I just received notification today that I have been permanently banned from the contest!? Is this some mistake?? I don't understand I have participated in this contest for 10months and haven't cheated in any way. I'd like to know why this is happening?

My nick name is Tinktank.

I sent an email to contest support and have received no reply. Why have I been banned ??

I have been around long enough to know the rules and have not broken any of them. There have been no complaint or report of abuse by me from any of contestants since my 10 months of participating in the contest. There was none in June when I finished 3rd and last month when I finished 2nd place.

I worked hard last month after an initial 33% draw-down to acquire max equity points and make some pips. I received massive support from fellow traders who appreciated my effort, with zero complaints. Instead of being rewarded by Dukascopy, I wake up this morning to find that I've been unjustly banned without reason, without warning and my position given to someone else.

I may be guilty of some degree of spamming but certainly not excessive. This does warrant a permanent ban without warning. I've blown my account 6months in a row, each time accepting the loss, going back to the drawing board to develop my strategy believing that I'm good enough to emerge victorious in the future which happened last month. I am not guilty of opening additional profile accounts, why should I when I'm ahead and I submitted my bio information when I registered my Live account.

I deserve to know why I have been banned.

'Tinktank'

you can call it divine intervention for you for some reason attacking me, I don't know now if both of you got banned does that mean I am the ultimate champ that wont claim a prize, lol

Seriously, I am sorry it would have been nice to compete with you , if you have been keeping it clean. you should know who this is anyway.....

if you have another acount and use the same ip adress you will be banned of course

sorry to see you getting banned tinktank. even in contest check up they showed you were involved in CHEATING. but they never disclosed what type of cheating you were into.

hope dukascopy will clarify the CHEATING you did.

Of course, you can have another avatar. just open another id with a new nick name. Myidea is a new avatar of abdulquadeer and inspite of getting banned he went on to win the contest last month. so, don't lose heart just start over again.

as far as my knowledge goes, you were a gentleman not involving in to short cut for top. but let's wait for dukascopy's reply

I just got this fact from end-note for Jan. and that my profile was linked to a DOZEN user accounts! I am not that dumb to register 12 accounts and hope that it won't be discovered? And why would I open 12 accounts for what??

It is possible that these other users use modem provided by the same Internet Provider GLO in my country. All I asked for was that the matter be investigated thoroughly by checking Nigerian users' IP addresses on demo and even Live platforms for possible similarities, before branding me a cheat and putting me up on display like a common criminal.

It seems Dukascopy is not interested in pursuing this issue any further. Corruption is rife in my country so I must be guilty before proven innocent. But I'm afraid that this may affect other Nigerian-resident traders in the future if this matter is not looked into.

Anyway, since I'm not wanted I'll leave. Thanks [Nagaraja] but I am a good enough trader and don't have to resort to cheating just to get ahead.

And user [GrandPost], yes, I know who you are. I was just fooling around towards the end of last month and didn't mean any offense. I acknowledge this my last post on your blog. I enjoyed 'sparring' with you, but it seems I got it in the end.
I hope you continue to do as well as you did last month.

We are currently investigating this issue.

What we had - were multiple accounts that used the same IP addresses and commented on each other trades. Maybe we will have to contact the mentioned Internet Provider to know if it is really possible that dozens of people across the country use 2-3 IP addresses.

yes dukascopy its possible ,,as in pakistan 10 people are assigned with one ip,,this is the case with wi tribe one of the largest internet service provider company in pakistan.

Could this be one of the reasons you have been banned ?

Quote :
"Tinktank
Many thanks to you for your comments and votes which have catapulted me to 1st place. I'd be even more grateful if you could leave some more to enable me retain my position. "

Some of ur Private Messages .

TinkTank this is your Private Message :
Quote " Username , I need popularity points to get ahead. Please visit my blog and comment& vote on trades you like. I won't forget." end Quote .

This explains some unfairness. If Dukascopy erases all your 24Pop points you wouldn't have many chances to get on the top 10 standings.

In Nigeria most of the internet subscriber link so many customers to one IP address

one ip to 10 people? how's that possible. it's like one mobile no given to 10 people. who will receive the call?. unless some people share a connection (through LAN) it's technically not feasible to issue one ip to many people.

if u dont believe u can check by calling,,u can get the no from here,,,https://www.wi-tribe.pk/ it is 3rd world country my dear,,,every thing is possible,and if u want a seperate static ip u have to pay 500 rupees additional every year as ip charges

just to reconfirm i called my isp and they told me 10 people are on one band width and the speed is shared among them

A router can easily manage one IP for multiple people. You are identified by your physical address (MAC) not your IP.

and accidentally all these people using the same IP are not only interested in fx trading but also participate in the same contest and what's more vote/comment for the same person. Do you think all these people there are so stupid to believe your nonsense explanation. Tinktank, what are you saying here I would call BULLSHIT

ISP replied that such situation could be possible. The ones who are absolutely sure that they did not use multiple accounts, please contact us via e-mail, naming your nickname and saying you are Glo Nigeria customer. We will be reviewing your activity logs to see if we can unban you.

For the record: we do not know about politics and services of internet providers across the globe. We take certain standards as measurement criteria. One of them is that tens or hundreds of clients do not use the same IP address.

Issue closed.