 1.5
NOK/HUF 33.6555 297 3.32
NOK/ILS 0.3577 280 3.12
NOK/JPY 13.59 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8410 54 0.61
NOK/RON 0.4247 235 2.63
NOK/SAR 0.3575 280 3.12
NOK/SEK 0.9682 103 1.15
NOK/THB 3.1625 3162 35.29
NOK/TRY 3.2489 31 0.34
NOK/ZAR 1.6674 60 0.67
NZD/AED 2.2910 44 0.49
NZD/AUD 0.9154 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8458 118 1.32
NZD/CHF 0.5288 189 2.11
NZD/CNH 4.4116 23 0.25
NZD/CZK 14.0278 71 0.8
NZD/DKK 4.1696 24 0.27
NZD/HKD 4.8630 2056 22.95
NZD/HUF 220.3305 45 0.51
NZD/ILS 2.3416 43 0.48
NZD/JPY 88.97 112 1.25
NZD/MXN 12.0486 8 0.09
NZD/NOK 6.5460 15 0.17
NZD/PLN 2.3895 42 0.47
NZD/RON 2.7801 36 0.4
NZD/SAR 2.3397 43 0.48
NZD/SEK 6.3378 16 0.18
NZD/SGD 0.8059 124 1.38
NZD/THB 20.7120 483 5.39
NZD/TRY 21.2673 5 0.05
NZD/USD 0.6239 160 1.79
NZD/ZAR 10.9072 9 0.1
PLN/AED 0.9589 104 1.16
PLN/CNH 1.8466 54 0.6
PLN/CZK 5.8706 170 1.9
PLN/DKK 1.7451 57 0.64
PLN/HKD 2.0355 49 0.55
PLN/HUF 92.2080 108 1.21
PLN/ILS 0.9801 102 1.14
PLN/JPY 37.24 269 3
PLN/MXN 5.0442 20 0.22
PLN/NOK 2.7398 36 0.41
PLN/RON 1.1637 86 0.96
PLN/SAR 0.9795 102 1.14
PLN/SEK 2.6524 38 0.42
PLN/THB 8.6570 12 0.13
PLN/TRY 8.9031 11 0.13
PLN/ZAR 4.5662 22 0.24
RON/CNH 1.5868 63 0.7
RON/CZK 5.0459 198 2.21
RON/HKD 1.7492 57 0.64
RON/HUF 79.2455 126 1.41
RON/JPY 32.01 312 3.49
RON/MXN 4.3353 23 0.26
RON/THB 7.4370 1345 15.01
RON/TRY 7.6550 13 0.15
RON/ZAR 3.9279 25 0.28
SAR/CNH 1.8849 53 0.59
SAR/CZK 5.9941 167 1.86
SAR/HKD 2.0779 48 0.54
SAR/HUF 94.1065 106 1.19
SAR/JPY 38.02 263 2.94
SAR/MXN 5.1500 19 0.22
SAR/RON 1.1880 84 0.94
SAR/THB 8.8330 1132 12.64
SAR/TRY 9.1025 11 0.12
SAR/ZAR 4.6666 21 0.24
SEK/AED 0.3615 277 3.09
SEK/CNH 0.6961 144 1.6
SEK/CZK 2.2134 452 5.04
SEK/DKK 0.6579 152 1.7
SEK/HKD 0.7673 130 1.45
SEK/HUF 34.7640 288 3.21
SEK/ILS 0.3695 271 3.02
SEK/JPY 14.04 7 0.08
SEK/MXN 1.9019 53 0.59
SEK/RON 0.4386 228 2.54
SEK/SAR 0.3693 271 3.02
SEK/THB 3.2625 3065 34.21
SEK/TRY 3.3561 30 0.33
SEK/ZAR 1.7220 58 0.65
SGD/AED 2.8434 35 0.39
SGD/CNH 5.4740 18 0.2
SGD/CZK 17.4053 57 0.64
SGD/DKK 5.1738 19 0.22
SGD/HKD 6.0344 17 0.18
SGD/HUF 273.3855 37 0.41
SGD/ILS 2.9055 34 0.38
SGD/JPY 110.42 91 1.01
SGD/MXN 14.9553 7 0.07
SGD/NOK 8.1231 12 0.14
SGD/PLN 2.9653 34 0.38
SGD/RON 3.4497 29 0.32
SGD/SAR 2.9040 34 0.38
SGD/SEK 7.8641 13 0.14
SGD/THB 25.6555 390 4.35
SGD/TRY 26.3909 4 0.04
SGD/ZAR 13.5335 7 0.08
THB/HUF 10.6529 9 0.1
THB/JPY 4.31 23 0.26
TRX/USD 0.1510 662 7.39
TRY/AUD 0.0431 232 2.59
TRY/HUF 10.3595 965 10.77
TRY/JPY 4.18 2391 26.69
TRY/SEK 0.2987 335 3.74
TRY/THB 0.9718 103 1.15
UNI/USD 6.8075 1469 16.4
USD/AUD 1.4673 7 0.08
USD/CAD 1.3558 74 0.82
USD/CHF 0.8478 118 1.32
USD/CNH 7.0711 14 0.16
USD/CZK 22.4850 44 0.5
USD/DKK 6.6829 15 0.17
USD/EUR 0.8959 11 0.12
USD/GBP 0.7528 13 0.15
USD/HKD 7.7948 13 0.14
USD/HUF 353.0990 28 0.32
USD/ILS 3.7532 27 0.3
USD/JPY 142.62 70 0.78
USD/MXN 19.3150 5 0.06
USD/NOK 10.4921 10 0.11
USD/NZD 1.6029 62 0.7
USD/PLN 3.8297 26 0.29
USD/RON 4.4562 22 0.25
USD/SAR 3.7513 27 0.3
USD/SEK 10.1595 10 0.11
USD/SGD 1.2921 77 0.86
USD/THB 33.1430 30 0.34
USD/TRY 34.0068 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 17.4874 6 0.06
UST/CHF 0.8495 118 1.31
UST/EUR 0.8974 111 1.24
UST/GBP 0.7540 133 1.48
UST/USD 1.0016 100 1.11
XLM/CHF 0.0822 1217 13.58
XLM/EUR 0.0868 1152 12.86
XLM/GBP 0.0731 1368 15.27
XLM/USD 0.0960 1042 11.63
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.61
XRP/USD 0.5925 16878 188.39
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 914.91
YFI/USD 5 041.6500 198 2.21
ZAR/CZK 1.2854 778 8.68
ZAR/HUF 20.1520 496 5.54
ZAR/JPY 8.16 1226 13.69
ZAR/MXN 1.1049 91 1.01
ZAR/THB 1.8955 5276 58.89
ZAR/TRY 1.9455 51 0.57

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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