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 0.6590 15175 171.7
AED/CNH 1.9617 51 0.58
AED/CZK 6.0001 167 1.89
AED/HKD 2.1101 47 0.54
AED/HUF 97.0660 103 1.17
AED/JPY 39.14 255 2.89
AED/MXN 5.3641 19 0.21
AED/RON 1.1989 83 0.94
AED/SAR 1.0211 98 1.11
AED/THB 8.9645 1116 12.62
AED/TRY 10.5141 10 0.11
AED/ZAR 4.9796 20 0.23
AUD/AED 2.3746 42 0.48
AUD/CAD 0.8941 112 1.27
AUD/CHF 0.5319 188 2.13
AUD/CNH 4.6587 21 0.24
AUD/CZK 14.2466 70 0.79
AUD/DKK 4.2664 23 0.27
AUD/HKD 5.0134 20 0.23
AUD/HUF 230.6400 43 0.49
AUD/ILS 2.3396 43 0.48
AUD/JPY 92.96 108 1.22
AUD/MXN 12.7393 8 0.09
AUD/NOK 6.7215 15 0.17
AUD/NZD 1.0840 92 1.04
AUD/PLN 2.4402 41 0.46
AUD/RON 2.8466 35 0.4
AUD/SAR 2.4257 41 0.47
AUD/SEK 6.2535 16 0.18
AUD/SGD 0.8344 120 1.36
AUD/THB 21.2845 470 5.32
AUD/TRY 24.9607 4 0.05
AUD/USD 0.6469 155 1.75
AUD/ZAR 11.8230 8 0.1
AVE/USD 175.7275 57 0.64
BAT/USD 0.1404 712 8.06
BCH/CHF 289.5500 3454 39.08
BCH/EUR 311.2500 3213 36.35
BCH/GBP 264.8000 3776 42.73
BCH/USD 352.0000 2841 32.14
BTC/CHF 77 508.9000 13 0.15
BTC/EUR 83 303.5000 12 0.14
BTC/GBP 70 882.4000 14 0.16
BTC/USD 94 248.0000 11 0.12
CAD/AED 2.6554 38 0.43
CAD/CHF 0.5947 168 1.9
CAD/CNH 5.2095 19 0.22
CAD/CZK 15.9315 63 0.71
CAD/DKK 4.7709 21 0.24
CAD/HKD 5.6063 18 0.2
CAD/HUF 258.0075 39 0.44
CAD/ILS 2.6165 38 0.43
CAD/JPY 103.95 96 1.09
CAD/MXN 14.2450 7 0.08
CAD/NOK 7.5182 13 0.15
CAD/PLN 2.7291 37 0.41
CAD/RON 3.1835 31 0.36
CAD/SAR 2.7125 37 0.42
CAD/SEK 6.9920 14 0.16
CAD/SGD 0.9332 107 1.21
CAD/THB 23.8360 420 4.75
CAD/TRY 27.8989 4 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7233 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 13.2259 8 0.09
CHF/AED 4.4647 22 0.25
CHF/CNH 8.7589 11 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.7846 37 0.42
CHF/DKK 8.0214 12 0.14
CHF/EUR 1.0749 93 1.05
CHF/HKD 9.4257 11 0.12
CHF/HUF 433.7720 23 0.26
CHF/ILS 4.3995 23 0.26
CHF/JPY 174.81 57 0.65
CHF/MXN 23.9493 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.6410 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.5886 22 0.25
CHF/RON 5.3525 19 0.21
CHF/SAR 4.5608 22 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.7559 9 0.1
CHF/SGD 1.5692 64 0.72
CHF/THB 39.9815 250 2.83
CHF/TRY 46.9553 2 0.02
CHF/USD 1.2162 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 22.2309 4 0.05
CMP/USD 39.0000 2564 29.01
CNH/CZK 3.0589 327 3.7
CNH/HKD 1.0762 93 1.05
CNH/HUF 49.5045 202 2.29
CNH/JPY 19.96 501 5.67
