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 0.7000 14286 154.66
AED/CNH 1.9795 51 0.55
AED/CZK 6.2713 159 1.73
AED/HKD 2.1178 47 0.51
AED/HUF 101.1695 99 1.07
AED/JPY 40.79 245 2.65
AED/MXN 5.5461 18 0.2
AED/RON 1.2515 80 0.87
AED/SAR 1.0215 98 1.06
AED/THB 9.2390 1082 11.72
AED/TRY 10.3502 10 0.1
AED/ZAR 5.0177 20 0.22
AUD/AED 2.3090 43 0.47
AUD/CAD 0.9002 111 1.2
AUD/CHF 0.5538 181 1.95
AUD/CNH 4.5705 22 0.24
AUD/CZK 14.4871 69 0.75
AUD/DKK 4.3315 23 0.25
AUD/HKD 4.8902 20 0.22
AUD/HUF 233.7255 43 0.46
AUD/ILS 2.3300 43 0.46
AUD/JPY 94.21 106 1.15
AUD/MXN 12.8024 8 0.08
AUD/NOK 6.5887 15 0.16
AUD/NZD 1.1000 91 0.98
AUD/PLN 2.4281 41 0.45
AUD/RON 2.8895 35 0.37
AUD/SAR 2.3595 42 0.46
AUD/SEK 6.2928 16 0.17
AUD/SGD 0.8433 119 1.28
AUD/THB 21.3395 469 5.07
AUD/TRY 23.8846 4 0.05
AUD/USD 0.6286 159 1.72
AUD/ZAR 11.5868 9 0.09
AVE/USD 170.6225 59 0.63
BAT/USD 0.1411 709 7.67
BCH/CHF 269.1500 3715 40.22
BCH/EUR 282.2000 3544 38.36
BCH/GBP 236.0500 4236 45.87
BCH/USD 305.5000 3273 35.44
BTC/CHF 73 796.1000 14 0.15
BTC/EUR 77 387.6500 13 0.14
BTC/GBP 64 721.7000 15 0.17
BTC/USD 83 765.8000 12 0.13
CAD/AED 2.5652 39 0.42
CAD/CHF 0.6151 163 1.76
CAD/CNH 5.0777 20 0.21
CAD/CZK 16.0913 62 0.67
CAD/DKK 4.8128 21 0.22
CAD/HKD 5.4328 18 0.2
CAD/HUF 259.7380 39 0.42
CAD/ILS 2.5886 39 0.42
CAD/JPY 104.67 96 1.03
CAD/MXN 14.2249 7 0.08
CAD/NOK 7.3255 14 0.15
CAD/PLN 2.6971 37 0.4
CAD/RON 3.2101 31 0.34
CAD/SAR 2.6220 38 0.41
CAD/SEK 6.9949 14 0.15
CAD/SGD 0.9369 107 1.16
CAD/THB 23.7235 422 4.56
CAD/TRY 26.5120 4 0.04
CAD/USD 0.6984 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 12.8636 8 0.08
CHF/AED 4.1702 24 0.26
CHF/CNH 8.2564 12 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.1572 38 0.41
CHF/DKK 7.8229 13 0.14
CHF/EUR 1.0484 95 1.03
CHF/HKD 8.8311 11 0.12
CHF/HUF 422.1930 24 0.26
CHF/ILS 4.2078 24 0.26
CHF/JPY 170.11 59 0.64
CHF/MXN 23.1212 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 11.9065 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.3840 23 0.25
CHF/RON 5.2181 19 0.21
CHF/SAR 4.2639 23 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.3698 9 0.1
CHF/SGD 1.5229 66 0.71
CHF/THB 38.4785 260 2.81
CHF/TRY 43.0593 2 0.03
CHF/USD 1.1356 9 0.1
CHF/ZAR 20.9198 5 0.05
CMP/USD 40.2400 2485 26.9
CNH/CZK 3.1679 316 3.42
CNH/HKD 1.0698 93 1.01
CNH/HUF 51.1095 196 2.12
CNH/JPY 20.61 485 5.25
CNH/MXN 2.8012 36 0.39
CNH/THB 4.6660 2143 23.2
