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 0.8930 11198 131.53
AED/CNH 1.9379 52 0.61
AED/CZK 5.6297 178 2.09
AED/HKD 2.1161 47 0.56
AED/HUF 90.4590 111 1.3
AED/JPY 40.28 248 2.92
AED/MXN 5.0104 20 0.23
AED/RON 1.1767 85 1
AED/SAR 1.0208 98 1.15
AED/THB 8.6610 1155 13.56
AED/TRY 11.2735 9 0.1
AED/ZAR 4.7217 21 0.25
AUD/AED 2.4221 41 0.48
AUD/CAD 0.9085 110 1.29
AUD/CHF 0.5246 191 2.24
AUD/CNH 4.6928 21 0.25
AUD/CZK 13.6322 73 0.86
AUD/DKK 4.1897 24 0.28
AUD/HKD 5.1259 20 0.23
AUD/HUF 219.1315 46 0.54
AUD/ILS 2.1977 46 0.53
AUD/JPY 97.55 103 1.2
AUD/MXN 12.1364 8 0.1
AUD/NOK 6.5554 15 0.18
AUD/NZD 1.1258 89 1.04
AUD/PLN 2.3942 42 0.49
AUD/RON 2.8502 35 0.41
AUD/SAR 2.4720 40 0.48
AUD/SEK 6.2072 16 0.19
AUD/SGD 0.8471 118 1.39
AUD/THB 20.9805 477 5.6
AUD/TRY 27.2812 4 0.04
AUD/USD 0.6593 152 1.78
AUD/ZAR 11.4249 9 0.1
AVE/USD 298.6250 33 0.39
BAT/USD 0.1573 636 7.47
BCH/CHF 479.5000 2086 24.5
BCH/EUR 512.9500 1950 22.9
BCH/GBP 447.1500 2236 26.27
BCH/USD 602.3000 1660 19.5
BTC/CHF 91 885.7500 11 0.13
BTC/EUR 98 300.3000 10 0.12
BTC/GBP 85 684.7500 12 0.14
BTC/USD 115 424.0000 9 0.1
CAD/AED 2.6661 38 0.44
CAD/CHF 0.5773 173 2.03
CAD/CNH 5.1667 19 0.23
CAD/CZK 15.0089 67 0.78
CAD/DKK 4.6115 22 0.25
CAD/HKD 5.6409 18 0.21
CAD/HUF 241.2515 41 0.49
CAD/ILS 2.4194 41 0.49
CAD/JPY 107.38 93 1.09
CAD/MXN 13.3582 7 0.09
CAD/NOK 7.2165 14 0.16
CAD/PLN 2.6365 38 0.45
CAD/RON 3.1376 32 0.37
CAD/SAR 2.7208 37 0.43
CAD/SEK 6.8323 15 0.17
CAD/SGD 0.9324 107 1.26
CAD/THB 23.0990 433 5.08
CAD/TRY 30.0314 3 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7256 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 12.5884 8 0.09
CHF/AED 4.6178 22 0.25
CHF/CNH 8.9481 11 0.13
CHF/CZK 25.9930 38 0.45
CHF/DKK 7.9864 13 0.15
CHF/EUR 1.0702 93 1.1
CHF/HKD 9.7724 10 0.12
CHF/HUF 417.8075 24 0.28
CHF/ILS 4.1907 24 0.28
CHF/JPY 186.03 54 0.63
CHF/MXN 23.1352 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.4981 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.5660 22 0.26
CHF/RON 5.4341 18 0.22
CHF/SAR 4.7124 21 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.8324 8 0.1
CHF/SGD 1.6141 62 0.73
CHF/THB 40.0030 250 2.94
CHF/TRY 52.0653 2 0.02
CHF/USD 1.2568 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 21.8019 5 0.05
CMP/USD 44.1200 2267 26.62
CNH/CZK 2.9049 344 4.04
CNH/HKD 1.0920 92 1.08
CNH/HUF 46.6660 214 2.52
