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 0.7365 13578 146.66
AED/CNH 1.9792 51 0.55
AED/CZK 6.2937 159 1.72
AED/HKD 2.1168 47 0.51
AED/HUF 101.2425 99 1.07
AED/JPY 41.13 243 2.63
AED/MXN 5.5310 18 0.2
AED/RON 1.2555 80 0.86
AED/SAR 1.0214 98 1.06
AED/THB 9.2200 1085 11.72
AED/TRY 10.4033 10 0.1
AED/ZAR 4.9655 20 0.22
AUD/AED 2.3149 43 0.47
AUD/CAD 0.9018 111 1.2
AUD/CHF 0.5559 180 1.94
AUD/CNH 4.5820 22 0.24
AUD/CZK 14.5699 69 0.74
AUD/DKK 4.3552 23 0.25
AUD/HKD 4.9021 20 0.22
AUD/HUF 234.2050 43 0.46
AUD/ILS 2.3126 43 0.47
AUD/JPY 95.23 105 1.13
AUD/MXN 12.8008 8 0.08
AUD/NOK 6.6058 15 0.16
AUD/NZD 1.0985 91 0.98
AUD/PLN 2.4414 41 0.44
AUD/RON 2.9062 34 0.37
AUD/SAR 2.3662 42 0.46
AUD/SEK 6.3046 16 0.17
AUD/SGD 0.8446 118 1.28
AUD/THB 21.3345 469 5.06
AUD/TRY 23.9296 4 0.05
AUD/USD 0.6304 159 1.71
AUD/ZAR 11.4932 9 0.09
AVE/USD 184.3875 54 0.59
BAT/USD 0.1538 650 7.03
BCH/CHF 284.8500 3511 37.92
BCH/EUR 299.1500 3343 36.11
BCH/GBP 249.4000 4010 43.31
BCH/USD 323.1000 3095 33.43
BTC/CHF 77 013.2000 13 0.14
BTC/EUR 80 844.4500 12 0.13
BTC/GBP 67 428.5500 15 0.16
BTC/USD 87 304.5500 11 0.12
CAD/AED 2.5671 39 0.42
CAD/CHF 0.6164 162 1.75
CAD/CNH 5.0812 20 0.21
CAD/CZK 16.1604 62 0.67
CAD/DKK 4.8299 21 0.22
CAD/HKD 5.4356 18 0.2
CAD/HUF 259.7695 38 0.42
CAD/ILS 2.5645 39 0.42
CAD/JPY 105.60 95 1.02
CAD/MXN 14.1947 7 0.08
CAD/NOK 7.3268 14 0.15
CAD/PLN 2.7075 37 0.4
CAD/RON 3.2229 31 0.34
CAD/SAR 2.6246 38 0.41
CAD/SEK 6.9924 14 0.15
CAD/SGD 0.9366 107 1.15
CAD/THB 23.6580 423 4.57
CAD/TRY 26.4318 4 0.04
CAD/USD 0.6990 14 0.15
CAD/ZAR 12.7439 8 0.08
CHF/AED 4.1653 24 0.26
CHF/CNH 8.2434 12 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.2148 38 0.41
CHF/DKK 7.8370 13 0.14
CHF/EUR 1.0502 95 1.03
CHF/HKD 8.8207 11 0.12
CHF/HUF 421.4300 24 0.26
CHF/ILS 4.1602 24 0.26
CHF/JPY 171.31 58 0.63
CHF/MXN 23.0273 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 11.8843 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.3911 23 0.25
CHF/RON 5.2286 19 0.21
CHF/SAR 4.2600 23 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.3439 9 0.1
CHF/SGD 1.5194 66 0.71
CHF/THB 38.3850 261 2.81
CHF/TRY 43.1368 2 0.03
CHF/USD 1.1341 9 0.1
CHF/ZAR 20.6747 5 0.05
CMP/USD 44.7800 2233 24.12
CNH/CZK 3.1798 314 3.4
CNH/HKD 1.0699 93 1.01
CNH/HUF 51.1460 196 2.11
CNH/JPY 20.78 481 5.2
CNH/MXN 2.7936 36 0.39
CNH/THB 4.6575 2147 23.19
