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 0.7600 13158 150.08
AED/CNH 1.9635 51 0.58
AED/CZK 5.8727 170 1.94
AED/HKD 2.1371 47 0.53
AED/HUF 95.4115 105 1.2
AED/JPY 40.71 246 2.8
AED/MXN 5.1392 19 0.22
AED/RON 1.2113 83 0.94
AED/SAR 1.0212 98 1.12
AED/THB 8.8890 1125 12.83
AED/TRY 11.0634 9 0.1
AED/ZAR 4.9027 20 0.23
AUD/AED 2.3632 42 0.48
AUD/CAD 0.8896 112 1.28
AUD/CHF 0.5241 191 2.18
AUD/CNH 4.6397 22 0.25
AUD/CZK 13.8791 72 0.82
AUD/DKK 4.2101 24 0.27
AUD/HKD 5.0504 20 0.23
AUD/HUF 225.7800 44 0.51
AUD/ILS 2.1767 46 0.52
AUD/JPY 96.17 104 1.19
AUD/MXN 12.1468 8 0.09
AUD/NOK 6.6490 15 0.17
AUD/NZD 1.0913 92 1.05
AUD/PLN 2.4110 41 0.47
AUD/RON 2.8625 35 0.4
AUD/SAR 2.4125 41 0.47
AUD/SEK 6.3038 16 0.18
AUD/SGD 0.8344 120 1.37
AUD/THB 21.0980 474 5.41
AUD/TRY 26.1156 4 0.04
AUD/USD 0.6434 155 1.77
AUD/ZAR 11.5856 9 0.1
AVE/USD 273.2475 37 0.42
BAT/USD 0.1677 596 6.8
BCH/CHF 463.6000 2157 24.6
BCH/EUR 498.7000 2005 22.87
BCH/GBP 429.8000 2327 26.54
BCH/USD 568.7000 1758 20.06
BTC/CHF 95 515.6500 10 0.12
BTC/EUR 102 741.8500 10 0.11
BTC/GBP 88 544.2000 11 0.13
BTC/USD 117 179.7000 9 0.1
CAD/AED 2.6561 38 0.43
CAD/CHF 0.5892 170 1.94
CAD/CNH 5.2155 19 0.22
CAD/CZK 15.6004 64 0.73
CAD/DKK 4.7325 21 0.24
CAD/HKD 5.6770 18 0.2
CAD/HUF 253.7885 39 0.45
CAD/ILS 2.4466 41 0.47
CAD/JPY 108.13 92 1.05
CAD/MXN 13.6532 7 0.08
CAD/NOK 7.4626 13 0.15
CAD/PLN 2.7103 37 0.42
CAD/RON 3.2174 31 0.35
CAD/SAR 2.7124 37 0.42
CAD/SEK 7.0846 14 0.16
CAD/SGD 0.9376 107 1.22
CAD/THB 23.6450 423 4.82
CAD/TRY 29.3313 3 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7232 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 13.0231 8 0.09
CHF/AED 4.5074 22 0.25
CHF/CNH 8.8497 11 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.4726 38 0.43
CHF/DKK 8.0288 12 0.14
CHF/EUR 1.0758 93 1.06
CHF/HKD 9.6299 10 0.12
CHF/HUF 430.8010 23 0.26
CHF/ILS 4.1520 24 0.27
CHF/JPY 183.43 55 0.62
CHF/MXN 23.1828 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.6647 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.6007 22 0.25
CHF/RON 5.4610 18 0.21
CHF/SAR 4.6028 22 0.25
CHF/SEK 12.0213 8 0.09
CHF/SGD 1.5909 63 0.72
CHF/THB 40.2870 248 2.83
CHF/TRY 50.0039 2 0.02
CHF/USD 1.2275 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 22.0913 5 0.05
CMP/USD 46.6600 2143 24.44
CNH/CZK 2.9910 334 3.81
CNH/HKD 1.0885 92 1.05
CNH/HUF 48.6015 206 2.35
