Thursday, 26 March 2015

FX Market Masters April Welcomes Newcomers

FX Market Masters April Welcomes Newcomers

It’s time for a new “FX Market Masters” round. If you participate on a regular basis, please, proceed with registration. For the newcomers we broke down the main contest conditions. Here’s what you need to know before joining the trading competition.


1) FX Market Masters April is held on Demo Accounts. Trading on Demo is set in line with trading on Live Accounts. The main difference is that you administer virtual funds and therefore bare no financial risks.
2) The contest starts on April 6 and lasts for four weeks up to and including May 1. Long timeframe leaves the room for maneuvering and allows you to find you bearing in the unstable Forex market.
3) The main prize is PAMM STP with 1000 USD deposit. It is a great opportunity to explore PAMM technology. With experience, you will get more and more PAMM Slaves and a sound commission for providing them with your trading strategy!
4) The participants must increase the start-up deposit by at least 10% to get a bonus for successful trading. The bonus comes to 1% of the profit made during the contest. The bonus fund totals 3000 USD.
5) Entry fee is just 10 USD. Keep in mind that through to March 31 "No‐Commission Deposits” incentive allows the clients to load the accounts without paying commission.
Important! You are required to have at least US$10 in your e-Wallet to register to take part in the tournament. You can add funds to your account via any payment system. If you have funds available in your FXOpen trading account, you can transfer the needed sum to your e-Wallet. Go to your account.

Tell fellow traders about the FX Market Masters April!

FX Market Masters April 2015 Terms:
Key dates:
  • March 25, 2015 – registration starts;
  • April 20, 2015 – registration ends;
  • April 6, 2015 – competition starts;
  • May 1, 2015 – competition ends;
  • May 4, 2015 – summing-up.

Bonuses:
· 1% of the profit made during the competition will be added to the account of the traders, able to increase the provided start-up deposit by 10% or more;
· Declared bonus budget US$3,000.

Terms of the contest:
  • Entry fee: US$10;
  • Trading instruments: EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURGBP, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNZD, GBPCAD, GBPAUD, GBPSGD, EURCHF, EURAUD, EURJPY, EURCAD, EURNZD, EURSEK, EURDKK, EURTRY, EURNOK, EURPLN, EURHKD, AUDCAD, AUDJPY, AUDCHF, AUDNZD, CADJPY, CADCHF, CHFJPY, NZDCHF, NZDCAD, NZDJPY, NZDSGD, SGDJPY, USDTRY, USDHKD, USDSGD, USDPLN, HKDJPY, NOKJPY, NOKSEK, USDMXN, USDRUB, USDSEK, USDNOK, USDDKK, USDCNH;
  • Trading platform: MetaTrader 4 (download);
  • Contest account: competition ECN;
  • Start-up deposit: US$5,000;
  • Leverage: 1:100;
  • EA: disabled;
  • Locking: allowed;
  • Lot volume: from 0.1 to 1 (maximum 1 lot per order);
  • Number of orders, open at a time (including pending orders): maximum 5;
  • The liquidation of the contest PAMM ECN/STP account: 3 trading months after its opening with more than 60 trades made in the PAMM ECN account and more than 120 trades in the PAMM STP.

Additional restrictions:

Total trades minimum quantity: 20;
Total trades minimum volume (lots): 20.
Dear Traders,
Please, pay your attention to the fact that your trades are automatically closed at the end of the contest. Therefore, the closing price may be either the same as the market closing price, or differ from it because your trades are usually closed not immediately, but with some delay.

Basic requirements to be eligible for a prize/bonus:
  • Minimum number of trades - 20 trades of 20 lots’ total volume;
  • Make at least one post in the corresponding thread of FXOpen Forum (otherwise prizes and bonuses will be withheld);
  • A brief interview when the contest is over is an obligatory requirement to be eligible for the main prize (ForexCup team will provide with the question list).

No Reason not to Participate in Profitable Week

No Reason not to Participate in Profitable Week

ForexCup most popular contest brings more than half a thousand traders ****ther. Last time 533 participants registered for the competition on Demo Accounts. How many will join Profitable Week this time?

