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 0.5420 18450 217.82
AED/CNH 1.9495 51 0.61
AED/CZK 5.6885 176 2.08
AED/HKD 2.1371 47 0.55
AED/HUF 92.2035 108 1.28
AED/JPY 39.04 256 3.02
AED/MXN 5.0975 20 0.23
AED/RON 1.1684 86 1.01
AED/SAR 1.0211 98 1.16
AED/THB 8.8385 1131 13.36
AED/TRY 10.8551 9 0.11
AED/ZAR 4.7861 21 0.25
AUD/AED 2.4180 41 0.49
AUD/CAD 0.8978 111 1.31
AUD/CHF 0.5208 192 2.27
AUD/CNH 4.7139 21 0.25
AUD/CZK 13.7639 73 0.86
AUD/DKK 4.1604 24 0.28
AUD/HKD 5.1667 19 0.23
AUD/HUF 222.6100 45 0.53
AUD/ILS 2.2241 45 0.53
AUD/JPY 94.41 106 1.25
AUD/MXN 12.3350 8 0.1
AUD/NOK 6.6210 15 0.18
AUD/NZD 1.0793 93 1.09
AUD/PLN 2.3699 42 0.5
AUD/RON 2.8276 35 0.42
AUD/SAR 2.4705 40 0.48
AUD/SEK 6.2356 16 0.19
AUD/SGD 0.8378 119 1.41
AUD/THB 21.3475 468 5.53
AUD/TRY 26.1984 4 0.05
AUD/USD 0.6582 152 1.79
AUD/ZAR 11.5827 9 0.1
AVE/USD 263.6900 38 0.45
BAT/USD 0.1216 823 9.71
BCH/CHF 405.2000 2468 29.14
BCH/EUR 433.6500 2306 27.22
BCH/GBP 372.5000 2685 31.69
BCH/USD 512.0000 1953 23.06
BTC/CHF 83 844.8500 12 0.14
BTC/EUR 89 757.6000 11 0.13
BTC/GBP 77 087.3000 13 0.15
BTC/USD 105 950.2000 9 0.11
CAD/AED 2.6918 37 0.44
CAD/CHF 0.5798 172 2.04
CAD/CNH 5.2483 19 0.22
CAD/CZK 15.3247 65 0.77
CAD/DKK 4.6316 22 0.25
CAD/HKD 5.7532 17 0.21
CAD/HUF 247.9260 40 0.48
CAD/ILS 2.4760 40 0.48
CAD/JPY 105.12 95 1.12
CAD/MXN 13.7334 7 0.09
CAD/NOK 7.3782 14 0.16
CAD/PLN 2.6385 38 0.45
CAD/RON 3.1479 32 0.38
CAD/SAR 2.7507 36 0.43
CAD/SEK 6.9449 14 0.17
CAD/SGD 0.9327 107 1.27
CAD/THB 23.7855 420 4.96
CAD/TRY 29.1828 3 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7328 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 12.8962 8 0.09
CHF/AED 4.6423 22 0.25
CHF/CNH 9.0512 11 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.4334 38 0.45
CHF/DKK 7.9891 13 0.15
CHF/EUR 1.0707 93 1.1
CHF/HKD 9.9233 10 0.12
CHF/HUF 427.6500 23 0.28
CHF/ILS 4.2704 23 0.28
CHF/JPY 181.28 55 0.65
CHF/MXN 23.6853 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.7263 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.5500 22 0.26
CHF/RON 5.4292 18 0.22
CHF/SAR 4.7402 21 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.9800 8 0.1
CHF/SGD 1.6090 62 0.73
CHF/THB 40.9605 244 2.88
CHF/TRY 50.3341 2 0.02
CHF/USD 1.2639 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 22.2430 4 0.05
CMP/USD 42.2100 2369 27.97
CNH/CZK 2.9200 342 4.04
CNH/HKD 1.0962 91 1.08
