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 0.7695 12995 151.59
AED/CNH 1.9558 51 0.6
AED/CZK 5.7127 175 2.04
AED/HKD 2.1373 47 0.55
AED/HUF 92.7045 108 1.26
AED/JPY 40.06 250 2.91
AED/MXN 5.0711 20 0.23
AED/RON 1.1840 84 0.99
AED/SAR 1.0219 98 1.14
AED/THB 8.8035 1136 13.25
AED/TRY 11.0837 9 0.11
AED/ZAR 4.8289 21 0.24
AUD/AED 2.3943 42 0.49
AUD/CAD 0.8967 112 1.3
AUD/CHF 0.5262 190 2.22
AUD/CNH 4.6846 21 0.25
AUD/CZK 13.6794 73 0.85
AUD/DKK 4.1743 24 0.28
AUD/HKD 5.1204 20 0.23
AUD/HUF 221.9105 45 0.53
AUD/ILS 2.2275 45 0.52
AUD/JPY 95.98 104 1.22
AUD/MXN 12.1408 8 0.1
AUD/NOK 6.6659 15 0.17
AUD/NZD 1.0943 91 1.07
AUD/PLN 2.3800 42 0.49
AUD/RON 2.8353 35 0.41
AUD/SAR 2.4497 41 0.48
AUD/SEK 6.2429 16 0.19
AUD/SGD 0.8370 119 1.39
AUD/THB 21.0240 476 5.55
AUD/TRY 26.4596 4 0.04
AUD/USD 0.6523 153 1.79
AUD/ZAR 11.5562 9 0.1
AVE/USD 283.8750 35 0.41
BAT/USD 0.1510 662 7.73
BCH/CHF 468.5500 2134 24.9
BCH/EUR 497.9000 2008 23.43
BCH/GBP 432.0000 2315 27
BCH/USD 580.8000 1722 20.08
BTC/CHF 94 616.3500 11 0.12
BTC/EUR 100 541.0500 10 0.12
BTC/GBP 87 224.8000 11 0.13
BTC/USD 117 256.1000 9 0.1
CAD/AED 2.6710 37 0.44
CAD/CHF 0.5868 170 1.99
CAD/CNH 5.2249 19 0.22
CAD/CZK 15.2542 66 0.76
CAD/DKK 4.6553 21 0.25
CAD/HKD 5.7112 18 0.2
CAD/HUF 247.4785 40 0.47
CAD/ILS 2.4842 40 0.47
CAD/JPY 107.06 93 1.09
CAD/MXN 13.5420 7 0.09
CAD/NOK 7.4372 13 0.16
CAD/PLN 2.6546 38 0.44
CAD/RON 3.1620 32 0.37
CAD/SAR 2.7324 37 0.43
CAD/SEK 6.9557 14 0.17
CAD/SGD 0.9337 107 1.25
CAD/THB 23.5155 425 4.96
CAD/TRY 29.5237 3 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7275 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 12.8903 8 0.09
CHF/AED 4.5540 22 0.26
CHF/CNH 8.9037 11 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.0015 38 0.45
CHF/DKK 7.9353 13 0.15
CHF/EUR 1.0630 94 1.1
CHF/HKD 9.7352 10 0.12
CHF/HUF 421.8330 24 0.28
CHF/ILS 4.2334 24 0.28
CHF/JPY 182.46 55 0.64
CHF/MXN 23.0784 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.6782 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.5249 22 0.26
CHF/RON 5.3882 19 0.22
CHF/SAR 4.6556 21 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.8571 8 0.1
CHF/SGD 1.5904 63 0.73
CHF/THB 40.0380 250 2.91
CHF/TRY 50.4725 2 0.02
CHF/USD 1.2399 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 21.9668 5 0.05
CMP/USD 48.0200 2082 24.29
CNH/CZK 2.9200 342 3.99
CNH/HKD 1.0932 91 1.07