CNH/MXN 2.7344 37 0.41
CNH/THB 4.5690 2189 24.76
CNH/TRY 5.3632 19 0.21
CNH/ZAR 2.5394 39 0.45
CZK/HUF 16.1948 62 0.7
CZK/JPY 6.52 153 1.73
CZK/THB 1.4921 7 0.08
CZK/TRY 1.7531 6 0.06
DGE/USD 0.1695 58997 667.54
DKK/AED 0.5566 180 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2344 43 0.48
DKK/CNH 1.0918 92 1.04
DKK/CZK 3.3393 299 3.39
DKK/HKD 1.1751 85 0.96
DKK/HUF 54.0800 185 2.09
DKK/ILS 0.5484 182 2.06
DKK/JPY 21.79 5 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.9861 33 0.38
DKK/RON 0.6673 150 1.7
DKK/SAR 0.5686 176 1.99
DKK/THB 4.9850 2006 22.7
DKK/TRY 5.8537 17 0.19
DKK/ZAR 2.7695 36 0.41
DSH/USD 21.7150 461 5.21
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 534.98
EOS/USD 0.7093 1410 15.95
ETC/USD 15.9600 6266 70.9
ETH/CHF 1 487.8000 672 7.61
ETH/EUR 1 599.0500 625 7.08
ETH/GBP 1 360.6500 735 8.32
ETH/USD 1 809.1000 553 6.25
EUR/AED 4.1555 24 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7492 57 0.65
EUR/CAD 1.5641 64 0.72
EUR/CHF 0.9303 107 1.22
EUR/CNH 8.1483 12 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.9195 40 0.45
EUR/DKK 7.4623 13 0.15
EUR/GBP 0.8511 117 1.33
EUR/HKD 8.7690 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 403.5630 25 0.28
EUR/ILS 4.0926 24 0.28
EUR/JPY 162.60 62 0.7
EUR/MXN 22.2808 4 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.7571 9 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.8963 53 0.6
EUR/PLN 4.2688 23 0.27
EUR/RON 4.9795 20 0.23
EUR/SAR 4.2427 24 0.27
EUR/SEK 10.9367 9 0.1
EUR/SGD 1.4593 69 0.78
EUR/THB 37.2050 269 3.04
EUR/TRY 43.6839 2 0.03
EUR/USD 1.1315 88 1
EUR/ZAR 20.6869 5 0.05
GBP/AED 4.8812 20 0.23
GBP/AUD 2.0555 49 0.55
GBP/CAD 1.8382 54 0.62
GBP/CHF 1.0932 91 1.04
GBP/CNH 9.5751 10 0.12
GBP/CZK 29.2796 34 0.39
GBP/DKK 8.7679 11 0.13
GBP/HKD 10.3031 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 474.1860 21 0.24
GBP/ILS 4.8094 21 0.24
GBP/JPY 191.07 52 0.59
GBP/MXN 26.1817 4 0.04
GBP/NOK 13.8154 7 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.2283 45 0.51
GBP/PLN 5.0156 20 0.23
GBP/RON 5.8516 17 0.19
GBP/SAR 4.9858 20 0.23
GBP/SEK 12.8509 8 0.09
GBP/SGD 1.7153 58 0.66
GBP/THB 43.7165 229 2.59
GBP/TRY 51.3279 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3296 75 0.85
GBP/ZAR 24.2968 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.8419 352 3.98
HKD/HUF 46.0225 217 2.46
HKD/JPY 18.54 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.5411 39 0.45