CNH/HUF 47.2870 211 2.5
CNH/JPY 20.03 499 5.89
CNH/MXN 2.6168 38 0.45
CNH/THB 4.5330 2206 26.04
CNH/TRY 5.5680 18 0.21
CNH/ZAR 2.4575 41 0.48
CZK/HUF 16.1785 62 0.73
CZK/JPY 6.86 146 1.72
CZK/THB 1.5496 6 0.08
CZK/TRY 1.9049 5 0.06
DGE/USD 0.1585 63091 744.85
DKK/AED 0.5812 172 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2404 42 0.49
DKK/CNH 1.1331 88 1.04
DKK/CZK 3.3087 302 3.57
DKK/HKD 1.2421 81 0.95
DKK/HUF 53.5300 187 2.21
DKK/ILS 0.5346 187 2.21
DKK/JPY 22.69 4 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.9649 34 0.4
DKK/RON 0.6796 147 1.74
DKK/SAR 0.5935 169 1.99
DKK/THB 5.1265 1951 23.03
DKK/TRY 6.3025 16 0.19
DKK/ZAR 2.7842 36 0.42
DSH/USD 19.2650 519 6.13
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 558.2
EOS/USD 0.4944 2023 23.88
ETC/USD 16.0100 6246 73.74
ETH/CHF 1 911.5500 523 6.18
ETH/EUR 2 046.4500 489 5.77
ETH/GBP 1 757.5000 569 6.72
ETH/USD 2 415.5500 414 4.89
EUR/AED 4.3364 23 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7934 56 0.66
EUR/CAD 1.6110 62 0.73
EUR/CHF 0.9340 107 1.26
EUR/CNH 8.4543 12 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.6901 41 0.48
EUR/DKK 7.4614 13 0.16
EUR/GBP 0.8587 116 1.37
EUR/HKD 9.2678 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 399.4070 25 0.3
EUR/ILS 3.9887 25 0.3
EUR/JPY 169.32 59 0.7
EUR/MXN 22.1233 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.8853 8 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.9363 52 0.61
EUR/PLN 4.2496 24 0.28
EUR/RON 5.0710 20 0.23
EUR/SAR 4.4279 23 0.27
EUR/SEK 11.1893 9 0.11
EUR/SGD 1.5025 67 0.79
EUR/THB 38.2525 261 3.09
EUR/TRY 47.0261 2 0.03
EUR/USD 1.1806 85 1
EUR/ZAR 20.7739 5 0.06
GBP/AED 5.0493 20 0.23
GBP/AUD 2.0882 48 0.57
GBP/CAD 1.8757 53 0.63
GBP/CHF 1.0876 92 1.09
GBP/CNH 9.8431 10 0.12
GBP/CZK 28.7453 35 0.41
GBP/DKK 8.6892 12 0.14
GBP/HKD 10.7911 9 0.11
GBP/HUF 465.0525 22 0.25
GBP/ILS 4.6439 22 0.25
GBP/JPY 197.14 51 0.6
GBP/MXN 25.7567 4 0.05
GBP/NOK 13.8397 7 0.09
GBP/NZD 2.2541 44 0.52
GBP/PLN 4.9489 20 0.24
GBP/RON 5.9040 17 0.2
GBP/SAR 5.1558 19 0.23
GBP/SEK 13.0306 8 0.09
GBP/SGD 1.7499 57 0.67
GBP/THB 44.5965 224 2.65
GBP/TRY 54.7882 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3745 73 0.86
GBP/ZAR 24.1864 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.6639 375 4.43
HKD/HUF 43.0965 232 2.74
HKD/JPY 18.27 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.3870 42 0.49