CNH/HUF 47.4075 211 2.46
CNH/JPY 20.49 488 5.69
CNH/MXN 2.5920 39 0.45
CNH/THB 4.5015 2221 25.91
CNH/TRY 5.6692 18 0.21
CNH/ZAR 2.4671 41 0.47
CZK/HUF 16.2241 62 0.72
CZK/JPY 7.02 143 1.66
CZK/THB 1.5380 7 0.08
CZK/TRY 1.9385 5 0.06
DGE/USD 0.2185 45767 533.88
DKK/AED 0.5739 174 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2396 42 0.49
DKK/CNH 1.1223 89 1.04
DKK/CZK 3.2768 305 3.56
DKK/HKD 1.2267 82 0.95
DKK/HUF 53.1655 188 2.19
DKK/ILS 0.5336 187 2.19
DKK/JPY 23.00 4 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.9089 34 0.4
DKK/RON 0.6792 147 1.72
DKK/SAR 0.5869 170 1.99
DKK/THB 5.0405 1984 23.14
DKK/TRY 6.3551 16 0.18
DKK/ZAR 2.7699 36 0.42
DSH/USD 21.8490 458 5.34
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 551.55
ETC/USD 21.2100 4715 55
ETH/CHF 3 126.6000 320 3.73
ETH/EUR 3 322.5000 301 3.51
ETH/GBP 2 882.5500 347 4.05
ETH/USD 3 874.7500 258 3.01
EUR/AED 4.2841 23 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7882 56 0.65
EUR/CAD 1.6035 62 0.73
EUR/CHF 0.9407 106 1.24
EUR/CNH 8.3768 12 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.4599 41 0.48
EUR/DKK 7.4647 13 0.16
EUR/GBP 0.8677 115 1.34
EUR/HKD 9.1566 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 396.8580 25 0.29
EUR/ILS 3.9830 25 0.29
EUR/JPY 171.65 58 0.68
EUR/MXN 21.7142 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.9254 8 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.9570 51 0.6
EUR/PLN 4.2592 23 0.27
EUR/RON 5.0699 20 0.23
EUR/SAR 4.3794 23 0.27
EUR/SEK 11.1538 9 0.1
EUR/SGD 1.4969 67 0.78
EUR/THB 37.6210 266 3.1
EUR/TRY 47.4368 2 0.02
EUR/USD 1.1665 86 1
EUR/ZAR 20.6662 5 0.06
GBP/AED 4.9377 20 0.24
GBP/AUD 2.0610 49 0.57
GBP/CAD 1.8480 54 0.63
GBP/CHF 1.0842 92 1.08
GBP/CNH 9.6535 10 0.12
GBP/CZK 28.1891 35 0.41
GBP/DKK 8.6025 12 0.14
GBP/HKD 10.5528 9 0.11
GBP/HUF 457.3430 22 0.26
GBP/ILS 4.5903 22 0.25
GBP/JPY 197.81 51 0.59
GBP/MXN 25.0245 4 0.05
GBP/NOK 13.7446 7 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.2551 44 0.52
GBP/PLN 4.9057 20 0.24
GBP/RON 5.8428 17 0.2
GBP/SAR 5.0474 20 0.23
GBP/SEK 12.8549 8 0.09
GBP/SGD 1.7251 58 0.68
GBP/THB 43.3940 230 2.69
GBP/TRY 54.7102 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3443 74 0.87
GBP/ZAR 23.8161 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.6709 374 4.37
HKD/HUF 43.3360 231 2.69
HKD/JPY 18.74 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.3711 42 0.49
