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 0.8090 12361 144
AED/CNH 1.9447 51 0.6
AED/CZK 5.7186 175 2.04
AED/HKD 2.1240 47 0.55
AED/HUF 91.8030 109 1.27
AED/JPY 40.42 247 2.88
AED/MXN 5.1033 20 0.23
AED/RON 1.1874 84 0.98
AED/SAR 1.0216 98 1.14
AED/THB 8.7970 1137 13.24
AED/TRY 11.2456 9 0.1
AED/ZAR 4.8433 21 0.24
AUD/AED 2.3929 42 0.49
AUD/CAD 0.9006 111 1.29
AUD/CHF 0.5250 190 2.22
AUD/CNH 4.6521 21 0.25
AUD/CZK 13.6788 73 0.85
AUD/DKK 4.1764 24 0.28
AUD/HKD 5.0844 20 0.23
AUD/HUF 219.8500 45 0.53
AUD/ILS 2.1827 46 0.53
AUD/JPY 96.78 103 1.2
AUD/MXN 12.2176 8 0.1
AUD/NOK 6.5758 15 0.18
AUD/NZD 1.1149 90 1.04
AUD/PLN 2.3782 42 0.49
AUD/RON 2.8403 35 0.41
AUD/SAR 2.4473 41 0.48
AUD/SEK 6.1648 16 0.19
AUD/SGD 0.8405 119 1.39
AUD/THB 21.0325 475 5.54
AUD/TRY 26.8203 4 0.04
AUD/USD 0.6517 153 1.79
AUD/ZAR 11.5928 9 0.1
AVE/USD 308.3075 32 0.38
BAT/USD 0.1496 668 7.79
BCH/CHF 475.5500 2103 24.5
BCH/EUR 506.5500 1974 23
BCH/GBP 439.2000 2277 26.53
BCH/USD 590.0000 1695 19.75
BTC/CHF 89 009.4500 11 0.13
BTC/EUR 94 821.0500 11 0.12
BTC/GBP 82 210.5500 12 0.14
BTC/USD 110 432.4000 9 0.11
CAD/AED 2.6572 38 0.44
CAD/CHF 0.5830 172 2
CAD/CNH 5.1656 19 0.23
CAD/CZK 15.1897 66 0.77
CAD/DKK 4.6375 22 0.25
CAD/HKD 5.6462 18 0.21
CAD/HUF 244.0775 41 0.48
CAD/ILS 2.4238 41 0.48
CAD/JPY 107.49 93 1.08
CAD/MXN 13.5602 7 0.09
CAD/NOK 7.3001 14 0.16
CAD/PLN 2.6405 38 0.44
CAD/RON 3.1541 32 0.37
CAD/SAR 2.7182 37 0.43
CAD/SEK 6.8485 15 0.17
CAD/SGD 0.9335 107 1.25
CAD/THB 23.3625 428 4.99
CAD/TRY 29.7790 3 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7237 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 12.8743 8 0.09
CHF/AED 4.5591 22 0.26
CHF/CNH 8.8599 11 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.0477 38 0.45
CHF/DKK 7.9526 13 0.15
CHF/EUR 1.0654 94 1.09
CHF/HKD 9.6819 10 0.12
CHF/HUF 418.5560 24 0.28
CHF/ILS 4.1573 24 0.28
CHF/JPY 184.31 54 0.63
CHF/MXN 23.2576 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.5185 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.5280 22 0.26
CHF/RON 5.4098 18 0.22
CHF/SAR 4.6617 21 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.7443 9 0.1
CHF/SGD 1.6010 62 0.73
CHF/THB 40.0530 250 2.91
CHF/TRY 51.2265 2 0.02
CHF/USD 1.2413 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 22.0626 5 0.05
CMP/USD 42.0000 2381 27.74
CNH/CZK 2.9406 340 3.96
CNH/HKD 1.0930 91 1.07