CNH/JPY 20.73 482 5.5
CNH/MXN 2.6180 38 0.44
CNH/THB 4.5300 2208 25.18
CNH/TRY 5.6345 18 0.2
CNH/ZAR 2.4955 40 0.46
CZK/HUF 16.2698 61 0.7
CZK/JPY 6.93 144 1.65
CZK/THB 1.5237 7 0.07
CZK/TRY 1.8834 5 0.06
DGE/USD 0.2175 45977 524.41
DKK/AED 0.5612 178 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2375 42 0.48
DKK/CNH 1.1020 91 1.04
DKK/CZK 3.2965 303 3.46
DKK/HKD 1.1995 83 0.95
DKK/HUF 53.6335 186 2.13
DKK/ILS 0.5169 193 2.21
DKK/JPY 22.84 4 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.8844 35 0.4
DKK/RON 0.6798 147 1.68
DKK/SAR 0.5732 174 1.99
DKK/THB 5.0230 1991 22.71
DKK/TRY 6.2082 16 0.18
DKK/ZAR 2.7516 36 0.41
DSH/USD 21.1580 473 5.39
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 539.29
ETC/USD 21.2450 4707 53.69
ETH/CHF 3 073.5000 325 3.71
ETH/EUR 3 306.1000 302 3.45
ETH/GBP 2 849.3500 351 4
ETH/USD 3 770.5000 265 3.03
EUR/AED 4.1890 24 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7732 56 0.64
EUR/CAD 1.5772 63 0.72
EUR/CHF 0.9295 108 1.23
EUR/CNH 8.2248 12 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.6045 41 0.46
EUR/DKK 7.4637 13 0.15
EUR/GBP 0.8616 116 1.32
EUR/HKD 8.9531 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 400.3080 25 0.28
EUR/ILS 3.8585 26 0.3
EUR/JPY 170.51 59 0.67
EUR/MXN 21.5300 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.7699 8 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.9348 52 0.59
EUR/PLN 4.2751 23 0.27
EUR/RON 5.0741 20 0.22
EUR/SAR 4.2784 23 0.27
EUR/SEK 11.1738 9 0.1
EUR/SGD 1.4787 68 0.77
EUR/THB 37.4780 267 3.04
EUR/TRY 46.3369 2 0.02
EUR/USD 1.1406 88 1
EUR/ZAR 20.5236 5 0.06
GBP/AED 4.8627 21 0.23
GBP/AUD 2.0576 49 0.55
GBP/CAD 1.8307 55 0.62
GBP/CHF 1.0787 93 1.06
GBP/CNH 9.5445 10 0.12
GBP/CZK 28.5584 35 0.4
GBP/DKK 8.6633 12 0.13
GBP/HKD 10.3899 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 464.5735 22 0.25
GBP/ILS 4.4786 22 0.25
GBP/JPY 197.91 51 0.58
GBP/MXN 24.9876 4 0.05
GBP/NOK 13.6630 7 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.2454 45 0.51
GBP/PLN 4.9617 20 0.23
GBP/RON 5.8893 17 0.19
GBP/SAR 4.9655 20 0.23
GBP/SEK 12.9710 8 0.09
GBP/SGD 1.7161 58 0.66
GBP/THB 43.3835 231 2.63
GBP/TRY 53.7812 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3235 76 0.86
GBP/ZAR 23.8185 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.7483 364 4.15
HKD/HUF 44.7180 224 2.55
