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 1.0140 9862 104.2
AED/CNH 1.9736 51 0.54
AED/CZK 6.5128 154 1.62
AED/HKD 2.1186 47 0.5
AED/HUF 106.3950 94 0.99
AED/JPY 41.16 243 2.57
AED/MXN 5.6112 18 0.19
AED/RON 1.2828 78 0.82
AED/SAR 1.0227 98 1.03
AED/THB 9.4040 1063 11.24
AED/TRY 9.4379 11 0.11
AED/ZAR 4.9532 20 0.21
AUD/AED 2.3850 42 0.44
AUD/CAD 0.9115 110 1.16
AUD/CHF 0.5728 175 1.84
AUD/CNH 4.7069 21 0.22
AUD/CZK 15.5318 64 0.68
AUD/DKK 4.5858 22 0.23
AUD/HKD 5.0552 20 0.21
AUD/HUF 253.9080 39 0.42
AUD/ILS 2.3746 42 0.44
AUD/JPY 98.14 102 1.08
AUD/MXN 13.3784 7 0.08
AUD/NOK 7.1848 14 0.15
AUD/NZD 1.1021 91 0.96
AUD/PLN 2.6462 38 0.4
AUD/RON 3.0596 33 0.35
AUD/SAR 2.4412 41 0.43
AUD/SEK 7.0876 14 0.15
AUD/SGD 0.8708 115 1.21
AUD/THB 22.4400 446 4.71
AUD/TRY 22.5042 4 0.05
AUD/USD 0.6497 154 1.63
AUD/ZAR 11.8066 8 0.09
AVE/USD 203.4625 49 0.52
BAT/USD 0.2977 336 3.55
BCH/CHF 457.3000 2187 23.11
BCH/EUR 490.6500 2038 21.53
BCH/GBP 408.8000 2446 25.85
BCH/USD 518.4500 1929 20.38
BTC/CHF 85 030.5000 12 0.12
BTC/EUR 91 239.4000 11 0.12
BTC/GBP 76 022.3500 13 0.14
BTC/USD 96 406.3500 10 0.11
CAD/AED 2.6165 38 0.4
CAD/CHF 0.6286 159 1.68
CAD/CNH 5.1639 19 0.2
CAD/CZK 17.0396 59 0.62
CAD/DKK 5.0311 20 0.21
CAD/HKD 5.5462 18 0.19
CAD/HUF 278.4755 36 0.38
CAD/ILS 2.6052 38 0.41
CAD/JPY 107.71 93 0.98
CAD/MXN 14.6780 7 0.07
CAD/NOK 7.8858 13 0.13
CAD/PLN 2.9027 34 0.36
CAD/RON 3.3566 30 0.31
CAD/SAR 2.6776 37 0.39
CAD/SEK 7.7764 13 0.14
CAD/SGD 0.9555 105 1.11
CAD/THB 24.6195 406 4.29
CAD/TRY 24.6863 4 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7128 14 0.15
CAD/ZAR 12.9563 8 0.08
CHF/AED 4.1624 24 0.25
CHF/CNH 8.2157 12 0.13
CHF/CZK 27.1049 37 0.39
CHF/DKK 8.0033 12 0.13
CHF/EUR 1.0731 93 0.98
CHF/HKD 8.8230 11 0.12
CHF/HUF 442.9955 23 0.24
CHF/ILS 4.1443 24 0.25
CHF/JPY 171.33 58 0.62
CHF/MXN 23.3582 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.5444 8 0.08
CHF/PLN 4.6174 22 0.23
CHF/RON 5.3404 19 0.2
CHF/SAR 4.2600 23 0.25
CHF/SEK 12.3702 8 0.09
CHF/SGD 1.5200 66 0.7
CHF/THB 39.1895 255 2.7
CHF/TRY 39.2681 3 0.03
CHF/USD 1.1337 9 0.09
CHF/ZAR 20.6112 5 0.05
CMP/USD 71.1000 1406 14.86
CNH/CZK 3.2999 303 3.2
CNH/HKD 1.0739 93 0.98
CNH/HUF 53.9345 185 1.96
CNH/JPY 20.86 479 5.07
CNH/MXN 2.8425 35 0.37
CNH/THB 4.7675 2098 22.16
CNH/TRY 4.7815 21 0.22
CNH/ZAR 2.5102 40 0.42