HKD/THB 4.1200 2427 28.31
HKD/TRY 5.1855 19 0.22
HKD/ZAR 2.2572 44 0.52
ILS/AED 1.0750 93 1.09
ILS/CNH 2.1033 48 0.55
ILS/CZK 6.1413 163 1.9
ILS/HKD 2.2992 43 0.51
ILS/HUF 99.4825 101 1.17
ILS/JPY 43.09 232 2.71
ILS/MXN 5.4514 18 0.21
ILS/RON 1.2728 79 0.92
ILS/SAR 1.0999 91 1.06
ILS/THB 9.4270 1061 12.37
ILS/TRY 11.9207 8 0.1
ILS/ZAR 5.1917 19 0.22
JPY/HUF 2.31 43 0.5
LNK/USD 18.4890 541 6.31
LTC/CHF 98.4500 10157 118.49
LTC/EUR 104.6500 9556 111.47
LTC/GBP 90.7500 11019 128.54
LTC/USD 122.0000 8197 95.62
MAN/USD 0.2915 34305 400.18
MAT/USD 0.2355 42463 495.34
MKR/USD 2 004.5950 50 0.58
MXN/CHF 0.0433 231 2.69
MXN/CZK 1.1265 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 18.2680 55 0.64
MXN/JPY 7.90 13 0.15
MXN/THB 1.7344 6 0.07
MXN/TRY 2.1857 46 0.53
NEO/USD 6.2500 16000 186.64
NOK/AED 0.3590 279 3.25
NOK/CNH 0.7024 142 1.66
NOK/CZK 2.0513 488 5.69
NOK/DKK 0.6259 160 1.86
NOK/HKD 0.7678 130 1.52
NOK/HUF 33.2770 301 3.51
NOK/ILS 0.3340 299 3.49
NOK/JPY 14.39 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8206 55 0.64
NOK/RON 0.4251 235 2.74
NOK/SAR 0.3673 272 3.18
NOK/SEK 0.9353 107 1.25
NOK/THB 3.1545 3170 36.98
NOK/TRY 3.9776 25 0.29
NOK/ZAR 1.7332 58 0.67
NZD/AED 2.1887 46 0.53
NZD/AUD 0.9138 11 0.13
NZD/CAD 0.8193 122 1.42
NZD/CHF 0.4809 208 2.43
NZD/CNH 4.2807 23 0.27
NZD/CZK 12.4985 80 0.93
NZD/DKK 3.8143 26 0.31
NZD/HKD 4.6795 2137 24.93
NZD/HUF 202.7710 49 0.58
NZD/ILS 2.0356 49 0.57
NZD/JPY 87.71 114 1.33
NZD/MXN 11.0971 9 0.11
NZD/NOK 6.0941 16 0.19
NZD/PLN 2.1750 46 0.54
NZD/RON 2.5910 39 0.45
NZD/SAR 2.2390 45 0.52
NZD/SEK 5.6996 18 0.2
NZD/SGD 0.7650 131 1.52
NZD/THB 19.2270 520 6.07
NZD/TRY 24.2345 4 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5961 168 1.96
NZD/ZAR 10.5606 9 0.11
PLN/AED 1.0056 99 1.16
PLN/CNH 1.9676 51 0.59
PLN/CZK 5.7463 174 2.03
PLN/DKK 1.7526 57 0.67
PLN/HKD 2.1511 46 0.54
PLN/HUF 93.2305 107 1.25
PLN/ILS 0.9358 107 1.25
PLN/JPY 40.32 248 2.89
PLN/MXN 5.1013 20 0.23
PLN/NOK 2.8018 36 0.42
PLN/RON 1.1911 84 0.98
PLN/SAR 1.0290 97 1.13
PLN/SEK 2.6205 38 0.45
PLN/THB 8.8431 11 0.13
PLN/TRY 11.1509 9 0.1
PLN/ZAR 4.8541 21 0.24
RON/CNH 1.6524 61 0.71
RON/CZK 4.8248 207 2.42
RON/HKD 1.8063 55 0.65
RON/HUF 78.2570 128 1.49
RON/JPY 33.85 295 3.45
RON/MXN 4.2830 23 0.27
RON/THB 7.4170 1348 15.73
RON/TRY 9.3695 11 0.12
RON/ZAR 4.0787 25 0.29