The registration has already started. Profitable Week begins on April 1. Before then you can sign up for the competition.

No reason to skip the contest

Do we really have to tell you why free to participate trading contest with real-money prizes is great? Well, if you insist:
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  • No entry fee ensures that you won’t lose your money however reckless your trading is.
  • Eight winners will split the prize find of 500 USD. Increase the start-up deposit by 70% or more and you will get a bonus for fruitful trading equal to 1% of profit.
  • You can use EAs and locking too!


Then why not join?
Register now!
The prize pool is distributed as follows:

  • 1st place – 250 USD+ bonus;
  • 2nd place – 75 USD + bonus;
  • 3rd place – 50 USD + bonus;
  • 4th place – 35 USD + bonus;
  • 5th place – 30 USD + bonus;
  • 6th place – 25 USD + bonus;
  • 7th place – 20 USD + bonus;
  • 8th place – 10 USD + bonus.

Key dates:
  • March 19 – registration starts;
  • April 1 – registration ends;
  • April 1 – competition starts;
  • April 8 – competition ends;
  • April 9-10 – summing-up.

Bonuses:
  • 1% of the profit made during the competition will be added to the account of the traders, able to increase the provided start-up deposit by at least 70%.
  • Declared bonus budget – US$1,000. The maximum bonus for 1 participant – 250 USD.

Terms of the contest:
  • Free to participate;
  • Trading instruments: EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURGBP, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNZD, GBPCAD, GBPAUD, GBPSGD, EURCHF, EURAUD, EURJPY, EURCAD, EURNZD, EURSEK, EURDKK, EURTRY, EURNOK, EURPLN, EURHKD, AUDCAD, AUDJPY, AUDCHF, AUDNZD, CADJPY, CADCHF, CHFJPY, NZDCHF, NZDCAD, NZDJPY, NZDSGD.
  • Trading platform: MetaTrader 4 (download);
  • Contest account: competition ECN;
  • Start-up deposit: US$5,000;
  • Leverage: 1:100;
  • EAs: allowed;
  • Locking: allowed;
  • Lot volume: from 0.1 to 1 (maximum 1 lot per order);
  • Number of orders, opened at a time (including pending orders): maximum 3.

Additional restrictions:

  • Total trades minimum quantity: 5
  • Total trades minimum volume (lots): 5

Dear traders, note, please that trades are closed automatically at the end of the competition. Accordingly, the closing price may either coincide with the market closing price or differ from it as the positions are closed with a little delay not instantly.

Basic requirements to be eligible for a prize/bonus:
  • Make at least one post in the corresponding thread of FXOpen Forum (otherwise prizes and bonuses will be abolished).
  • Make at least 5 trades of 5 lots’ total volume during the contest.

FX Insight. Test your luck! Hit the mark! (EUR/HKD on 04.04.2015).

FX Insight. Test your luck! Hit the mark! (EUR/HKD on 04.04.2015).

FXOpen regularly holds a competition where the winner can get $30.

Currency pair: EUR/HKD
Date for determination of the course: closed at 23:59 03.04.2015 (terminal time)
Acceptance of rates will be ended: March,31
Date of announcement the winner’s name: April,6

Prize: $30 to STP.


Please, note that now the competition accounts are changed from Micro to STP. Now the rate must be predicted using five fraction digits – 0,12345 (3 fraction digits for JPY pairs).

How to participate?

You have to leave a message on this forum thread with your prediction for exchange quotation concerning the currency pair, mentioned in the competition

Determination of the winner

A participant, who mentioned the exact closing price for the currency pair or the closest variant, will become a winner. If a few persons mention close variants, the winner will be the one, who was the first one to do it. The close price for the currency pair will be taken from FXOpen trading terminal after the closing of trades on Friday by Bid price.

