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4th place USD

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5th place USD

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6th place USD

70

7th place USD

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8th place USD

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9th place USD 40

10th place USD 30

11st place USD 20

12nd place USD 10

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LIVE FX Trader contest results (9th week)

Hello traders, The ninth contest week has brought us the following results. ForexBugiy from Slovakia…

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Dominos

Dominos

1st place
$ 300 Prize
MFaheem

MFaheem

2nd place
$ 200 Prize
AfriKan

AfriKan

3rd place
$ 100 Prize

Standings

Trader / Place Chart Profitability, % Up/Down Max. draw-down, % Expected prize, USD
sos
sos
1st place
138.695 0 27.09 300
komias
komias
2nd place
73.096 0 23.5 200
Mister_Green
Mister_Green
3rd place
65.888 0 34.86 100
JulioG
JulioG
4th place
50.169 0 21.4 90
Vlad_55
Vlad_55
5th place
45.354 0 0 80
Ron_AB
Ron_AB
6th place
39.558 +1  0 70
valter
valter
7th place
31.43 +1  16.54 60
rokasltu
rokasltu
8th place
30.012 +1  1.36 50
wanderer_ua
wanderer_ua
9th place
27.328 -3  41.74 40
sasmar
sasmar
10th place
11.847 0 4.97 30
sharpsense
sharpsense
11st place
9.29 +2  11.33 20
Aleksey2016
Aleksey2016
12nd place
7.767 -1  31.97 10
alphahavoc
alphahavoc
13rd place
7.477 -1  3.73
hunlion
hunlion
14th place
4.837 0 3.24
Dominos
Dominos
15th place
4.19 +10  61.58
m_moore_e
m_moore_e
16th place
2.476 -1  1.94
AnddreyDr
AnddreyDr
17th place
0.89 0 1
MISTERO1975
MISTERO1975
18th place
0.609 0 0

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LIVE FX Trader contest results (9th week)

Moderator's choice CommunitySupport Updated 19 Dec.  in #News
Hello traders,
The ninth contest week has brought us the following results. ForexBugiy from Slovakia earned 232.4% of profit and won the first prize of 300 USD. This is the fourth time he finishes in top-12 and the total sum of prizes he won is 510 USD.
Second place and 200 USD is taken by Drift (166.6% of profitability) and 100 USD prize goes to md1fk1,…
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Need to take into account contest starting amount?

AfriKan Posted 12 Jan.  in #Live Fx Trader
I find this contest exciting and engaging but it seems to me that the amount one starts the contest with at the beginning of the week needs to be factored into the calculation of the profitability percentage. Here is what I have observed. The smaller the amount one starts the contest with, the better their chances of winning by a greater percentage. In other words, one who starts the contest on $1 has a better and quicker chance of getting to 100% by just adding another $1 to the starting amount…
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kutlu 13 Jan.

Whatever the rules are, one needs to make the right decisions in order to win anyway.

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kutlu 13 Jan.

Technically, with any size of starting deposit you need to perform the same trading to double the account. Whether you start with  $1 or $1000's. Let's say you trade EUR/USD with the maximum lot size possible. (Assuming leverage is 1/100) You need to make at least 230 pips to double the account with a single trade.

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luki432 13 Jan.

I think the minimum deposit of at least 1st reward is a good idea. That would eliminate "all or nothing" attempts which have nothing to do with real trading and consistent profitability.

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sos 15 Jan.

If your account hits below 20 USD all positions are closed and your account blocked. So you need more than 20 USD in your account.  To be able to trade and keep your positions open during time you will always need at least more than 30 USD as deposit. It's not easy to survive and make money with smaller account. Doubling account and keep your chances going even when you lost your a couple trade is easier with greater account. It's all your choice, rules are simple and FAIR.

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rokasltu yesterday at 10:16 GMT

As I see from discussion in my opinion main idea of  this discussion is how to minimize "gambling" trading style when participating in the contest. I think the best way is to include requirement for drawdown (such requirement was used in Signal Provider contest), e.g. 25% (as was suggested by WallStreetBlog) and calculate drawdown on hourly basis.

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