CNH/TRY 5.2577 19 0.21
CNH/ZAR 2.5083 40 0.43
CZK/HUF 16.0765 62 0.67
CZK/JPY 6.54 153 1.65
CZK/THB 1.4636 7 0.07
CZK/TRY 1.6450 6 0.07
DGE/USD 0.1915 52219 564.03
DKK/AED 0.5316 188 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2296 44 0.47
DKK/CNH 1.0521 95 1.03
DKK/CZK 3.3455 299 3.23
DKK/HKD 1.1255 89 0.96
DKK/HUF 53.7810 186 2.01
DKK/ILS 0.5310 188 2.03
DKK/JPY 21.86 5 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.9388 34 0.37
DKK/RON 0.6673 150 1.62
DKK/SAR 0.5435 184 1.99
DKK/THB 4.8965 2042 22.06
DKK/TRY 5.5046 18 0.2
DKK/ZAR 2.6387 38 0.41
DSH/USD 24.0580 416 4.49
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 510.7
EOS/USD 0.5693 1757 18.97
ETC/USD 17.8200 5612 60.61
ETH/CHF 1 770.4500 565 6.1
ETH/EUR 1 858.5500 538 5.81
ETH/GBP 1 550.0500 645 6.97
ETH/USD 2 007.1000 498 5.38
EUR/AED 3.9678 25 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7133 58 0.63
EUR/CAD 1.5450 65 0.7
EUR/CHF 0.9522 105 1.13
EUR/CNH 7.8502 13 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.9614 40 0.43
EUR/DKK 7.4621 13 0.14
EUR/GBP 0.8341 120 1.29
EUR/HKD 8.3987 12 0.13
EUR/HUF 401.2885 25 0.27
EUR/ILS 3.9622 25 0.27
EUR/JPY 163.15 61 0.66
EUR/MXN 21.9293 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.3155 9 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.8819 53 0.57
EUR/PLN 4.1810 24 0.26
EUR/RON 4.9793 20 0.22
EUR/SAR 4.0555 25 0.27
EUR/SEK 10.8032 9 0.1
EUR/SGD 1.4470 69 0.75
EUR/THB 36.5380 274 2.96
EUR/TRY 41.0726 2 0.03
EUR/USD 1.0801 93 1
EUR/ZAR 19.6892 5 0.05
GBP/AED 4.7546 21 0.23
GBP/AUD 2.0538 49 0.53
GBP/CAD 1.8521 54 0.58
GBP/CHF 1.1417 88 0.95
GBP/CNH 9.4118 11 0.11
GBP/CZK 29.9291 33 0.36
GBP/DKK 8.9446 11 0.12
GBP/HKD 10.0690 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 481.1375 21 0.22
GBP/ILS 4.7499 21 0.23
GBP/JPY 195.60 51 0.55
GBP/MXN 26.2904 4 0.04
GBP/NOK 13.5657 7 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.2559 44 0.48
GBP/PLN 5.0117 20 0.22
GBP/RON 5.9691 17 0.18
GBP/SAR 4.8597 21 0.22
GBP/SEK 12.9518 8 0.08
GBP/SGD 1.7346 58 0.62
GBP/THB 43.8500 228 2.46
GBP/TRY 49.2424 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.2948 77 0.83
GBP/ZAR 23.6031 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.9722 336 3.63
HKD/HUF 47.7805 209 2.26
HKD/JPY 19.43 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.6111 38 0.41
HKD/THB 4.3545 2296 24.8