Rules of the competition “Guess the exchange rate”

1. You have to add your forum’s nickname to your bet (for example, nickname – your bet);
2. Spreads between participants’ bids should be no less than 50 points. For example, if there has been already made a bet for 1.50000, all other participants should choose variants not closer than 1.49950 or 1.50050;
3. You can’t repeat someone else’s rate;
4. Each participant are able to make only one bet;
5. You are not able to change or delete your prediction;
6. If your bet has been declined, you can leave ONE new bet which totally comply with the rules. Please, be attentive - just one bet from one user can be in the list of accepted rates
All the bets, which do not comply with previous paragraphs, will be deleted.

The terms of withdrawal of the prize

1. If you want to withdraw your prize, you have to make at least 5 deals of any lot;
2. Each trade should be with profit or loss (+-) 40 points;
3. Each deal should be opened for at least 10 minutes.

Help

If you want to increase your chances to become a winner, you should:
1. Download an FXOpen trading terminal;
2. Open an STP account for free


Please, check your rate according to the rules of the contest before the publishing. Pay your special attention to the rule “spreads between participants’ beds should be no less than 50 points”.

Usually, we update the list of accepted rates every day. But sometimes there can be a few new rates, but the list has not been updated yet. So, please, read all messages carefully, starting with the last message from the Moderator.

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Thursday, 5 March 2015

Profitable Week Welcomes Traders at No Charge

A free to enter trading contest starts March 11, and it is bound to be a large-scale competition. So what are the main advantages that draw the participants to Profitable Week?

Why join?
  • No entry fee means no financial risks. Be as bold as you wish in your trading activities, aim high, and test new techniques safely.
  • Real-money prizes. All the prizes and bonuses are transferred to your Live Account. The prize fund amounts to US$500 and will be distributed between eight winners. The bonus fund totals US$1000. Every contestant who increases the deposit by at least 70%, gets 1% of the profit.


Challenges:
  • High but friendly rivalry. A big number of participants ensures that competition won’t be easy to win. Lay yourself out to win the contest!
  • Higher than usual volatility. The currency market remains relatively fickle, increasing the risks for the live traders. The only risk you face is not winning the main prize.


The prizes:
  • 1st place – US$250 + bonus;
  • 2nd place – US$75 + bonus;
  • 3rd place – US$50 + bonus;
  • 4th place – US$40 + bonus;
  • 5th place – US$30 + bonus;
  • 6th place – US$25 + bonus;
  • 7th place – US$20 + bonus;
  • 8th place – US$10 + bonus.

Key dates:
  • March 3, 2015 – registration starts;
  • March 11, 2015 – registration ends;
  • March 11, 2015 – competition starts;
  • March 18, 2015 – competition ends;
  • March 19-20, 2015 – summing-up.


Bonuses:
  • 1% of the profit made during the competition will be added to the account of the traders, able to increase the provided start-up deposit by at least 70%.
  • Declared bonus budget – US$1,000. The maximum bonus for 1 participant – US$250.


Terms of the contest:
  1. Free to participate;
  2. Trading instruments: EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURGBP, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNZD, GBPCAD, GBPAUD, GBPSGD, EURCHF, EURAUD, EURJPY, EURCAD, EURNZD, EURSEK, EURDKK, EURTRY, EURNOK, EURPLN, EURHKD, AUDCAD, AUDJPY, AUDCHF, AUDNZD, CADJPY, CADCHF, CHFJPY, NZDCHF, NZDCAD, NZDJPY, NZDSGD.
  3. Trading platform: MetaTrader 4 (download);
  4. Contest account: competition ECN;
  5. Start-up deposit: US$5,000;
  6. Leverage: 1:100;
  7. EAs: allowed;
  8. Locking: allowed;
  9. Lot volume: from 0.1 to 1 (maximum 1 lot per order);
  10. Number of orders, opened at a time (including pending orders): maximum 3.


Additional restrictions:
  • Total trades minimum quantity: 5
  • Total trades minimum volume (lots): 5

Dear traders, note, please that trades are closed automatically at the end of the competition. Accordingly, the closing price may either coincide with the market closing price or differ from it as the positions are closed with a little delay not instantly.