CZK/HUF 16.3442 61 0.65
CZK/JPY 6.32 158 1.67
CZK/THB 1.4444 7 0.07
CZK/TRY 1.4486 7 0.07
DGE/USD 0.4020 24876 262.84
DKK/AED 0.5201 192 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2181 46 0.48
DKK/CNH 1.0265 97 1.03
DKK/CZK 3.3869 295 3.12
DKK/HKD 1.1024 91 0.96
DKK/HUF 55.3570 181 1.91
DKK/ILS 0.5179 193 2.04
DKK/JPY 21.41 5 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.9181 34 0.36
DKK/RON 0.6672 150 1.58
DKK/SAR 0.5322 188 1.99
DKK/THB 4.8930 2044 21.59
DKK/TRY 4.9068 20 0.22
DKK/ZAR 2.5775 39 0.41
DSH/USD 37.4690 267 2.82
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 499.58
EOS/USD 0.8192 1221 12.9
ETC/USD 31.4000 3185 33.65
ETH/CHF 3 209.6000 312 3.29
ETH/EUR 3 443.9000 290 3.07
ETH/GBP 2 869.5500 348 3.68
ETH/USD 3 638.2500 275 2.9
EUR/AED 3.8809 26 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.6264 61 0.65
EUR/CAD 1.4824 67 0.71
EUR/CHF 0.9319 107 1.13
EUR/CNH 7.6553 13 0.14
EUR/CZK 25.2609 40 0.42
EUR/DKK 7.4585 13 0.14
EUR/GBP 0.8333 120 1.27
EUR/HKD 8.2219 12 0.13
EUR/HUF 412.8670 24 0.26
EUR/ILS 3.8621 26 0.27
EUR/JPY 159.69 63 0.66
EUR/MXN 21.7598 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.6902 9 0.09
EUR/NZD 1.7928 56 0.59
EUR/PLN 4.3028 23 0.25
EUR/RON 4.9760 20 0.21
EUR/SAR 3.9699 25 0.27
EUR/SEK 11.5280 9 0.09
EUR/SGD 1.4163 71 0.75
EUR/THB 36.4960 274 2.9
EUR/TRY 36.5967 3 0.03
EUR/USD 1.0566 95 1
EUR/ZAR 19.2067 5 0.06
GBP/AED 4.6549 21 0.23
GBP/AUD 1.9519 51 0.54
GBP/CAD 1.7790 56 0.59
GBP/CHF 1.1182 89 0.94
GBP/CNH 9.1867 11 0.12
GBP/CZK 30.3127 33 0.35
GBP/DKK 8.9504 11 0.12
GBP/HKD 9.8674 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 495.4510 20 0.21
GBP/ILS 4.6346 22 0.23
GBP/JPY 191.62 52 0.55
GBP/MXN 26.1098 4 0.04
GBP/NOK 14.0287 7 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.1512 46 0.49
GBP/PLN 5.1642 19 0.2
GBP/RON 5.9714 17 0.18
GBP/SAR 4.7634 21 0.22
GBP/SEK 13.8337 7 0.08
GBP/SGD 1.6998 59 0.62
GBP/THB 43.7835 228 2.41
GBP/TRY 43.9166 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.2680 79 0.83
GBP/ZAR 23.0493 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 3.0723 325 3.44
HKD/HUF 50.2140 199 2.1
HKD/JPY 19.42 5 0.05
HKD/MXN 2.6462 38 0.4
HKD/THB 4.4385 2253 23.81
HKD/TRY 4.4506 22 0.24
HKD/ZAR 2.3361 43 0.45
ILS/AED 1.0044 100 1.05
ILS/CNH 1.9822 50 0.53