HKD/THB 4.2490 2353 26.63
HKD/TRY 4.9816 20 0.23
HKD/ZAR 2.3568 42 0.48
ILS/AED 1.0149 99 1.11
ILS/CNH 1.9910 50 0.57
ILS/CZK 6.0895 164 1.86
ILS/HKD 2.1427 47 0.53
ILS/HUF 98.6035 101 1.15
ILS/JPY 39.73 252 2.85
ILS/MXN 5.4449 18 0.21
ILS/RON 1.2167 82 0.93
ILS/SAR 1.0367 96 1.09
ILS/THB 9.0990 1099 12.44
ILS/TRY 10.6748 9 0.11
ILS/ZAR 5.0502 20 0.22
IOT/USD 0.2050 48780 551.94
JPY/HUF 2.48 40 0.46
LNK/USD 13.5945 736 8.32
LTC/CHF 67.9000 14728 166.64
LTC/EUR 72.9500 13708 155.1
LTC/GBP 62.0500 16116 182.35
LTC/USD 82.5500 12114 137.07
MAN/USD 0.2965 33727 381.61
MAT/USD 0.2225 44944 508.53
MKR/USD 1 535.6550 65 0.74
MXN/CHF 0.0418 239 2.71
MXN/CZK 1.1184 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 18.1258 55 0.62
MXN/JPY 7.30 14 0.16
MXN/THB 1.6746 6 0.07
MXN/TRY 1.9610 51 0.58
NEO/USD 5.7200 17483 197.81
NOK/AED 0.3532 283 3.2
NOK/CNH 0.6930 144 1.63
NOK/CZK 2.1191 472 5.34
NOK/DKK 0.6344 158 1.78
NOK/HKD 0.7455 134 1.52
NOK/HUF 34.3070 291 3.3
NOK/ILS 0.3480 287 3.25
NOK/JPY 13.83 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8951 53 0.6
NOK/RON 0.4235 236 2.67
NOK/SAR 0.3608 277 3.14
NOK/SEK 0.9297 108 1.22
NOK/THB 3.1655 3159 35.74
NOK/TRY 3.7137 27 0.3
NOK/ZAR 1.7583 57 0.64
NZD/AED 2.1909 46 0.52
NZD/AUD 0.9225 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8249 121 1.37
NZD/CHF 0.4905 204 2.31
NZD/CNH 4.2986 23 0.26
NZD/CZK 13.1422 76 0.86
NZD/DKK 3.9353 25 0.29
NZD/HKD 4.6245 2162 24.47
NZD/HUF 212.8200 47 0.53
NZD/ILS 2.1582 46 0.52
NZD/JPY 85.77 117 1.32
NZD/MXN 11.7533 9 0.1
NZD/NOK 6.2032 16 0.18
NZD/PLN 2.2496 44 0.5
NZD/RON 2.6260 38 0.43
NZD/SAR 2.2383 45 0.51
NZD/SEK 5.7675 17 0.2
NZD/SGD 0.7698 130 1.47
NZD/THB 19.6325 509 5.76
NZD/TRY 23.0362 4 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5968 168 1.9
NZD/ZAR 10.9123 9 0.1
PLN/AED 0.9738 103 1.16
PLN/CNH 1.9084 52 0.59
PLN/CZK 5.8409 171 1.94
PLN/DKK 1.7481 57 0.65
PLN/HKD 2.0542 49 0.55
PLN/HUF 94.5920 106 1.2
PLN/ILS 0.9595 104 1.18
PLN/JPY 38.09 263 2.97
PLN/MXN 5.2184 19 0.22
PLN/NOK 2.7556 36 0.41
PLN/RON 1.1676 86 0.97
PLN/SAR 0.9942 101 1.14
PLN/SEK 2.5638 39 0.44
PLN/THB 8.7248 11 0.13
PLN/TRY 10.2391 10 0.11
PLN/ZAR 4.8476 21 0.23
RON/CNH 1.6363 61 0.69
RON/CZK 5.0049 200 2.26
RON/HKD 1.7611 57 0.64
RON/HUF 81.0220 123 1.4
RON/JPY 32.65 306 3.47
RON/MXN 4.4750 22 0.25
RON/THB 7.4730 1338 15.14
RON/TRY 8.7766 11 0.13
RON/ZAR 4.1521 24 0.27
SAR/CNH 1.9205 52 0.59
SAR/CZK 5.8741 170 1.93