CNH/TRY 5.2302 19 0.21
CNH/ZAR 2.5333 39 0.43
CZK/HUF 16.1357 62 0.67
CZK/JPY 6.50 154 1.66
CZK/THB 1.4726 7 0.07
CZK/TRY 1.6490 6 0.07
DGE/USD 0.1775 56338 609.94
DKK/AED 0.5332 188 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2309 43 0.47
DKK/CNH 1.0554 95 1.03
DKK/CZK 3.3425 299 3.24
DKK/HKD 1.1289 89 0.96
DKK/HUF 53.9330 185 2.01
DKK/ILS 0.5380 186 2.01
DKK/JPY 21.74 5 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.9563 34 0.37
DKK/RON 0.6672 150 1.62
DKK/SAR 0.5450 183 1.99
DKK/THB 4.9210 2032 22
DKK/TRY 5.5075 18 0.2
DKK/ZAR 2.6753 37 0.4
DSH/USD 22.6530 441 4.78
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 511.89
EOS/USD 0.5782 1730 18.73
ETC/USD 16.8750 5926 64.16
ETH/CHF 1 652.9000 605 6.55
ETH/EUR 1 733.4000 577 6.25
ETH/GBP 1 449.6500 690 7.47
ETH/USD 1 876.2500 533 5.77
EUR/AED 3.9779 25 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7230 58 0.63
EUR/CAD 1.5501 65 0.7
EUR/CHF 0.9538 105 1.14
EUR/CNH 7.8713 13 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.9518 40 0.43
EUR/DKK 7.4623 13 0.15
EUR/GBP 0.8367 120 1.29
EUR/HKD 8.4244 12 0.13
EUR/HUF 402.6585 25 0.27
EUR/ILS 4.0136 25 0.27
EUR/JPY 162.25 62 0.67
EUR/MXN 22.0551 5 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.3596 9 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.8942 53 0.57
EUR/PLN 4.1814 24 0.26
EUR/RON 4.9773 20 0.22
EUR/SAR 4.0657 25 0.27
EUR/SEK 10.8461 9 0.1
EUR/SGD 1.4527 69 0.75
EUR/THB 36.7175 272 2.95
EUR/TRY 41.1561 2 0.03
EUR/USD 1.0826 92 1
EUR/ZAR 19.9525 5 0.05
GBP/AED 4.7529 21 0.23
GBP/AUD 2.0583 49 0.53
GBP/CAD 1.8530 54 0.58
GBP/CHF 1.1400 88 0.95
GBP/CNH 9.4093 11 0.12
GBP/CZK 29.8116 34 0.36
GBP/DKK 8.9181 11 0.12
GBP/HKD 10.0673 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 480.9990 21 0.23
GBP/ILS 4.7964 21 0.23
GBP/JPY 193.92 52 0.56
GBP/MXN 26.3558 4 0.04
GBP/NOK 13.5735 7 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.2643 44 0.48
GBP/PLN 4.9977 20 0.22
GBP/RON 5.9480 17 0.18
GBP/SAR 4.8570 21 0.22
GBP/SEK 12.9613 8 0.08
GBP/SGD 1.7359 58 0.62
GBP/THB 43.9135 228 2.47
GBP/TRY 49.2001 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.2942 77 0.84
GBP/ZAR 23.8359 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.9610 338 3.66
HKD/HUF 47.7800 209 2.27
HKD/JPY 19.26 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.6183 38 0.41
HKD/THB 4.3625 2292 24.82
HKD/TRY 4.8802 20 0.22
