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Contest Results

Trader & place		Prize, $		Quality	Popularity, points	Dukascopy	Overall
	SpecialFX 1st place	1300	View review	100	90	95	285
Dukascopy mark and review SpecialFX submitted an article on Trading with the Gmma Indicator and the Importance of Backtesting. It is a well-written and complete article. The author provided backtests and explained why they're important in this case. Nice to see such a detailed, well-rounded review of a strategy.
	scramble 2nd place	700	View review	98	89	85	272
Dukascopy mark and review scramble's top article this month was about A Live Community. It offers a thorough look at our Live TV, describing it as a good source of knowledge. The experts also highly appreciated  $u's continued series on automating strategies, which turned into higher overall mark.
	Efegen 3rd place	700	View review	95	95	80	270
Dukascopy mark and review Efegen's submission titled Simple Money Management and Poseidon Test Results Revisited is a bit too long, but does a very good job illustrating why money management should be considered even at the test stage. Also, we really like the extensive testing data from different instrument. Looking forward to further submissions.
	geula4x 4th place	300	View review	100	85	80	265
Dukascopy mark and review geula4x's chosen topic is Simple and Profitable Strategy for Trading Breakouts. The author does a great job explaining what is behind key levels and behavior around them. There are also steps to take, which makes this a ready to use strategy.
	Likerty 5th place	300	View review	100	84	60	244
Dukascopy mark and review Quarter - the Ultimate Time Frame offers an interesting idea. This timeframe does make sense since it coincides with quarterly reports, start and end of the year etc. As charts illustrate, though, the bigger the timeframe of the candle, the more information is generalized and blurred. What Likerty's idea offers is a good reference for key levels and general view on price action.
	AlligatorEffect 6th place	300	View review	100	80	60	240
Dukascopy mark and review AlligatorEffect submitted a work on Bill Williams Breakout Strategy - Small Losses, Big Gains. It is clear and easy to use, given great illustrations and entry/exit rules. The article would have received higher marks, had the author provided info on profitability. Otherwise, the strategy seems thought through and has potential.
	AdrianWS 7th place	200	View review	98	88	50	236
Dukascopy mark and review AdrianWS continues expanding on different financial indicators. This month, he asks the question: Japan - Can the Boj Achieve 2% Inflation? He offers a detailed look at different aspects of economic growth, yet the work lacks concrete steps of how to use this in trading. A good general article.
	olga 8th place	200	View review	99	71	65	235
Dukascopy mark and review olga continues to deliver detailed insight into automating trading. Neural nets have long been the hope to create a truly autonomous strategy. Trading with Artificial Neural Nets – High Frequency Trading does a good job explaining advantages and weaknesses of such an approach. Code and tutorial for implementation would have yielded significantly higher marks.
	drishti 9th place	200	View review	90	82	60	232
Dukascopy mark and review The title of drishti's submission - Way to Measure Market Sentiments - sums up what the article's about perfectly. Everyone who wants to know a bit better what other's are thinking, and what their sentiment is, should read this work.
	zevik 10th place	200	View review	90	75	66	231
Dukascopy mark and review zevik told us about Point and Figure, Charting Method Patterns,rules. This user did a good job explaining this old price representation method and its patterns. Though double tops and traps look the same, which means no decisions can be based on these signals alone. What the work lacks is a defined strategy of using P&F to trade, a complete system.
	Takam 11th place			100	67	60	227
	khalidamassi 12th place			84	100	40	224
	DaddyPapi 13th place			100	68	55	223
	nilsaedagar 14th place			90	83	50	223
	Delossan 15th place			100	79	40	219
	valentine 16th place			93	86	40	219
	zbych 17th place			95	70	35	200
	LinnuxFX 18th place			94	87	0	181
	PTtrader 19th place			92	73	10	175
	Sintano 20th place			100	72	0	172
	Airmike 21st place			88	78	0	166
	gino32 22nd place			94	69	0	163
	Nacerdz 23rd place			75	81	0	156
	kelvindfxguru 24th place			80	76	0	156
	luke1973 25th place			71	77	0	148
	Brasileiro 26th place			65	74	0	139