CNH/JPY 20.79 481 5.65
CNH/MXN 2.5855 39 0.45
CNH/THB 4.4690 2238 26.28
CNH/TRY 5.8172 17 0.2
CNH/ZAR 2.4365 41 0.48
CZK/HUF 16.0842 62 0.73
CZK/JPY 7.15 140 1.64
CZK/THB 1.5388 6 0.08
CZK/TRY 2.0029 5 0.06
DGE/USD 0.2660 37594 441.56
DKK/AED 0.5782 173 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2387 42 0.49
DKK/CNH 1.1204 89 1.05
DKK/CZK 3.2555 307 3.61
DKK/HKD 1.2232 82 0.96
DKK/HUF 52.3105 191 2.25
DKK/ILS 0.5247 191 2.24
DKK/JPY 23.29 4 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.8968 35 0.41
DKK/RON 0.6803 147 1.73
DKK/SAR 0.5900 169 1.99
DKK/THB 5.0085 1997 23.45
DKK/TRY 6.5188 15 0.18
DKK/ZAR 2.7289 37 0.43
DSH/USD 23.1240 432 5.08
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 555.34
ETC/USD 20.2100 4948 58.12
ETH/CHF 3 552.2500 282 3.31
ETH/EUR 3 800.2500 263 3.09
ETH/GBP 3 312.5500 302 3.55
ETH/USD 4 462.2000 224 2.63
EUR/AED 4.3147 23 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7813 56 0.66
EUR/CAD 1.6183 62 0.73
EUR/CHF 0.9344 107 1.26
EUR/CNH 8.3624 12 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.2920 41 0.48
EUR/DKK 7.4649 13 0.16
EUR/GBP 0.8719 115 1.35
EUR/HKD 9.1331 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 390.6680 26 0.3
EUR/ILS 3.9155 26 0.3
EUR/JPY 173.78 58 0.68
EUR/MXN 21.6213 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.6784 9 0.1
EUR/NZD 2.0052 50 0.59
EUR/PLN 4.2666 23 0.28
EUR/RON 5.0774 20 0.23
EUR/SAR 4.4047 23 0.27
EUR/SEK 11.0563 9 0.11
EUR/SGD 1.5087 66 0.78
EUR/THB 37.3830 268 3.14
EUR/TRY 48.6472 2 0.02
EUR/USD 1.1745 85 1
EUR/ZAR 20.3752 5 0.06
GBP/AED 4.9490 20 0.24
GBP/AUD 2.0430 49 0.57
GBP/CAD 1.8560 54 0.63
GBP/CHF 1.0717 93 1.1
GBP/CNH 9.5904 10 0.12
GBP/CZK 27.8568 36 0.42
GBP/DKK 8.5590 12 0.14
GBP/HKD 10.4718 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 447.7715 22 0.26
GBP/ILS 4.4900 22 0.26
GBP/JPY 199.33 50 0.59
GBP/MXN 24.7965 4 0.05
GBP/NOK 13.3944 7 0.09
GBP/NZD 2.3000 43 0.51
GBP/PLN 4.8934 20 0.24
GBP/RON 5.8230 17 0.2
GBP/SAR 5.0502 20 0.23
GBP/SEK 12.6808 8 0.09
GBP/SGD 1.7305 58 0.68
GBP/THB 42.8720 233 2.74
GBP/TRY 55.7870 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3470 74 0.87
GBP/ZAR 23.3675 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.6604 376 4.41
HKD/HUF 42.7535 234 2.75
HKD/JPY 19.03 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.3678 42 0.5