HKD/ZAR 2.3695 42 0.46
ILS/AED 0.9910 101 1.09
ILS/CNH 1.9618 51 0.55
ILS/CZK 6.2147 161 1.74
ILS/HKD 2.0987 48 0.52
ILS/HUF 100.4870 100 1.08
ILS/JPY 40.43 247 2.68
ILS/MXN 5.4952 18 0.2
ILS/RON 1.2402 81 0.87
ILS/SAR 1.0128 99 1.07
ILS/THB 9.1635 1091 11.81
ILS/TRY 10.2766 10 0.11
ILS/ZAR 4.9719 20 0.22
IOT/USD 0.1820 54945 594.86
JPY/HUF 2.48 40 0.44
LNK/USD 14.0510 712 7.71
LTC/CHF 76.0000 13158 142.45
LTC/EUR 79.7000 12547 135.84
LTC/GBP 66.7000 14993 162.32
LTC/USD 86.3000 11587 125.45
MAN/USD 0.2545 39293 425.4
MAT/USD 0.2100 47619 515.55
MKR/USD 1 427.5500 70 0.76
MXN/CHF 0.0433 231 2.5
MXN/CZK 1.1309 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 18.2051 55 0.59
MXN/JPY 7.36 14 0.15
MXN/THB 1.6643 6 0.07
MXN/TRY 1.8627 54 0.58
NEO/USD 6.6900 14948 161.83
NOK/AED 0.3503 285 3.09
NOK/CNH 0.6930 144 1.56
NOK/CZK 2.1964 455 4.93
NOK/DKK 0.6571 152 1.65
NOK/HKD 0.7419 135 1.46
NOK/HUF 35.4360 282 3.06
NOK/ILS 0.3535 283 3.06
NOK/JPY 14.28 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.9424 51 0.56
NOK/RON 0.4384 228 2.47
NOK/SAR 0.3580 279 3.02
NOK/SEK 0.9550 105 1.13
NOK/THB 3.2350 3091 33.47
NOK/TRY 3.6179 28 0.3
NOK/ZAR 1.7556 57 0.62
NZD/AED 2.0992 48 0.52
NZD/AUD 0.9091 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8185 122 1.32
NZD/CHF 0.5035 199 2.15
NZD/CNH 4.1558 24 0.26
NZD/CZK 13.1711 76 0.82
NZD/DKK 3.9384 25 0.27
NZD/HKD 4.4460 2249 24.35
NZD/HUF 212.5870 47 0.51
NZD/ILS 2.1183 47 0.51
NZD/JPY 85.66 117 1.26
NZD/MXN 11.6404 9 0.09
NZD/NOK 5.9952 17 0.18
NZD/PLN 2.2075 45 0.49
NZD/RON 2.6270 38 0.41
NZD/SAR 2.1455 47 0.5
NZD/SEK 5.7241 17 0.19
NZD/SGD 0.7666 130 1.41
NZD/THB 19.4055 515 5.58
NZD/TRY 21.7185 5 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5716 175 1.89
NZD/ZAR 10.5283 9 0.1
PLN/AED 0.9510 105 1.14
PLN/CNH 1.8825 53 0.58
PLN/CZK 5.9661 168 1.81
PLN/DKK 1.7851 56 0.61
PLN/HKD 2.0150 50 0.54
PLN/HUF 96.2730 104 1.12
PLN/ILS 0.9601 104 1.13
PLN/JPY 38.80 258 2.79
PLN/MXN 5.2756 19 0.21
PLN/NOK 2.7162 37 0.4
PLN/RON 1.1906 84 0.91
PLN/SAR 0.9717 103 1.11
PLN/SEK 2.5945 39 0.42
PLN/THB 8.7823 11 0.12
PLN/TRY 9.8289 10 0.11
PLN/ZAR 4.7686 21 0.23
RON/CNH 1.5819 63 0.68
RON/CZK 5.0114 200 2.16
RON/HKD 1.6924 59 0.64
RON/HUF 80.8170 124 1.34
RON/JPY 32.60 307 3.32
RON/MXN 4.4312 23 0.24
RON/THB 7.3765 1356 14.68
RON/TRY 8.2700 12 0.13
RON/ZAR 4.0093 25 0.27
SAR/CNH 1.9366 52 0.56
SAR/CZK 6.1368 163 1.76