ILS/CZK 6.5413 153 1.62
ILS/HKD 2.1290 47 0.5
ILS/HUF 106.9565 93 0.99
ILS/JPY 41.34 242 2.56
ILS/MXN 5.6352 18 0.19
ILS/RON 1.2884 78 0.82
ILS/SAR 1.0278 97 1.03
ILS/THB 9.4540 1058 11.18
ILS/TRY 9.4778 11 0.11
ILS/ZAR 4.9774 20 0.21
IOT/USD 0.2275 43956 464.44
JPY/HUF 2.59 39 0.41
LNK/USD 18.3290 546 5.76
LTC/CHF 86.0500 11621 122.79
LTC/EUR 92.3500 10828 114.41
LTC/GBP 76.9000 13004 137.4
LTC/USD 97.6500 10241 108.2
MAN/USD 0.6110 16367 172.93
MAT/USD 0.5760 17361 183.44
MKR/USD 1 837.8100 54 0.57
MXN/CHF 0.0428 233 2.47
MXN/CZK 1.1608 9 0.09
MXN/HUF 18.9554 53 0.56
MXN/JPY 7.33 14 0.14
MXN/THB 1.6763 6 0.06
MXN/TRY 1.6875 59 0.63
NEO/USD 14.6650 6819 72.05
NOK/AED 0.3318 301 3.18
NOK/CNH 0.6549 153 1.61
NOK/CZK 2.1609 463 4.89
NOK/DKK 0.6380 157 1.66
NOK/HKD 0.7033 142 1.5
NOK/HUF 35.3190 283 2.99
NOK/ILS 0.3303 303 3.2
NOK/JPY 13.66 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8616 54 0.57
NOK/RON 0.4257 235 2.48
NOK/SAR 0.3396 294 3.11
NOK/SEK 0.9861 101 1.07
NOK/THB 3.1225 3203 33.84
NOK/TRY 3.1311 32 0.34
NOK/ZAR 1.6436 61 0.64
NZD/AED 2.1639 46 0.49
NZD/AUD 0.9073 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8269 121 1.28
NZD/CHF 0.5196 192 2.03
NZD/CNH 4.2705 23 0.25
NZD/CZK 14.0896 71 0.75
NZD/DKK 4.1602 24 0.25
NZD/HKD 4.5865 2180 23.04
NZD/HUF 230.2745 43 0.46
NZD/ILS 2.1545 46 0.49
NZD/JPY 89.01 112 1.19
NZD/MXN 12.1364 8 0.09
NZD/NOK 6.5209 15 0.16
NZD/PLN 2.4002 42 0.44
NZD/RON 2.7758 36 0.38
NZD/SAR 2.2140 45 0.48
NZD/SEK 6.4304 16 0.16
NZD/SGD 0.7901 127 1.34
NZD/THB 20.3820 491 5.18
NZD/TRY 20.4119 5 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5893 170 1.79
NZD/ZAR 10.7128 9 0.1
PLN/AED 0.9015 111 1.17
PLN/CNH 1.7792 56 0.59
PLN/CZK 5.8707 170 1.8
PLN/DKK 1.7334 58 0.61
PLN/HKD 1.9108 52 0.55
PLN/HUF 95.9540 104 1.1
PLN/ILS 0.8976 111 1.18
PLN/JPY 37.11 269 2.85
PLN/MXN 5.0561 20 0.21
PLN/NOK 2.7167 37 0.39
PLN/RON 1.1565 86 0.91
PLN/SAR 0.9225 108 1.15
PLN/SEK 2.6791 37 0.39
PLN/THB 8.4806 12 0.12
PLN/TRY 8.5066 12 0.12
PLN/ZAR 4.4636 22 0.24
RON/CNH 1.5384 65 0.69
RON/CZK 5.0768 197 2.08
RON/HKD 1.6525 61 0.64
RON/HUF 82.9685 121 1.27
RON/JPY 32.09 312 3.29
RON/MXN 4.3728 23 0.24
RON/THB 7.3340 1364 14.41
RON/TRY 7.3560 14 0.14
RON/ZAR 3.8611 26 0.27
SAR/CNH 1.9286 52 0.55
SAR/CZK 6.3643 157 1.66
SAR/HKD 2.0712 48 0.51
SAR/HUF 104.0340 96 1.02