HKD/THB 4.1355 2418 28.55
HKD/TRY 5.0771 20 0.23
HKD/ZAR 2.2416 45 0.53
ILS/AED 1.0881 92 1.09
ILS/CNH 2.1195 47 0.56
ILS/CZK 6.1892 162 1.91
ILS/HKD 2.3235 43 0.51
ILS/HUF 100.1275 100 1.18
ILS/JPY 42.45 236 2.78
ILS/MXN 5.5462 18 0.21
ILS/RON 1.2714 79 0.93
ILS/SAR 1.1110 90 1.06
ILS/THB 9.6110 1040 12.28
ILS/TRY 11.8008 8 0.1
ILS/ZAR 5.2083 19 0.23
IOT/USD 0.1610 62112 733.28
JPY/HUF 2.36 42 0.5
LNK/USD 12.8945 776 9.16
LTC/CHF 66.0000 15152 178.88
LTC/EUR 70.6500 14154 167.1
LTC/GBP 60.6500 16488 194.66
LTC/USD 83.4000 11990 141.56
MAN/USD 0.2425 41237 486.84
MAT/USD 0.1775 56338 665.12
MKR/USD 1 853.8200 54 0.64
MXN/CHF 0.0422 237 2.8
MXN/CZK 1.1159 9 0.11
MXN/HUF 18.0800 55 0.65
MXN/JPY 7.65 13 0.15
MXN/THB 1.7299 6 0.07
MXN/TRY 2.1276 47 0.55
NEO/USD 5.2650 18993 224.23
NOK/AED 0.3651 274 3.23
NOK/CNH 0.7113 141 1.66
NOK/CZK 2.0774 481 5.68
NOK/DKK 0.6278 159 1.88
NOK/HKD 0.7797 128 1.51
NOK/HUF 33.6045 298 3.51
NOK/ILS 0.3356 298 3.52
NOK/JPY 14.25 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8611 54 0.63
NOK/RON 0.4266 234 2.77
NOK/SAR 0.3728 268 3.17
NOK/SEK 0.9413 106 1.25
NOK/THB 3.2210 3105 36.65
NOK/TRY 3.9567 25 0.3
NOK/ZAR 1.7475 57 0.68
NZD/AED 2.2401 45 0.53
NZD/AUD 0.9265 11 0.13
NZD/CAD 0.8320 120 1.42
NZD/CHF 0.4823 207 2.45
NZD/CNH 4.3675 23 0.27
NZD/CZK 12.7504 78 0.93
NZD/DKK 3.8534 26 0.31
NZD/HKD 4.7865 2089 24.66
NZD/HUF 206.2775 48 0.57
NZD/ILS 2.0606 49 0.57
NZD/JPY 87.44 114 1.35
NZD/MXN 11.4290 9 0.1
NZD/NOK 6.1387 16 0.19
NZD/PLN 2.1952 46 0.54
NZD/RON 2.6197 38 0.45
NZD/SAR 2.2893 44 0.52
NZD/SEK 5.7788 17 0.2
NZD/SGD 0.7761 129 1.52
NZD/THB 19.7750 506 5.97
NZD/TRY 24.2929 4 0.05
NZD/USD 0.6099 164 1.94
NZD/ZAR 10.7331 9 0.11
PLN/AED 1.0211 98 1.16
PLN/CNH 1.9890 50 0.59
PLN/CZK 5.8089 172 2.03
PLN/DKK 1.7558 57 0.67
PLN/HKD 2.1804 46 0.54
PLN/HUF 93.9775 106 1.26
PLN/ILS 0.9385 107 1.26
PLN/JPY 39.84 251 2.96
PLN/MXN 5.2048 19 0.23
PLN/NOK 2.7967 36 0.42
PLN/RON 1.1931 84 0.99
PLN/SAR 1.0426 96 1.13
PLN/SEK 2.6330 38 0.45
PLN/THB 8.9997 11 0.13
PLN/TRY 11.0619 9 0.11
PLN/ZAR 4.8876 20 0.24
RON/CNH 1.6671 60 0.71
RON/CZK 4.8682 205 2.43
RON/HKD 1.8276 55 0.65
RON/HUF 78.7500 127 1.5
RON/JPY 33.39 299 3.54
RON/MXN 4.3625 23 0.27
RON/THB 7.5440 1326 15.65
RON/TRY 9.2821 11 0.13
RON/ZAR 4.0965 24 0.29
SAR/CNH 1.9079 52 0.62
SAR/CZK 5.5715 179 2.12
SAR/HKD 2.0930 48 0.56
SAR/HUF 90.3015 111 1.31