CNH/HUF 47.2310 212 2.47
CNH/JPY 20.81 481 5.6
CNH/MXN 2.6251 38 0.44
CNH/THB 4.5245 2210 25.75
CNH/TRY 5.7821 17 0.2
CNH/ZAR 2.4909 40 0.47
CZK/HUF 16.0700 62 0.72
CZK/JPY 7.07 141 1.65
CZK/THB 1.5383 7 0.08
CZK/TRY 1.9669 5 0.06
DGE/USD 0.2125 47059 548.23
DKK/AED 0.5732 174 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2394 42 0.49
DKK/CNH 1.1138 90 1.05
DKK/CZK 3.2758 305 3.56
DKK/HKD 1.2174 82 0.96
DKK/HUF 52.6365 190 2.21
DKK/ILS 0.5226 191 2.23
DKK/JPY 23.17 4 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.9239 34 0.4
DKK/RON 0.6801 147 1.71
DKK/SAR 0.5859 171 1.99
DKK/THB 5.0375 1985 23.13
DKK/TRY 6.4410 16 0.18
DKK/ZAR 2.7748 36 0.42
DSH/USD 23.2580 430 5.01
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 550.82
ETC/USD 20.1750 4957 57.74
ETH/CHF 3 471.2500 288 3.36
ETH/EUR 3 697.7000 270 3.15
ETH/GBP 3 205.3000 312 3.63
ETH/USD 4 305.5500 232 2.71
EUR/AED 4.2790 23 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7874 56 0.65
EUR/CAD 1.6096 62 0.72
EUR/CHF 0.9387 107 1.24
EUR/CNH 8.3146 12 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.4523 41 0.48
EUR/DKK 7.4649 13 0.16
EUR/GBP 0.8671 115 1.34
EUR/HKD 9.0875 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 392.9165 25 0.3
EUR/ILS 3.9013 26 0.3
EUR/JPY 172.98 58 0.67
EUR/MXN 21.8262 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.7501 9 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.9928 50 0.58
EUR/PLN 4.2495 24 0.27
EUR/RON 5.0768 20 0.23
EUR/SAR 4.3736 23 0.27
EUR/SEK 11.0230 9 0.11
EUR/SGD 1.5026 67 0.78
EUR/THB 37.5995 266 3.1
EUR/TRY 48.0807 2 0.02
EUR/USD 1.1650 86 1
EUR/ZAR 20.7143 5 0.06
GBP/AED 4.9348 20 0.24
GBP/AUD 2.0612 49 0.57
GBP/CAD 1.8563 54 0.63
GBP/CHF 1.0823 92 1.08
GBP/CNH 9.5880 10 0.12
GBP/CZK 28.1979 35 0.41
GBP/DKK 8.6086 12 0.14
GBP/HKD 10.4798 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 453.1155 22 0.26
GBP/ILS 4.4990 22 0.26
GBP/JPY 199.47 50 0.58
GBP/MXN 25.1698 4 0.05
GBP/NOK 13.5508 7 0.09
GBP/NZD 2.2980 44 0.51
GBP/PLN 4.9006 20 0.24
GBP/RON 5.8545 17 0.2
GBP/SAR 5.0436 20 0.23
GBP/SEK 12.7118 8 0.09
GBP/SGD 1.7328 58 0.67
GBP/THB 43.3655 231 2.69
GBP/TRY 55.4469 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3433 74 0.87
GBP/ZAR 23.8877 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.6906 372 4.33
HKD/HUF 43.2345 231 2.69
HKD/JPY 19.04 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.4018 42 0.49
