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

Filosofia do Concurso

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.

Um dos objetivos do concurso é atrair outros traders a copiar negociações dos participantes. Número de subscrições é um fator importante para ganhar o prêmio.

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.

O Concurso Trader é o lugar onde todos os participantes podem promover-se como Tradrs e tornarem-se populares. Negoceie, ganhe, crie um histórico e use-o para se apresentar. O Concurso de Negociação é um ótimo lugar para fazer uma carreira de negociação!

Modelo do concurso

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.

Regras de Registo

  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.

Regras de Trading

  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 0.7490 13351 152.4
AED/CNH 1.9628 51 0.58
AED/CZK 5.8612 171 1.95
AED/HKD 2.1371 47 0.53
AED/HUF 95.4295 105 1.2
AED/JPY 41.05 244 2.78
AED/MXN 5.1359 19 0.22
AED/RON 1.2106 83 0.94
AED/SAR 1.0212 98 1.12
AED/THB 8.9225 1121 12.79
AED/TRY 11.0867 9 0.1
AED/ZAR 4.9566 20 0.23
AUD/AED 2.3600 42 0.48
AUD/CAD 0.8901 112 1.28
AUD/CHF 0.5222 191 2.19
AUD/CNH 4.6324 22 0.25
AUD/CZK 13.8435 72 0.82
AUD/DKK 4.2024 24 0.27
AUD/HKD 5.0445 20 0.23
AUD/HUF 225.0600 44 0.51
AUD/ILS 2.1819 46 0.52
AUD/JPY 96.85 103 1.18
AUD/MXN 12.1410 8 0.09
AUD/NOK 6.6484 15 0.17
AUD/NZD 1.0910 92 1.05
AUD/PLN 2.4069 42 0.47
AUD/RON 2.8583 35 0.4
AUD/SAR 2.4111 41 0.47
AUD/SEK 6.3145 16 0.18
AUD/SGD 0.8340 120 1.37
AUD/THB 21.0600 475 5.42
AUD/TRY 26.1547 4 0.04
AUD/USD 0.6426 156 1.78
AUD/ZAR 11.7148 9 0.1
AVE/USD 266.6150 38 0.43
BAT/USD 0.1594 627 7.16
BCH/CHF 458.7000 2180 24.89
BCH/EUR 494.6000 2022 23.08
BCH/GBP 427.3500 2340 26.71
BCH/USD 564.4000 1772 20.23
BTC/CHF 94 671.1000 11 0.12
BTC/EUR 102 064.7000 10 0.11
BTC/GBP 88 188.5500 11 0.13
BTC/USD 116 474.3000 9 0.1
CAD/AED 2.6512 38 0.43
CAD/CHF 0.5864 171 1.95
CAD/CNH 5.2038 19 0.22
CAD/CZK 15.5433 64 0.73
CAD/DKK 4.7201 21 0.24
CAD/HKD 5.6657 18 0.2
CAD/HUF 252.9230 40 0.45
CAD/ILS 2.4511 41 0.47
CAD/JPY 108.81 92 1.05
CAD/MXN 13.6241 7 0.08
CAD/NOK 7.4593 13 0.15
CAD/PLN 2.7039 37 0.42
CAD/RON 3.2112 31 0.36
CAD/SAR 2.7087 37 0.42
CAD/SEK 7.0674 14 0.16
CAD/SGD 0.9371 107 1.22
CAD/THB 23.6625 423 4.82
CAD/TRY 29.2895 3 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7217 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 13.1441 8 0.09
CHF/AED 4.5218 22 0.25
CHF/CNH 8.8742 11 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.5068 38 0.43
CHF/DKK 8.0498 12 0.14
CHF/EUR 1.0783 93 1.06
CHF/HKD 9.6610 10 0.12
CHF/HUF 431.3220 23 0.26
CHF/ILS 4.1806 24 0.27
CHF/JPY 185.60 54 0.62