HKD/THB 4.0920 2444 28.7
HKD/TRY 5.3270 19 0.22
HKD/ZAR 2.2306 45 0.53
ILS/AED 1.1021 91 1.07
ILS/CNH 2.1357 47 0.55
ILS/CZK 6.2044 161 1.89
ILS/HKD 2.3322 43 0.5
ILS/HUF 99.7315 100 1.18
ILS/JPY 44.39 225 2.65
ILS/MXN 5.5235 18 0.21
ILS/RON 1.2970 77 0.91
ILS/SAR 1.1249 89 1.04
ILS/THB 9.5470 1047 12.3
ILS/TRY 12.4507 8 0.09
ILS/ZAR 5.2032 19 0.23
JPY/HUF 2.25 45 0.52
LNK/USD 23.4290 427 5.01
LTC/CHF 90.6000 11038 129.64
LTC/EUR 96.9500 10315 121.15
LTC/GBP 84.5500 11827 138.92
LTC/USD 113.8500 8783 103.17
MAN/USD 0.3250 30769 361.4
MAT/USD 0.2490 40161 471.7
MKR/USD 1 744.6650 57 0.67
MXN/CHF 0.0432 231 2.72
MXN/CZK 1.1235 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 18.0634 55 0.65
MXN/JPY 8.04 12 0.15
MXN/THB 1.7304 6 0.07
MXN/TRY 2.2503 44 0.52
NEO/USD 6.6000 15152 177.96
NOK/AED 0.3695 271 3.18
NOK/CNH 0.7162 140 1.64
NOK/CZK 2.0798 481 5.65
NOK/DKK 0.6390 156 1.84
NOK/HKD 0.7819 128 1.5
NOK/HUF 33.4280 299 3.51
NOK/ILS 0.3352 298 3.5
NOK/JPY 14.88 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8515 54 0.63
NOK/RON 0.4347 230 2.7
NOK/SAR 0.3770 265 3.12
NOK/SEK 0.9467 106 1.24
NOK/THB 3.2000 3125 36.7
NOK/TRY 4.1652 24 0.28
NOK/ZAR 1.7447 57 0.67
NZD/AED 2.1516 46 0.55
NZD/AUD 0.8883 11 0.13
NZD/CAD 0.8070 124 1.46
NZD/CHF 0.4660 215 2.52
NZD/CNH 4.1693 24 0.28
NZD/CZK 12.1124 83 0.97
NZD/DKK 3.7216 27 0.32
NZD/HKD 4.5530 2196 25.8
NZD/HUF 194.6935 51 0.6
NZD/ILS 1.9522 51 0.6
NZD/JPY 86.66 115 1.36
NZD/MXN 10.7801 9 0.11
NZD/NOK 5.8241 17 0.2
NZD/PLN 2.1278 47 0.55
NZD/RON 2.5316 40 0.46
NZD/SAR 2.1957 46 0.53
NZD/SEK 5.5137 18 0.21
NZD/SGD 0.7524 133 1.56
NZD/THB 18.6355 537 6.3
NZD/TRY 24.2571 4 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5856 171 2.01
NZD/ZAR 10.1590 10 0.12
PLN/AED 1.0120 99 1.16
PLN/CNH 1.9613 51 0.6
PLN/CZK 5.6926 176 2.06
PLN/DKK 1.7491 57 0.67
PLN/HKD 2.1416 47 0.55
PLN/HUF 91.4965 109 1.28
PLN/ILS 0.9181 109 1.28
PLN/JPY 40.73 246 2.88
PLN/MXN 5.0703 20 0.23
PLN/NOK 2.7389 37 0.43
PLN/RON 1.1908 84 0.99
PLN/SAR 1.0326 97 1.14
PLN/SEK 2.5913 39 0.45
PLN/THB 8.7675 11 0.13
PLN/TRY 11.4087 9 0.1
PLN/ZAR 4.7779 21 0.25
RON/CNH 1.6470 61 0.71
RON/CZK 4.7838 209 2.46
RON/HKD 1.7984 56 0.65
RON/HUF 76.9080 130 1.53
RON/JPY 34.23 292 3.43
RON/MXN 4.2582 23 0.28
RON/THB 7.3665 1357 15.94
RON/TRY 9.5822 10 0.12
RON/ZAR 4.0114 25 0.29
SAR/CNH 1.8989 53 0.62
SAR/CZK 5.5167 181 2.13