HKD/TRY 4.8912 20 0.22
HKD/ZAR 2.3444 43 0.46
ILS/AED 1.0010 100 1.08
ILS/CNH 1.9812 50 0.55
ILS/CZK 6.3004 159 1.71
ILS/HKD 2.1198 47 0.51
ILS/HUF 101.4575 99 1.06
ILS/JPY 41.18 243 2.62
ILS/MXN 5.5340 18 0.2
ILS/RON 1.2566 80 0.86
ILS/SAR 1.0233 98 1.06
ILS/THB 9.2200 1085 11.72
ILS/TRY 10.4312 10 0.1
ILS/ZAR 4.9728 20 0.22
IOT/USD 0.1975 50633 546.9
JPY/HUF 2.46 41 0.44
LNK/USD 15.5305 644 6.95
LTC/CHF 81.7500 12232 132.13
LTC/EUR 85.8000 11655 125.89
LTC/GBP 71.5500 13976 150.96
LTC/USD 92.6500 10793 116.58
MAN/USD 0.2835 35273 381
MAT/USD 0.2320 43103 465.57
MKR/USD 1 463.4450 68 0.74
MXN/CHF 0.0434 230 2.49
MXN/CZK 1.1384 9 0.09
MXN/HUF 18.3117 55 0.59
MXN/JPY 7.44 13 0.15
MXN/THB 1.6660 6 0.06
MXN/TRY 1.8824 53 0.57
NEO/USD 7.4600 13405 144.79
NOK/AED 0.3503 285 3.08
NOK/CNH 0.6935 144 1.56
NOK/CZK 2.2054 453 4.9
NOK/DKK 0.6595 152 1.64
NOK/HKD 0.7422 135 1.46
NOK/HUF 35.4540 282 3.05
NOK/ILS 0.3500 286 3.09
NOK/JPY 14.42 7 0.07
NOK/MXN 1.9379 52 0.56
NOK/RON 0.4399 227 2.46
NOK/SAR 0.3583 279 3.01
NOK/SEK 0.9544 105 1.13
NOK/THB 3.2270 3099 33.47
NOK/TRY 3.6271 28 0.3
NOK/ZAR 1.7398 57 0.62
NZD/AED 2.1075 47 0.51
NZD/AUD 0.9104 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8209 122 1.32
NZD/CHF 0.5060 198 2.13
NZD/CNH 4.1715 24 0.26
NZD/CZK 13.2674 75 0.81
NZD/DKK 3.9652 25 0.27
NZD/HKD 4.4630 2241 24.2
NZD/HUF 213.2670 47 0.51
NZD/ILS 2.1054 47 0.51
NZD/JPY 86.70 115 1.25
NZD/MXN 11.6559 9 0.09
NZD/NOK 6.0152 17 0.18
NZD/PLN 2.2228 45 0.49
NZD/RON 2.6459 38 0.41
NZD/SAR 2.1552 46 0.5
NZD/SEK 5.7406 17 0.19
NZD/SGD 0.7689 130 1.4
NZD/THB 19.4345 515 5.56
NZD/TRY 21.8182 5 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5741 174 1.88
NZD/ZAR 10.4664 10 0.1
PLN/AED 0.9486 105 1.14
PLN/CNH 1.8768 53 0.58
PLN/CZK 5.9678 168 1.81
PLN/DKK 1.7848 56 0.61
PLN/HKD 2.0086 50 0.54
PLN/HUF 95.9385 104 1.13
PLN/ILS 0.9472 106 1.14
PLN/JPY 39.02 256 2.77
PLN/MXN 5.2460 19 0.21
PLN/NOK 2.7065 37 0.4
PLN/RON 1.1904 84 0.91
PLN/SAR 0.9695 103 1.11
PLN/SEK 2.5827 39 0.42
PLN/THB 8.7337 11 0.12
PLN/TRY 9.8170 10 0.11
PLN/ZAR 4.7099 21 0.23
RON/CNH 1.5766 63 0.69
RON/CZK 5.0132 199 2.15
RON/HKD 1.6867 59 0.64
RON/HUF 80.6280 124 1.34
RON/JPY 32.77 305 3.3
RON/MXN 4.4038 23 0.25
RON/THB 7.3400 1362 14.72
RON/TRY 8.2894 12 0.13
RON/ZAR 3.9557 25 0.27
SAR/CNH 1.9359 52 0.56
SAR/CZK 6.1566 162 1.75
SAR/HKD 2.0711 48 0.52