HKD/JPY 19.05 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.4048 42 0.47
HKD/THB 4.1595 2404 27.42
HKD/TRY 5.1751 19 0.22
HKD/ZAR 2.2923 44 0.5
ILS/AED 1.0857 92 1.05
ILS/CNH 2.1316 47 0.54
ILS/CZK 6.3760 157 1.79
ILS/HKD 2.3203 43 0.49
ILS/HUF 103.7400 96 1.1
ILS/JPY 44.19 226 2.58
ILS/MXN 5.5800 18 0.2
ILS/RON 1.3150 76 0.87
ILS/SAR 1.1083 90 1.03
ILS/THB 9.6820 1033 11.78
ILS/TRY 12.0108 8 0.09
ILS/ZAR 5.3188 19 0.21
JPY/HUF 2.35 43 0.49
LNK/USD 17.5490 570 6.5
LTC/CHF 89.6000 11161 127.3
LTC/EUR 96.4000 10373 118.32
LTC/GBP 83.1000 12034 137.26
LTC/USD 109.9000 9099 103.78
MAN/USD 0.2920 34247 390.61
MAT/USD 0.2160 46296 528.05
MKR/USD 2 033.3900 49 0.56
MXN/CHF 0.0431 232 2.64
MXN/CZK 1.1425 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 18.5846 54 0.61
MXN/JPY 7.92 13 0.14
MXN/THB 1.7374 6 0.07
MXN/TRY 2.1527 46 0.53
NEO/USD 6.2950 15886 181.19
NOK/AED 0.3558 281 3.21
NOK/CNH 0.6987 143 1.63
NOK/CZK 2.0904 478 5.46
NOK/DKK 0.6342 158 1.8
NOK/HKD 0.7604 132 1.5
NOK/HUF 34.0025 294 3.35
NOK/ILS 0.3277 305 3.48
NOK/JPY 14.49 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8287 55 0.62
NOK/RON 0.4310 232 2.65
NOK/SAR 0.3633 275 3.14
NOK/SEK 0.9494 105 1.2
NOK/THB 3.1830 3142 35.83
NOK/TRY 3.9355 25 0.29
NOK/ZAR 1.7431 57 0.65
NZD/AED 2.1653 46 0.53
NZD/AUD 0.9163 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8148 123 1.4
NZD/CHF 0.4802 208 2.38
NZD/CNH 4.2506 24 0.27
NZD/CZK 12.7167 79 0.9
NZD/DKK 3.8577 26 0.3
NZD/HKD 4.6270 2161 24.65
NZD/HUF 206.8665 48 0.55
NZD/ILS 1.9946 50 0.57
NZD/JPY 88.10 114 1.29
NZD/MXN 11.1275 9 0.1
NZD/NOK 6.0837 16 0.19
NZD/PLN 2.2094 45 0.52
NZD/RON 2.6228 38 0.43
NZD/SAR 2.2107 45 0.52
NZD/SEK 5.7755 17 0.2
NZD/SGD 0.7642 131 1.49
NZD/THB 19.3345 517 5.9
NZD/TRY 23.9497 4 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5894 170 1.94
NZD/ZAR 10.6123 9 0.11
PLN/AED 0.9802 102 1.16
PLN/CNH 1.9241 52 0.59
PLN/CZK 5.7561 174 1.98
PLN/DKK 1.7459 57 0.65
PLN/HKD 2.0944 48 0.54
PLN/HUF 93.6435 107 1.22
PLN/ILS 0.9027 111 1.26
PLN/JPY 39.89 251 2.86
PLN/MXN 5.0373 20 0.23
PLN/NOK 2.7537 36 0.41
PLN/RON 1.1871 84 0.96
PLN/SAR 1.0004 100 1.14
PLN/SEK 2.6143 38 0.44
PLN/THB 8.7815 11 0.13
PLN/TRY 10.8433 9 0.11
PLN/ZAR 4.8040 21 0.24
RON/CNH 1.6209 62 0.7
RON/CZK 4.8483 206 2.35
RON/HKD 1.7644 57 0.65
RON/HUF 78.9050 127 1.45
RON/JPY 33.61 298 3.39
RON/MXN 4.2431 24 0.27
RON/THB 7.3885 1353 15.44