CHF/MXN 23.2341 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.7209 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.6111 22 0.25
CHF/RON 5.4757 18 0.21
CHF/SAR 4.6178 22 0.25
CHF/SEK 12.0528 8 0.09
CHF/SGD 1.5982 63 0.71
CHF/THB 40.3235 248 2.83
CHF/TRY 50.1305 2 0.02
CHF/USD 1.2310 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 22.4170 4 0.05
CMP/USD 46.1550 2167 24.73
CNH/CZK 2.9869 335 3.82
CNH/HKD 1.0889 92 1.05
CNH/HUF 48.6105 206 2.35
CNH/JPY 20.91 478 5.46
CNH/MXN 2.6178 38 0.44
CNH/THB 4.5445 2200 25.12
CNH/TRY 5.6480 18 0.2
CNH/ZAR 2.5259 40 0.45
CZK/HUF 16.2708 61 0.7
CZK/JPY 7.00 143 1.63
CZK/THB 1.5228 7 0.07
CZK/TRY 1.8892 5 0.06
DGE/USD 0.2135 46838 534.66
DKK/AED 0.5617 178 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2380 42 0.48
DKK/CNH 1.1025 91 1.04
DKK/CZK 3.2932 304 3.47
DKK/HKD 1.2005 83 0.95
DKK/HUF 53.5780 187 2.13
DKK/ILS 0.5193 193 2.2
DKK/JPY 23.05 4 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.8857 35 0.4
DKK/RON 0.6803 147 1.68
DKK/SAR 0.5736 174 1.99
DKK/THB 5.0140 1994 22.77
DKK/TRY 6.2222 16 0.18
DKK/ZAR 2.7849 36 0.41
DSH/USD 21.0300 476 5.43
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 539.72
ETC/USD 21.0100 4760 54.33
ETH/CHF 3 035.4000 329 3.76
ETH/EUR 3 272.5000 306 3.49
ETH/GBP 2 827.4000 354 4.04
ETH/USD 3 734.6000 268 3.06
EUR/AED 4.1925 24 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7767 56 0.64
EUR/CAD 1.5815 63 0.72
EUR/CHF 0.9274 108 1.23
EUR/CNH 8.2291 12 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.5828 41 0.46
EUR/DKK 7.4647 13 0.15
EUR/GBP 0.8642 116 1.32
EUR/HKD 8.9607 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 399.9490 25 0.29
EUR/ILS 3.8761 26 0.29
EUR/JPY 172.09 58 0.66
EUR/MXN 21.5438 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.7950 8 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.9385 52 0.59
EUR/PLN 4.2761 23 0.27
EUR/RON 5.0774 20 0.22
EUR/SAR 4.2818 23 0.27
EUR/SEK 11.1770 9 0.1
EUR/SGD 1.4818 67 0.77
EUR/THB 37.4255 267 3.05
EUR/TRY 46.4471 2 0.02
EUR/USD 1.1415 88 1
EUR/ZAR 20.7857 5 0.05
GBP/AED 4.8509 21 0.24
GBP/AUD 2.0553 49 0.56
GBP/CAD 1.8295 55 0.62
GBP/CHF 1.0727 93 1.06
GBP/CNH 9.5212 11 0.12
GBP/CZK 28.4425 35 0.4
GBP/DKK 8.6387 12 0.13
GBP/HKD 10.3704 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 462.7900 22 0.25
GBP/ILS 4.4848 22 0.25
GBP/JPY 199.11 50 0.57
GBP/MXN 24.9216 4 0.05
GBP/NOK 13.6459 7 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.2423 45 0.51
GBP/PLN 4.9473 20 0.23
GBP/RON 5.8745 17 0.19
GBP/SAR 4.9539 20 0.23
GBP/SEK 12.9322 8 0.09
GBP/SGD 1.7149 58 0.67
GBP/THB 43.2715 231 2.64
GBP/TRY 53.7401 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3208 76 0.86
GBP/ZAR 24.0478 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.7432 365 4.16