HKD/THB 4.1420 2414 28.13
HKD/TRY 5.2897 19 0.22
HKD/ZAR 2.2785 44 0.51
ILS/AED 1.0962 91 1.06
ILS/CNH 2.1311 47 0.55
ILS/CZK 6.2670 160 1.86
ILS/HKD 2.3298 43 0.5
ILS/HUF 100.5870 99 1.16
ILS/JPY 44.34 226 2.63
ILS/MXN 5.5957 18 0.21
ILS/RON 1.3013 77 0.9
ILS/SAR 1.1213 89 1.04
ILS/THB 9.6265 1039 12.1
ILS/TRY 12.3254 8 0.09
ILS/ZAR 5.3084 19 0.22
JPY/HUF 2.27 44 0.51
LNK/USD 22.4705 445 5.18
LTC/CHF 89.2500 11204 130.53
LTC/EUR 95.0500 10521 122.57
LTC/GBP 82.4000 12136 141.38
LTC/USD 110.7000 9033 105.24
MAN/USD 0.2965 33727 392.91
MAT/USD 0.2760 36232 422.1
MKR/USD 1 742.3050 57 0.67
MXN/CHF 0.0430 233 2.71
MXN/CZK 1.1201 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 17.9954 56 0.65
MXN/JPY 7.92 13 0.15
MXN/THB 1.7223 6 0.07
MXN/TRY 2.2026 45 0.53
NEO/USD 6.3900 15649 182.31
NOK/AED 0.3639 275 3.2
NOK/CNH 0.7076 141 1.65
NOK/CZK 2.0810 481 5.6
NOK/DKK 0.6353 157 1.83
NOK/HKD 0.7734 129 1.51
NOK/HUF 33.4360 299 3.48
NOK/ILS 0.3320 301 3.51
NOK/JPY 14.72 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8575 54 0.63
NOK/RON 0.4321 231 2.7
NOK/SAR 0.3723 269 3.13
NOK/SEK 0.9382 107 1.24
NOK/THB 3.2010 3124 36.39
NOK/TRY 4.0933 24 0.28
NOK/ZAR 1.7623 57 0.66
NZD/AED 2.1455 47 0.54
NZD/AUD 0.8969 11 0.13
NZD/CAD 0.8077 124 1.44
NZD/CHF 0.4709 212 2.47
NZD/CNH 4.1724 24 0.28
NZD/CZK 12.2692 82 0.95
NZD/DKK 3.7459 27 0.31
NZD/HKD 4.5605 2193 25.55
NZD/HUF 197.1495 51 0.59
NZD/ILS 1.9578 51 0.6
NZD/JPY 86.80 115 1.34
NZD/MXN 10.9535 9 0.11
NZD/NOK 5.8966 17 0.2
NZD/PLN 2.1328 47 0.55
NZD/RON 2.5476 39 0.46
NZD/SAR 2.1954 46 0.53
NZD/SEK 5.5318 18 0.21
NZD/SGD 0.7540 133 1.55
NZD/THB 18.8570 530 6.18
NZD/TRY 24.1263 4 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5846 171 1.99
NZD/ZAR 10.3948 10 0.11
PLN/AED 1.0063 99 1.16
PLN/CNH 1.9561 51 0.6
PLN/CZK 5.7531 174 2.02
PLN/DKK 1.7567 57 0.66
PLN/HKD 2.1382 47 0.54
PLN/HUF 92.4465 108 1.26
PLN/ILS 0.9178 109 1.27
PLN/JPY 40.71 246 2.86
PLN/MXN 5.1347 19 0.23
PLN/NOK 2.7646 36 0.42
PLN/RON 1.1944 84 0.98
PLN/SAR 1.0291 97 1.13
PLN/SEK 2.5938 39 0.45
PLN/THB 8.8432 11 0.13
PLN/TRY 11.3101 9 0.1
PLN/ZAR 4.8761 21 0.24
RON/CNH 1.6378 61 0.71
RON/CZK 4.8160 208 2.42
RON/HKD 1.7901 56 0.65
RON/HUF 77.3705 129 1.51
RON/JPY 34.07 293 3.42
RON/MXN 4.2992 23 0.27
RON/THB 7.4060 1350 15.73
RON/TRY 9.4694 11 0.12
RON/ZAR 4.0794 25 0.29