RON/TRY 9.1331 11 0.12
RON/ZAR 4.0447 25 0.28
SAR/CNH 1.9229 52 0.59
SAR/CZK 5.7523 174 1.98
SAR/HKD 2.0921 48 0.55
SAR/HUF 93.4390 107 1.22
SAR/JPY 39.85 251 2.86
SAR/MXN 5.0367 20 0.23
SAR/RON 1.1867 84 0.96
SAR/THB 8.7015 1149 13.11
SAR/TRY 10.8652 9 0.1
SAR/ZAR 4.8008 21 0.24
SEK/AED 0.3750 267 3.04
SEK/CNH 0.7362 136 1.55
SEK/CZK 2.2020 454 5.18
SEK/DKK 0.6680 150 1.71
SEK/HKD 0.8012 125 1.42
SEK/HUF 35.8170 279 3.18
SEK/ILS 0.3454 290 3.3
SEK/JPY 15.26 7 0.07
SEK/MXN 1.9271 52 0.59
SEK/RON 0.4542 220 2.51
SEK/SAR 0.3829 261 2.98
SEK/THB 3.3580 2978 33.97
SEK/TRY 4.1488 24 0.27
SEK/ZAR 1.8384 54 0.62
SGD/AED 2.8321 35 0.4
SGD/CNH 5.5630 18 0.21
SGD/CZK 16.6372 60 0.69
SGD/DKK 5.0495 20 0.23
SGD/HKD 6.0537 17 0.19
SGD/HUF 270.6590 37 0.42
SGD/ILS 2.6087 38 0.44
SGD/JPY 115.30 87 0.99
SGD/MXN 14.5632 7 0.08
SGD/NOK 7.9599 13 0.14
SGD/PLN 2.8917 35 0.39
SGD/RON 3.4304 29 0.33
SGD/SAR 2.8926 35 0.39
SGD/SEK 7.5528 13 0.15
SGD/THB 25.2400 396 4.52
SGD/TRY 31.3206 3 0.04
SGD/ZAR 13.8812 7 0.08
THB/HUF 10.6687 9 0.11
THB/JPY 4.56 22 0.25
TRX/USD 0.3280 305 3.48
TRY/AUD 0.0383 261 2.98
TRY/HUF 8.6395 1157 13.2
TRY/JPY 3.68 2721 31.03
TRY/SEK 0.2410 415 4.73
TRY/THB 0.8038 124 1.42
UNI/USD 9.9335 1007 11.48
USD/AED 3.6733 27 0.31
USD/AUD 1.5544 6 0.07
USD/CAD 1.3827 72 0.82
USD/CHF 0.8147 123 1.4
USD/CNH 7.2116 14 0.16
USD/CZK 21.5707 46 0.53
USD/DKK 6.5449 15 0.17
USD/EUR 0.8767 11 0.13
USD/GBP 0.7556 13 0.15
USD/HKD 7.8500 13 0.15
USD/HUF 350.4520 29 0.33
USD/ILS 3.3833 30 0.34
USD/JPY 149.49 67 0.76
USD/MXN 18.8799 5 0.06
USD/NOK 10.3229 10 0.11
USD/NZD 1.6965 59 0.67
USD/PLN 3.7480 27 0.3
USD/RON 4.4490 22 0.26
USD/SAR 3.7497 27 0.3
USD/SEK 9.7962 10 0.12
USD/SGD 1.2964 77 0.88
USD/THB 32.6422 31 0.35
USD/TRY 40.5999 2 0.03
USD/ZAR 18.0055 6 0.06
UST/CHF 0.8134 123 1.4
UST/EUR 0.8734 114 1.31
UST/GBP 0.7529 133 1.52
UST/USD 1.0014 100 1.14
XLM/CHF 0.3328 301 3.43
XLM/EUR 0.3579 279 3.19
XLM/GBP 0.3085 324 3.7
XLM/USD 0.4082 245 2.79
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.62
XRP/USD 3.0920 3234 36.89
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 934.91
YFI/USD 5 409.1000 185 2.11
ZAR/CZK 1.1971 835 9.53
ZAR/HUF 19.4780 513 5.86
ZAR/JPY 8.30 1204 13.74
ZAR/MXN 1.0492 95 1.09
ZAR/THB 1.8220 5488 62.6
ZAR/TRY 2.2569 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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