SAR/HKD 2.0737 48 0.57
SAR/HUF 88.6010 113 1.33
SAR/JPY 39.47 253 2.98
SAR/MXN 4.9105 20 0.24
SAR/RON 1.1531 87 1.02
SAR/THB 8.4830 1179 13.85
SAR/TRY 11.0574 9 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.6274 22 0.25
SEK/AED 0.3903 256 3.01
SEK/CNH 0.7563 132 1.55
SEK/CZK 2.1968 455 5.35
SEK/DKK 0.6750 148 1.74
SEK/HKD 0.8259 121 1.42
SEK/HUF 35.3115 283 3.33
SEK/ILS 0.3542 282 3.32
SEK/JPY 15.72 6 0.07
SEK/MXN 1.9555 51 0.6
SEK/RON 0.4593 218 2.56
SEK/SAR 0.3983 251 2.95
SEK/THB 3.3805 2958 34.74
SEK/TRY 4.4009 23 0.27
SEK/ZAR 1.8428 54 0.64
SGD/AED 2.8599 35 0.41
SGD/CNH 5.5430 18 0.21
SGD/CZK 16.0959 62 0.73
SGD/DKK 4.9491 20 0.24
SGD/HKD 6.0537 17 0.19
SGD/HUF 258.7330 39 0.45
SGD/ILS 2.5953 39 0.45
SGD/JPY 115.19 87 1.02
SGD/MXN 14.3302 7 0.08
SGD/NOK 7.7399 13 0.15
SGD/PLN 2.8254 35 0.42
SGD/RON 3.3655 30 0.35
SGD/SAR 2.9189 34 0.4
SGD/SEK 7.3271 14 0.16
SGD/THB 24.7705 404 4.74
SGD/TRY 32.2440 3 0.04
SGD/ZAR 13.5044 7 0.09
THB/HUF 10.4453 10 0.11
THB/JPY 4.65 22 0.25
TRX/USD 0.3449 290 3.41
TRY/AUD 0.0367 273 3.2
TRY/HUF 8.0245 1246 14.64
TRY/JPY 3.57 2802 32.91
TRY/SEK 0.2272 440 5.17
TRY/THB 0.7680 130 1.53
UNI/USD 9.1430 1094 12.85
USD/AED 3.6739 27 0.32
USD/AUD 1.5167 7 0.08
USD/CAD 1.3781 73 0.85
USD/CHF 0.7957 126 1.48
USD/CNH 7.1196 14 0.16
USD/CZK 20.6817 48 0.57
USD/DKK 6.3542 16 0.18
USD/EUR 0.8514 12 0.14
USD/GBP 0.7424 13 0.16
USD/HKD 7.7743 13 0.15
USD/HUF 332.2580 30 0.35
USD/ILS 3.3332 30 0.35
USD/JPY 147.96 68 0.79
USD/MXN 18.4075 5 0.06
USD/NOK 9.9415 10 0.12
USD/NZD 1.7075 59 0.69
USD/PLN 3.6302 28 0.32
USD/RON 4.3230 23 0.27
USD/SAR 3.7489 27 0.31
USD/SEK 9.4134 11 0.12
USD/SGD 1.2844 78 0.91
USD/THB 31.8125 31 0.37
USD/TRY 41.3819 2 0.03
USD/ZAR 17.3467 6 0.07
UST/CHF 0.7976 125 1.47
UST/EUR 0.8533 117 1.38
UST/GBP 0.7438 134 1.58
UST/USD 1.0020 100 1.17
XLM/CHF 0.3089 324 3.8
XLM/EUR 0.3305 303 3.55
XLM/GBP 0.2881 347 4.08
XLM/USD 0.3881 258 3.03
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.64
XRP/USD 2.9870 3348 39.32
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 962.74
YFI/USD 5 319.8000 188 2.21
ZAR/CZK 1.1923 839 9.85
ZAR/HUF 19.1670 522 6.13
ZAR/JPY 8.54 1171 13.76
ZAR/MXN 1.0612 94 1.11
ZAR/THB 1.8360 5447 63.97
ZAR/TRY 2.3879 42 0.49

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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