SAR/HKD 2.0668 48 0.55
SAR/HUF 95.0580 105 1.19
SAR/JPY 38.32 261 2.95
SAR/MXN 5.2514 19 0.22
SAR/RON 1.1737 85 0.96
SAR/THB 8.7790 1139 12.89
SAR/TRY 10.2966 10 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.8750 21 0.23
SEK/AED 0.3799 263 2.98
SEK/CNH 0.7452 134 1.52
SEK/CZK 2.2787 439 4.97
SEK/DKK 0.6824 147 1.66
SEK/HKD 0.8018 125 1.41
SEK/HUF 36.8990 271 3.07
SEK/ILS 0.3742 267 3.02
SEK/JPY 14.87 7 0.08
SEK/MXN 2.0380 49 0.56
SEK/RON 0.4554 220 2.48
SEK/SAR 0.3880 258 2.92
SEK/THB 3.4015 2940 33.26
SEK/TRY 3.9943 25 0.28
SEK/ZAR 1.8909 53 0.6
SGD/AED 2.8457 35 0.4
SGD/CNH 5.5845 18 0.2
SGD/CZK 17.0732 59 0.66
SGD/DKK 5.1137 20 0.22
SGD/HKD 6.0089 17 0.19
SGD/HUF 276.4720 36 0.41
SGD/ILS 2.8040 36 0.4
SGD/JPY 111.39 90 1.02
SGD/MXN 15.2723 7 0.07
SGD/NOK 8.0580 12 0.14
SGD/PLN 2.9256 34 0.39
SGD/RON 3.4128 29 0.33
SGD/SAR 2.9073 34 0.39
SGD/SEK 7.4922 13 0.15
SGD/THB 25.5105 392 4.44
SGD/TRY 29.9270 3 0.04
SGD/ZAR 14.1696 7 0.08
THB/HUF 10.8446 9 0.1
THB/JPY 4.38 23 0.26
TRX/USD 0.2476 404 4.57
TRY/AUD 0.0401 250 2.82
TRY/HUF 9.2385 1082 12.25
TRY/JPY 3.72 2687 30.4
TRY/SEK 0.2504 399 4.52
TRY/THB 0.8527 117 1.33
UNI/USD 4.9355 2026 22.93
USD/AED 3.6710 27 0.31
USD/AUD 1.5458 6 0.07
USD/CAD 1.3825 72 0.82
USD/CHF 0.8222 122 1.38
USD/CNH 7.2014 14 0.16
USD/CZK 22.0261 45 0.51
USD/DKK 6.5954 15 0.17
USD/EUR 0.8838 11 0.13
USD/GBP 0.7521 13 0.15
USD/HKD 7.7501 13 0.15
USD/HUF 356.5145 28 0.32
USD/ILS 3.6170 28 0.31
USD/JPY 143.70 70 0.79
USD/MXN 19.6916 5 0.06
USD/NOK 10.3922 10 0.11
USD/NZD 1.6755 60 0.68
USD/PLN 3.7717 27 0.3
USD/RON 4.4009 23 0.26
USD/SAR 3.7498 27 0.3
USD/SEK 9.6637 10 0.12
USD/SGD 1.2895 78 0.88
USD/THB 32.9265 30 0.34
USD/TRY 38.5801 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 18.2870 5 0.06
UST/CHF 0.8242 121 1.37
UST/EUR 0.8859 113 1.28
UST/GBP 0.7538 133 1.5
UST/USD 1.0023 100 1.13
XLM/CHF 0.2126 470 5.32
XLM/EUR 0.2285 438 4.95
XLM/GBP 0.1944 514 5.82
XLM/USD 0.2585 387 4.38
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.62
XRP/USD 2.1260 4704 53.22
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 927.45
YFI/USD 5 219.1000 192 2.17
ZAR/CZK 1.2060 829 9.38
ZAR/HUF 19.5115 513 5.8
ZAR/JPY 7.86 1272 14.39
ZAR/MXN 1.0771 93 1.05
ZAR/THB 1.8000 5556 62.86
ZAR/TRY 2.1155 47 0.53

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 Statistiche per 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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