SAR/HUF 99.1530 101 1.09
SAR/JPY 40.22 249 2.69
SAR/MXN 5.4148 18 0.2
SAR/RON 1.2284 81 0.88
SAR/THB 9.0260 1108 11.97
SAR/TRY 10.2460 10 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.8596 21 0.22
SEK/AED 0.3672 272 2.94
SEK/CNH 0.7268 138 1.49
SEK/CZK 2.3112 433 4.67
SEK/DKK 0.6907 145 1.56
SEK/HKD 0.7775 129 1.39
SEK/HUF 37.1505 269 2.91
SEK/ILS 0.3669 273 2.94
SEK/JPY 15.10 7 0.07
SEK/MXN 2.0302 49 0.53
SEK/RON 0.4610 217 2.34
SEK/SAR 0.3755 266 2.88
SEK/THB 3.3860 2953 31.9
SEK/TRY 3.8052 26 0.28
SEK/ZAR 1.8235 55 0.59
SGD/AED 2.7414 36 0.39
SGD/CNH 5.4255 18 0.2
SGD/CZK 17.2546 58 0.63
SGD/DKK 5.1569 19 0.21
SGD/HKD 5.8046 17 0.19
SGD/HUF 277.3765 36 0.39
SGD/ILS 2.7385 37 0.39
SGD/JPY 112.74 89 0.96
SGD/MXN 15.1537 7 0.07
SGD/NOK 7.8233 13 0.14
SGD/PLN 2.8910 35 0.37
SGD/RON 3.4415 29 0.31
SGD/SAR 2.8028 36 0.39
SGD/SEK 7.4648 13 0.14
SGD/THB 25.2740 396 4.27
SGD/TRY 28.3933 4 0.04
SGD/ZAR 13.6056 7 0.08
THB/HUF 10.9904 9 0.1
THB/JPY 4.46 22 0.24
TRX/USD 0.2346 426 4.6
TRY/AUD 0.0418 239 2.58
TRY/HUF 9.7725 1023 11.05
TRY/JPY 3.98 2516 27.17
TRY/SEK 0.2628 381 4.11
TRY/THB 0.8856 113 1.22
UNI/USD 6.8015 1470 15.88
USD/AED 3.6717 27 0.29
USD/AUD 1.5863 6 0.07
USD/CAD 1.4306 70 0.76
USD/CHF 0.8817 113 1.22
USD/CNH 7.2684 14 0.15
USD/CZK 23.1096 43 0.47
USD/DKK 6.9083 14 0.16
USD/EUR 0.9258 11 0.12
USD/GBP 0.7723 13 0.14
USD/HKD 7.7756 13 0.14
USD/HUF 371.8155 27 0.29
USD/ILS 3.6681 27 0.29
USD/JPY 151.04 66 0.72
USD/MXN 20.3038 5 0.05
USD/NOK 10.4761 10 0.1
USD/NZD 1.7420 57 0.62
USD/PLN 3.8704 26 0.28
USD/RON 4.6099 22 0.23
USD/SAR 3.7532 27 0.29
USD/SEK 10.0001 10 0.11
USD/SGD 1.3400 75 0.81
USD/THB 33.8630 30 0.32
USD/TRY 37.9864 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 18.2294 5 0.06
UST/CHF 0.8831 113 1.22
UST/EUR 0.9270 108 1.17
UST/GBP 0.7731 129 1.4
UST/USD 1.0011 100 1.08
XLM/CHF 0.2532 395 4.27
XLM/EUR 0.2658 376 4.06
XLM/GBP 0.2217 451 4.87
XLM/USD 0.2870 348 3.76
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.59
XRP/USD 2.3380 4277 46.2
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 885.35
YFI/USD 5 287.1000 189 2.04
ZAR/CZK 1.2675 789 8.52
ZAR/HUF 20.3750 491 5.3
ZAR/JPY 8.29 1207 13.04
ZAR/MXN 1.1138 90 0.97
ZAR/THB 1.8565 5386 58.18
ZAR/TRY 2.0944 48 0.52

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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