SAR/JPY 40.22 249 2.63
SAR/MXN 5.4801 18 0.19
SAR/RON 1.2536 80 0.84
SAR/THB 9.1950 1088 11.49
SAR/TRY 9.2228 11 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.8392 21 0.22
SEK/AED 0.3365 297 3.14
SEK/CNH 0.6641 151 1.59
SEK/CZK 2.1912 456 4.82
SEK/DKK 0.6470 155 1.63
SEK/HKD 0.7132 140 1.48
SEK/HUF 35.8110 279 2.95
SEK/ILS 0.3350 298 3.15
SEK/JPY 13.85 7 0.08
SEK/MXN 1.8881 53 0.56
SEK/RON 0.4317 232 2.45
SEK/SAR 0.3443 290 3.07
SEK/THB 3.1645 3160 33.39
SEK/TRY 3.1747 31 0.33
SEK/ZAR 1.6670 60 0.63
SGD/AED 2.7386 37 0.39
SGD/CNH 5.4049 19 0.2
SGD/CZK 17.8339 56 0.59
SGD/DKK 5.2662 19 0.2
SGD/HKD 5.8051 17 0.18
SGD/HUF 291.4870 34 0.36
SGD/ILS 2.7266 37 0.39
SGD/JPY 112.72 89 0.94
SGD/MXN 15.3646 7 0.07
SGD/NOK 8.2536 12 0.13
SGD/PLN 3.0381 33 0.35
SGD/RON 3.5132 28 0.3
SGD/SAR 2.8025 36 0.38
SGD/SEK 8.1386 12 0.13
SGD/THB 25.7730 388 4.1
SGD/TRY 25.8336 4 0.04
SGD/ZAR 13.5604 7 0.08
THB/HUF 11.3137 9 0.09
THB/JPY 4.37 23 0.24
TRX/USD 0.2010 497 5.26
TRY/AUD 0.0444 225 2.38
TRY/HUF 11.2830 886 9.36
TRY/JPY 4.36 2293 24.23
TRY/SEK 0.3149 318 3.36
TRY/THB 0.9971 100 1.06
UNI/USD 13.3500 749 7.91
USD/AED 3.6710 27 0.29
USD/AUD 1.5393 6 0.07
USD/CAD 1.4030 71 0.75
USD/CHF 0.8820 113 1.2
USD/CNH 7.2451 14 0.15
USD/CZK 23.9083 42 0.44
USD/DKK 7.0583 14 0.15
USD/EUR 0.9464 11 0.11
USD/GBP 0.7886 13 0.13
USD/HKD 7.7814 13 0.14
USD/HUF 390.7810 26 0.27
USD/ILS 3.6551 27 0.29
USD/JPY 151.09 66 0.7
USD/MXN 20.5917 5 0.05
USD/NOK 11.0631 9 0.1
USD/NZD 1.6968 59 0.62
USD/PLN 4.0725 25 0.26
USD/RON 4.7094 21 0.22
USD/SAR 3.7567 27 0.28
USD/SEK 10.9099 9 0.1
USD/SGD 1.3404 75 0.79
USD/THB 34.5395 29 0.31
USD/TRY 34.6468 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 18.1792 6 0.06
UST/CHF 0.8830 113 1.2
UST/EUR 0.9474 106 1.12
UST/GBP 0.7894 127 1.34
UST/USD 1.0010 100 1.06
XLM/CHF 0.4393 228 2.41
XLM/EUR 0.4714 212 2.24
XLM/GBP 0.3928 255 2.69
XLM/USD 0.4980 201 2.12
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.58
XRP/USD 1.4965 6682 70.61
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 866.07
YFI/USD 7 460.8000 134 1.42
ZAR/CZK 1.3146 761 8.04
ZAR/HUF 21.4710 466 4.92
ZAR/JPY 8.31 1203 12.71
ZAR/MXN 1.1326 88 0.93
ZAR/THB 1.8995 5265 55.63
ZAR/TRY 1.9059 52 0.55

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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