Basic requirements to be eligible for a prize/bonus:
  • Make at least one post in the corresponding thread of FXOpen Forum (otherwise prizes and bonuses will be abolished).
  • Make at least 5 trades of 5 lots’ total volume during the contest.


Useful links:

Monday, 2 March 2015

Spring Brings FX Market Masters March

Spring Brings FX Market Masters March

ForexCup team planned for you many trading contests this spring. Clear your schedule for FX Market Masters March. The competition starts on March 9.

FX Market Masters is a Forex contest on Demo Accounts. To enter the tournament you need to register and pay an entry fee of US$10. We invite the participants to immerse yourself in the fascinating world of price fluctuations and test your FX knowledge on the international stage.

You can reach the following goals in FX Market Masters March:

  • Financial aims. Get the main prize – FXOpen PAMM with US$1000 deposit or bonuses for effective trading. If you manage to increase the start-up deposit by at least 10 per cent, you will receive 1 per cent of the profit made. The bigger the profit you make the larger your bonus is, so apply yourself!
  • Training objectives. Are you too careful to test a new strategy on a Live Account? Then the long-term contest on Demo is perfect for you! Try out promising trading strategies in the competition with no financial risks.
  • Ambitious goals. Win the main prize and join the pool of FXOpen PAMM Masters. Provide your trading strategy to the PAMM Slaves and get commission!

Start growing your profits. Register for 4-week long competition!


Important! You are required to have at least US$10 in your e-Wallet to register to take part in the tournament. You can add funds to your account via any payment system. If you have funds available in your FXOpen trading account, you can transfer the needed sum to your e-Wallet. Go to your account.

Tell your friends about the FX Market Masters March!

Join the contest!

FX Market Masters March 2015 Terms:

Key dates:
  • February 23, 2015 – registration starts;
  • March 23, 2015 – registration ends;
  • March 9, 2015 – competition starts;
  • April 3, 2015 – competition ends;
  • April 6, 2015 – summing-up.

Bonuses:
  • 1% of the profit made during the competition will be added to the account of the traders, able to increase the provided start-up deposit by 10% or more;
  • Declared bonus budget US$3,000.

Terms of the contest:
  • Entry fee: US$10;
  • Trading instruments: EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURGBP, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNZD, GBPCAD, GBPAUD, GBPSGD, EURCHF, EURAUD, EURJPY, EURCAD, EURNZD, EURSEK, EURDKK, EURTRY, EURNOK, EURPLN, EURHKD, AUDCAD, AUDJPY, AUDCHF, AUDNZD, CADJPY, CADCHF, CHFJPY, NZDCHF, NZDCAD, NZDJPY, NZDSGD, SGDJPY, USDTRY, USDHKD, USDSGD, USDPLN, HKDJPY, NOKJPY, NOKSEK, USDMXN, USDRUB, USDSEK, USDNOK, USDDKK, USDCNH;
  • Trading platform: MetaTrader 4 (download);
  • Contest account: competition ECN;
  • Start-up deposit: US$5,000;
  • Leverage: 1:100;
  • EA: allowed;
  • Locking: allowed;
  • Lot volume: from 0.1 to 1 (maximum 1 lot per order);
  • Number of orders, open at a time (including pending orders): maximum 5;
  • The liquidation of the contest PAMM ECN/STP account: 3 trading months after its opening with more than 60 trades made in the PAMM ECN account and more than 120 trades in the PAMM STP.


Additional restrictions:
  • Total trades minimum quantity: 20;
  • Total trades minimum volume (lots): 20.

Dear Traders,
Please, pay your attention to the fact that your trades are automatically closed at the end of the contest. Therefore, the closing price may be either the same as the market closing price, or differ from it because your trades are usually closed not immediately, but with some delay.


Basic requirements to be eligible for a prize/bonus:
  • Minimum number of trades - 20 trades of 20 lots’ total volume;
  • Make at least one post in the corresponding thread of FXOpen Forum (otherwise prizes and bonuses will be withheld);
  • A brief interview when the contest is over is an obligatory requirement to be eligible for the main prize (ForexCup team will provide with the question list).