SAR/JPY 38.23 262 3.09
SAR/MXN 4.9925 20 0.24
SAR/RON 1.1444 87 1.03
SAR/THB 8.6565 1155 13.64
SAR/TRY 10.6307 9 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.6880 21 0.25
SEK/AED 0.3879 258 3.04
SEK/CNH 0.7557 132 1.56
SEK/CZK 2.2066 453 5.35
SEK/DKK 0.6668 150 1.77
SEK/HKD 0.8284 121 1.43
SEK/HUF 35.7000 280 3.31
SEK/ILS 0.3565 280 3.31
SEK/JPY 15.13 7 0.08
SEK/MXN 1.9774 51 0.6
SEK/RON 0.4533 221 2.6
SEK/SAR 0.3961 252 2.98
SEK/THB 3.4190 2925 34.53
SEK/TRY 4.2045 24 0.28
SEK/ZAR 1.8569 54 0.64
SGD/AED 2.8861 35 0.41
SGD/CNH 5.6267 18 0.21
SGD/CZK 16.4294 61 0.72
SGD/DKK 4.9661 20 0.24
SGD/HKD 6.1676 16 0.19
SGD/HUF 265.8015 38 0.44
SGD/ILS 2.6546 38 0.44
SGD/JPY 112.68 89 1.05
SGD/MXN 14.7222 7 0.08
SGD/NOK 7.9101 13 0.15
SGD/PLN 2.8283 35 0.42
SGD/RON 3.3749 30 0.35
SGD/SAR 2.9471 34 0.4
SGD/SEK 7.4472 13 0.16
SGD/THB 25.4990 392 4.63
SGD/TRY 31.3115 3 0.04
SGD/ZAR 13.8273 7 0.09
THB/HUF 10.4402 10 0.11
THB/JPY 4.42 23 0.27
TRX/USD 0.2789 359 4.23
TRY/AUD 0.0382 262 3.09
TRY/HUF 8.4915 1178 13.9
TRY/JPY 3.59 2784 32.87
TRY/SEK 0.2378 420 4.96
TRY/THB 0.8144 123 1.45
UNI/USD 6.9015 1449 17.11
USD/AED 3.6761 27 0.32
USD/AUD 1.5193 7 0.08
USD/CAD 1.3646 73 0.87
USD/CHF 0.7912 126 1.49
USD/CNH 7.1610 14 0.16
USD/CZK 20.9115 48 0.56
USD/DKK 6.3200 16 0.19
USD/EUR 0.8470 12 0.14
USD/GBP 0.7275 14 0.16
USD/HKD 7.8498 13 0.15
USD/HUF 338.6620 30 0.35
USD/ILS 3.3786 30 0.35
USD/JPY 143.42 70 0.82
USD/MXN 18.7388 5 0.06
USD/NOK 10.0679 10 0.12
USD/NZD 1.6396 61 0.72
USD/PLN 3.5996 28 0.33
USD/RON 4.2953 23 0.27
USD/SAR 3.7533 27 0.31
USD/SEK 9.4778 11 0.12
USD/SGD 1.2727 79 0.93
USD/THB 32.4645 31 0.36
USD/TRY 39.8344 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 17.5962 6 0.07
UST/CHF 0.7911 126 1.49
UST/EUR 0.8493 118 1.39
UST/GBP 0.7273 137 1.62
UST/USD 1.0017 100 1.18
XLM/CHF 0.1786 560 6.61
XLM/EUR 0.1912 523 6.18
XLM/GBP 0.1642 609 7.19
XLM/USD 0.2257 443 5.23
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.64
XRP/USD 2.1720 4604 54.35
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 967.69
YFI/USD 4 908.7500 204 2.41
ZAR/CZK 1.1885 841 9.93
ZAR/HUF 19.2385 520 6.14
ZAR/JPY 8.15 1227 14.48
ZAR/MXN 1.0648 94 1.11
ZAR/THB 1.8425 5427 64.08
ZAR/TRY 2.2661 44 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 Statistiche per 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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