HKD/HUF 44.6345 224 2.56
HKD/JPY 19.20 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.4042 42 0.47
HKD/THB 4.1745 2395 27.34
HKD/TRY 5.1849 19 0.22
HKD/ZAR 2.3198 43 0.49
ILS/AED 1.0818 92 1.06
ILS/CNH 2.1230 47 0.54
ILS/CZK 6.3411 158 1.8
ILS/HKD 2.3116 43 0.49
ILS/HUF 103.1540 97 1.11
ILS/JPY 44.40 225 2.57
ILS/MXN 5.5572 18 0.21
ILS/RON 1.3100 76 0.87
ILS/SAR 1.1047 91 1.03
ILS/THB 9.6515 1036 11.83
ILS/TRY 11.9799 8 0.1
ILS/ZAR 5.3628 19 0.21
JPY/HUF 2.32 43 0.49
LNK/USD 17.1485 583 6.66
LTC/CHF 87.8500 11383 129.94
LTC/EUR 94.7000 10560 120.54
LTC/GBP 81.8500 12217 139.46
LTC/USD 108.1000 9251 105.6
MAN/USD 0.2855 35026 399.83
MAT/USD 0.2070 48309 551.45
MKR/USD 1 989.9700 50 0.57
MXN/CHF 0.0430 232 2.65
MXN/CZK 1.1411 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 18.5821 54 0.61
MXN/JPY 7.98 13 0.14
MXN/THB 1.7412 6 0.07
MXN/TRY 2.1578 46 0.53
NEO/USD 6.1600 16234 185.31
NOK/AED 0.3556 281 3.21
NOK/CNH 0.6978 143 1.64
NOK/CZK 2.0841 480 5.48
NOK/DKK 0.6329 158 1.8
NOK/HKD 0.7597 132 1.5
NOK/HUF 33.9080 295 3.37
NOK/ILS 0.3287 304 3.47
NOK/JPY 14.59 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8267 55 0.62
NOK/RON 0.4305 232 2.65
NOK/SAR 0.3632 275 3.14
NOK/SEK 0.9477 106 1.2
NOK/THB 3.1730 3152 35.98
NOK/TRY 3.9366 25 0.29
NOK/ZAR 1.7626 57 0.65
NZD/AED 2.1631 46 0.53
NZD/AUD 0.9166 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8158 123 1.4
NZD/CHF 0.4786 209 2.38
NZD/CNH 4.2463 24 0.27
NZD/CZK 12.6802 79 0.9
NZD/DKK 3.8508 26 0.3
NZD/HKD 4.6225 2163 24.69
NZD/HUF 206.3230 48 0.55
NZD/ILS 1.9999 50 0.57
NZD/JPY 88.77 113 1.29
NZD/MXN 11.1153 9 0.1
NZD/NOK 6.0848 16 0.19
NZD/PLN 2.2057 45 0.52
NZD/RON 2.6198 38 0.44
NZD/SAR 2.2102 45 0.52
NZD/SEK 5.7666 17 0.2
NZD/SGD 0.7645 131 1.49
NZD/THB 19.3030 518 5.91
NZD/TRY 23.9695 4 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5890 170 1.94
NZD/ZAR 10.7226 9 0.11
PLN/AED 0.9810 102 1.16
PLN/CNH 1.9246 52 0.59
PLN/CZK 5.7490 174 1.99
PLN/DKK 1.7457 57 0.65
PLN/HKD 2.0957 48 0.54
PLN/HUF 93.5375 107 1.22
PLN/ILS 0.9063 110 1.26
PLN/JPY 40.25 248 2.84
PLN/MXN 5.0398 20 0.23
PLN/NOK 2.7584 36 0.41
PLN/RON 1.1874 84 0.96
PLN/SAR 1.0021 100 1.14
PLN/SEK 2.6139 38 0.44
PLN/THB 8.7524 11 0.13
PLN/TRY 10.8626 9 0.11
PLN/ZAR 4.8623 21 0.23
RON/CNH 1.6208 62 0.7
RON/CZK 4.8416 207 2.36
RON/HKD 1.7648 57 0.65
RON/HUF 78.7820 127 1.45
RON/JPY 33.89 295 3.37
RON/MXN 4.2430 24 0.27
RON/THB 7.3700 1357 15.49
RON/TRY 9.1509 11 0.12
RON/ZAR 4.0940 24 0.28
SAR/CNH 1.9211 52 0.59
SAR/CZK 5.7387 174 1.99
SAR/HKD 2.0925 48 0.55
SAR/HUF 93.4485 107 1.22
SAR/JPY 40.19 249 2.84
SAR/MXN 5.0293 20 0.23
SAR/RON 1.1854 84 0.96
SAR/THB 8.7370 1145 13.07
SAR/TRY 10.8664 9 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.8534 21 0.24