SAR/CNH 1.9120 52 0.61
SAR/CZK 5.5834 179 2.09
SAR/HKD 2.0907 48 0.56
SAR/HUF 90.7275 110 1.29
SAR/JPY 39.19 255 2.98
SAR/MXN 4.9570 20 0.24
SAR/RON 1.1573 86 1.01
SAR/THB 8.6145 1161 13.54
SAR/TRY 10.8570 9 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.7187 21 0.25
SEK/AED 0.3838 261 3.04
SEK/CNH 0.7508 133 1.55
SEK/CZK 2.1927 456 5.32
SEK/DKK 0.6692 149 1.74
SEK/HKD 0.8210 122 1.42
SEK/HUF 35.5780 281 3.28
SEK/ILS 0.3570 280 3.27
SEK/JPY 15.39 6 0.08
SEK/MXN 1.9462 51 0.6
SEK/RON 0.4544 220 2.57
SEK/SAR 0.3927 255 2.97
SEK/THB 3.3710 2966 34.6
SEK/TRY 4.2520 24 0.27
SEK/ZAR 1.8531 54 0.63
SGD/AED 2.8621 35 0.41
SGD/CNH 5.5957 18 0.21
SGD/CZK 16.3383 61 0.71
SGD/DKK 4.9866 20 0.23
SGD/HKD 6.1172 16 0.19
SGD/HUF 265.0880 38 0.44
SGD/ILS 2.6606 38 0.44
SGD/JPY 114.68 87 1.02
SGD/MXN 14.5048 7 0.08
SGD/NOK 7.9675 13 0.15
SGD/PLN 2.8453 35 0.41
SGD/RON 3.3865 30 0.34
SGD/SAR 2.9258 34 0.4
SGD/SEK 7.4502 13 0.16
SGD/THB 25.1650 397 4.64
SGD/TRY 31.7104 3 0.04
SGD/ZAR 13.8051 7 0.08
THB/HUF 10.5524 9 0.11
THB/JPY 4.56 22 0.26
TRX/USD 0.3390 295 3.44
TRY/AUD 0.0378 265 3.09
TRY/HUF 8.3650 1195 13.95
TRY/JPY 3.61 2771 32.32
TRY/SEK 0.2352 425 4.96
TRY/THB 0.7927 126 1.47
UNI/USD 10.3580 965 11.26
USD/AED 3.6705 27 0.32
USD/AUD 1.5330 7 0.08
USD/CAD 1.3746 73 0.85
USD/CHF 0.8065 124 1.45
USD/CNH 7.1810 14 0.16
USD/CZK 20.9679 48 0.56
USD/DKK 6.3991 16 0.18
USD/EUR 0.8573 12 0.14
USD/GBP 0.7439 13 0.16
USD/HKD 7.8494 13 0.15
USD/HUF 340.5005 29 0.34
USD/ILS 3.4142 29 0.34
USD/JPY 147.13 68 0.79
USD/MXN 18.6134 5 0.06
USD/NOK 10.2234 10 0.11
USD/NZD 1.6775 60 0.7
USD/PLN 3.6529 27 0.32
USD/RON 4.3458 23 0.27
USD/SAR 3.7554 27 0.31
USD/SEK 9.5639 10 0.12
USD/SGD 1.2833 78 0.91
USD/THB 32.3333 31 0.36
USD/TRY 40.5939 2 0.03
USD/ZAR 17.7311 6 0.07
UST/CHF 0.8078 124 1.44
UST/EUR 0.8584 116 1.36
UST/GBP 0.7447 134 1.57
UST/USD 1.0011 100 1.17
XLM/CHF 0.3360 298 3.47
XLM/EUR 0.3571 280 3.27
XLM/GBP 0.3098 323 3.77
XLM/USD 0.4164 240 2.8
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.64
XRP/USD 3.1110 3214 37.5
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 956.16
YFI/USD 5 450.0500 183 2.14
ZAR/CZK 1.1834 845 9.86
ZAR/HUF 19.2110 521 6.07
ZAR/JPY 8.30 1206 14.06
ZAR/MXN 1.0505 95 1.11
ZAR/THB 1.8225 5487 64.01
ZAR/TRY 2.2982 44 0.51

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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