SAR/HKD 2.0720 48 0.52
SAR/HUF 99.0795 101 1.09
SAR/JPY 39.90 251 2.71
SAR/MXN 5.4310 18 0.2
SAR/RON 1.2247 82 0.88
SAR/THB 9.0450 1106 11.97
SAR/TRY 10.1939 10 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.9119 20 0.22
SEK/AED 0.3666 273 2.95
SEK/CNH 0.7258 138 1.49
SEK/CZK 2.2999 435 4.71
SEK/DKK 0.6881 145 1.57
SEK/HKD 0.7769 129 1.39
SEK/HUF 37.1060 269 2.92
SEK/ILS 0.3700 270 2.93
SEK/JPY 14.96 7 0.07
SEK/MXN 2.0333 49 0.53
SEK/RON 0.4588 218 2.36
SEK/SAR 0.3748 267 2.89
SEK/THB 3.3955 2945 31.88
SEK/TRY 3.7975 26 0.29
SEK/ZAR 1.8396 54 0.59
SGD/AED 2.7365 37 0.4
SGD/CNH 5.4198 18 0.2
SGD/CZK 17.1713 58 0.63
SGD/DKK 5.1371 19 0.21
SGD/HKD 5.7992 17 0.19
SGD/HUF 277.0865 36 0.39
SGD/ILS 2.7630 36 0.39
SGD/JPY 111.66 90 0.97
SGD/MXN 15.1844 7 0.07
SGD/NOK 7.8179 13 0.14
SGD/PLN 2.8780 35 0.38
SGD/RON 3.4264 29 0.32
SGD/SAR 2.7986 36 0.39
SGD/SEK 7.4662 13 0.15
SGD/THB 25.2920 395 4.28
SGD/TRY 28.2962 4 0.04
SGD/ZAR 13.7403 7 0.08
THB/HUF 10.9627 9 0.1
THB/JPY 4.42 23 0.24
TRX/USD 0.2339 427 4.63
TRY/AUD 0.0419 239 2.59
TRY/HUF 9.7875 1022 11.06
TRY/JPY 3.94 2536 27.46
TRY/SEK 0.2633 380 4.11
TRY/THB 0.8933 112 1.21
UNI/USD 6.0620 1650 17.86
USD/AED 3.6727 27 0.29
USD/AUD 1.5907 6 0.07
USD/CAD 1.4319 70 0.76
USD/CHF 0.8806 114 1.23
USD/CNH 7.2705 14 0.15
USD/CZK 23.0351 43 0.47
USD/DKK 6.8891 15 0.16
USD/EUR 0.9237 11 0.12
USD/GBP 0.7727 13 0.14
USD/HKD 7.7784 13 0.14
USD/HUF 371.5685 27 0.29
USD/ILS 3.7063 27 0.29
USD/JPY 149.85 67 0.72
USD/MXN 20.3663 5 0.05
USD/NOK 10.4913 10 0.1
USD/NZD 1.7494 57 0.62
USD/PLN 3.8621 26 0.28
USD/RON 4.5962 22 0.24
USD/SAR 3.7532 27 0.29
USD/SEK 10.0185 10 0.11
USD/SGD 1.3414 75 0.81
USD/THB 33.9350 29 0.32
USD/TRY 38.0156 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 18.4375 5 0.06
UST/CHF 0.8828 113 1.23
UST/EUR 0.9258 108 1.17
UST/GBP 0.7743 129 1.4
UST/USD 1.0021 100 1.08
XLM/CHF 0.2395 418 4.52
XLM/EUR 0.2511 398 4.31
XLM/GBP 0.2100 476 5.15
XLM/USD 0.2718 368 3.98
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.59
XRP/USD 2.1720 4604 49.85
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 887.41
YFI/USD 4 935.5500 203 2.19
ZAR/CZK 1.2499 800 8.66
ZAR/HUF 20.1460 496 5.37
ZAR/JPY 8.14 1229 13.31
ZAR/MXN 1.1051 90 0.98
ZAR/THB 1.8415 5430 58.79
ZAR/TRY 2.0620 48 0.53

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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