SEK/AED 0.3753 266 3.04
SEK/CNH 0.7364 136 1.55
SEK/CZK 2.1995 455 5.19
SEK/DKK 0.6679 150 1.71
SEK/HKD 0.8018 125 1.42
SEK/HUF 35.7835 279 3.19
SEK/ILS 0.3468 288 3.29
SEK/JPY 15.40 6 0.07
SEK/MXN 1.9277 52 0.59
SEK/RON 0.4543 220 2.51
SEK/SAR 0.3833 261 2.98
SEK/THB 3.3500 2985 34.07
SEK/TRY 4.1547 24 0.27
SEK/ZAR 1.8601 54 0.61
SGD/AED 2.8295 35 0.4
SGD/CNH 5.5539 18 0.21
SGD/CZK 16.5881 60 0.69
SGD/DKK 5.0377 20 0.23
SGD/HKD 6.0478 17 0.19
SGD/HUF 269.9110 37 0.42
SGD/ILS 2.6160 38 0.44
SGD/JPY 116.17 86 0.98
SGD/MXN 14.5384 7 0.08
SGD/NOK 7.9601 13 0.14
SGD/PLN 2.8858 35 0.4
SGD/RON 3.4267 29 0.33
SGD/SAR 2.8898 35 0.4
SGD/SEK 7.5435 13 0.15
SGD/THB 25.2410 396 4.52
SGD/TRY 31.3453 3 0.04
SGD/ZAR 14.0269 7 0.08
THB/HUF 10.6872 9 0.11
THB/JPY 4.60 22 0.25
TRX/USD 0.3271 306 3.49
TRY/AUD 0.0382 262 2.99
TRY/HUF 8.6115 1161 13.26
TRY/JPY 3.71 2699 30.81
TRY/SEK 0.2407 415 4.74
TRY/THB 0.8050 124 1.42
UNI/USD 9.4830 1055 12.04
USD/AED 3.6741 27 0.31
USD/AUD 1.5563 6 0.07
USD/CAD 1.3856 72 0.82
USD/CHF 0.8123 123 1.41
USD/CNH 7.2093 14 0.16
USD/CZK 21.5340 46 0.53
USD/DKK 6.5396 15 0.17
USD/EUR 0.8760 11 0.13
USD/GBP 0.7571 13 0.15
USD/HKD 7.8498 13 0.15
USD/HUF 350.5160 29 0.33
USD/ILS 3.3959 29 0.34
USD/JPY 150.73 66 0.76
USD/MXN 18.8698 5 0.06
USD/NOK 10.3317 10 0.11
USD/NZD 1.6978 59 0.67
USD/PLN 3.7445 27 0.3
USD/RON 4.4479 22 0.26
USD/SAR 3.7524 27 0.3
USD/SEK 9.7902 10 0.12
USD/SGD 1.2980 77 0.88
USD/THB 32.7725 31 0.35
USD/TRY 40.6043 2 0.03
USD/ZAR 18.2056 5 0.06
UST/CHF 0.8144 123 1.4
UST/EUR 0.8758 114 1.3
UST/GBP 0.7574 132 1.51
UST/USD 1.0011 100 1.14
XLM/CHF 0.3307 302 3.45
XLM/EUR 0.3565 280 3.2
XLM/GBP 0.3081 325 3.71
XLM/USD 0.4070 246 2.81
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.62
XRP/USD 3.0500 3279 37.43
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 935.66
YFI/USD 5 272.8500 190 2.16
ZAR/CZK 1.1825 846 9.65
ZAR/HUF 19.2445 520 5.93
ZAR/JPY 8.28 1208 13.79
ZAR/MXN 1.0368 96 1.1
ZAR/THB 1.8005 5554 63.4
ZAR/TRY 2.2363 45 0.51

Principais limitações

  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.

Regras de Cálculo de Ranking

Cada mês, a tabela de pontuação é formada com base em 4 critérios, com uma pontuação total máxima de 303-306 pontos:

  1. Performance - real aumento de capital. Máximo - 200 pontos.

  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.

Regras de Prémios

  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 estatísticas para Grande Prémio de Provedor de Sinal

  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.

Gráficos

  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.

Outras regras e políticas

  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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