SAR/CNH 1.9006 53 0.61
SAR/CZK 5.5899 179 2.08
SAR/HKD 2.0782 48 0.56
SAR/HUF 89.8680 111 1.3
SAR/JPY 39.55 253 2.95
SAR/MXN 4.9900 20 0.23
SAR/RON 1.1606 86 1
SAR/THB 8.6105 1161 13.53
SAR/TRY 11.0001 9 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.7346 21 0.25
SEK/AED 0.3878 258 3
SEK/CNH 0.7543 133 1.54
SEK/CZK 2.2183 451 5.25
SEK/DKK 0.6772 148 1.72
SEK/HKD 0.8245 121 1.41
SEK/HUF 35.6460 281 3.27
SEK/ILS 0.3539 283 3.29
SEK/JPY 15.69 6 0.07
SEK/MXN 1.9800 51 0.59
SEK/RON 0.4606 217 2.53
SEK/SAR 0.3968 252 2.94
SEK/THB 3.4085 2934 34.18
SEK/TRY 4.3619 23 0.27
SEK/ZAR 1.8801 53 0.62
SGD/AED 2.8476 35 0.41
SGD/CNH 5.5337 18 0.21
SGD/CZK 16.2732 61 0.72
SGD/DKK 4.9681 20 0.23
SGD/HKD 6.0479 17 0.19
SGD/HUF 261.5015 38 0.45
SGD/ILS 2.5965 39 0.45
SGD/JPY 115.11 87 1.01
SGD/MXN 14.5261 7 0.08
SGD/NOK 7.8203 13 0.15
SGD/PLN 2.8281 35 0.41
SGD/RON 3.3788 30 0.34
SGD/SAR 2.9106 34 0.4
SGD/SEK 7.3354 14 0.16
SGD/THB 25.0425 399 4.65
SGD/TRY 32.0043 3 0.04
SGD/ZAR 13.7814 7 0.08
THB/HUF 10.4476 10 0.11
THB/JPY 4.60 22 0.25
TRX/USD 0.3352 298 3.48
TRY/AUD 0.0373 268 3.12
TRY/HUF 8.1725 1224 14.25
TRY/JPY 3.60 2778 32.37
TRY/SEK 0.2293 436 5.08
TRY/THB 0.7827 128 1.49
UNI/USD 9.2770 1078 12.56
USD/AED 3.6698 27 0.32
USD/AUD 1.5344 7 0.08
USD/CAD 1.3818 72 0.84
USD/CHF 0.8056 124 1.45
USD/CNH 7.1370 14 0.16
USD/CZK 20.9904 48 0.56
USD/DKK 6.4083 16 0.18
USD/EUR 0.8584 12 0.14
USD/GBP 0.7444 13 0.16
USD/HKD 7.8009 13 0.15
USD/HUF 337.1795 30 0.35
USD/ILS 3.3489 30 0.35
USD/JPY 148.49 67 0.78
USD/MXN 18.7354 5 0.06
USD/NOK 10.0863 10 0.12
USD/NZD 1.7105 58 0.68
USD/PLN 3.6489 27 0.32
USD/RON 4.3579 23 0.27
USD/SAR 3.7550 27 0.31
USD/SEK 9.4638 11 0.12
USD/SGD 1.2898 78 0.9
USD/THB 32.3090 31 0.36
USD/TRY 41.1522 2 0.03
USD/ZAR 17.7860 6 0.07
UST/CHF 0.8074 124 1.44
UST/EUR 0.8601 116 1.35
UST/GBP 0.7457 134 1.56
UST/USD 1.0017 100 1.16
XLM/CHF 0.2845 351 4.09
XLM/EUR 0.3031 330 3.84
XLM/GBP 0.2628 381 4.43
XLM/USD 0.3530 283 3.3
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.63
XRP/USD 2.8010 3570 41.59
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 954.91
YFI/USD 5 159.6500 194 2.26
ZAR/CZK 1.1801 847 9.87
ZAR/HUF 18.9735 527 6.14
ZAR/JPY 8.35 1198 13.96
ZAR/MXN 1.0541 95 1.11
ZAR/THB 1.8180 5501 64.08
ZAR/TRY 2.3216 43 0.5

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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