Useful links:

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Profitable Week Classics is Back!

Profitable Week Classics is Back!

Profitable Week is a regular ForexCup competition that has undergone several sets of changes. All of them were aimed to improve your experience and whet appetite for the contest. Some of the changes were adopted, the others were called off. Now the “Profitable Week” contest is back in its optimal shape.

The US$1,500 prize and bonus fund is at stake this round. Each participant who manages to increase the start-up deposit by at least 70% will get a bonus for profitable trading. 7 winners will share the US$500 prize pool as follows:

  • 1st place – US$250 + bonus;
  • 2nd place – US$100 + bonus;
  • 3rd place – US$50 + bonus;
  • 4th place – US$40 + bonus;
  • 5th place – US$30 + bonus;
  • 6th place – US$20 + bonus;
  • 7th place – US$10 + bonus.


The Profitable Week conditions are most favourable for the entry-level and professional traders alike. A no entry fee makes the competition affordable for would-be traders, while a good many of participants makes the competitiveness somewhat intense.

5 trading days is a convenient time-frame to make your trades yield profits. Contestants are allowed to apply locking and EAs to simplify the decision-making process.


Key dates:
  • February 16, 2015 – registration starts;
  • February 25, 2015 – registration ends;
  • February 25, 2015 – competition starts;
  • March 4, 2015 – competition ends;
  • March 5-6, 2015 – summing-up.


Bonuses:
  • 1% of the profit made during the competition will be added to the account of the traders, able to increase the provided start-up deposit by at least 70%.
  • Declared bonus budget – US$1,000. The maximum bonus for 1 participant – US$250.


Terms of the contest:
  • Free to participate;
  • Trading instruments: EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURGBP.
  • Trading platform: MetaTrader 4 (download);
  • Contest account: competition ECN;
  • Start-up deposit: US$5,000;
  • Leverage: 1:100;
  • EAs: allowed;
  • Locking: allowed;
  • Lot volume: from 0.1 to 1 (maximum 1 lot per order);
  • Number of orders, opened at a time (including pending orders): maximum 3.


Additional restrictions:
  • Total trades minimum quantity: 5
  • Total trades minimum volume (lots): 5


Dear traders, note, please that trades are closed automatically at the end of the competition. Accordingly, the closing price may either coincide with the market closing price or differ from it as the positions are closed with a little delay not instantly.

Basic requirements to be eligible for a prize/bonus:
  • Make at least one post in the corresponding thread of FXOpen Forum (otherwise prizes and bonuses will be abolished).
  • Make at least 5 trades of 5 lots’ total volume during the contest.

FX Insight. Test your luck! Hit the mark! (GBP/USD on 28.02.2015).

FX Insight. Test your luck! Hit the mark! (GBP/USD on 28.02.2015).

FXOpen regularly holds a competition where the winner can get $30.

Currency pair: GBP/USD
Date for determination of the course: closed at 22:59 27.02.2015 (terminal time)
Acceptance of rates will be ended: February,24
Date of announcement the winner’s name: march,2

Prize: $30 to STP.


Please, note that now the competition accounts are changed from Micro to STP. Now the rate must be predicted using five fraction digits – 0,12345 (3 fraction digits for JPY pairs).

How to participate?

You have to leave a message on this forum thread with your prediction for exchange quotation concerning the currency pair, mentioned in the competition

Determination of the winner

A participant, who mentioned the exact closing price for the currency pair or the closest variant, will become a winner. If a few persons mention close variants, the winner will be the one, who was the first one to do it. The close price for the currency pair will be taken from FXOpen trading terminal after the closing of trades on Friday by Bid price.

Rules of the competition “Guess the exchange rate”

1. You have to add your forum’s nickname to your bet (for example, nickname – your bet);
2. Spreads between participants’ bids should be no less than 50 points. For example, if there has been already made a bet for 1.50000, all other participants should choose variants not closer than 1.49950 or 1.50050;
3. You can’t repeat someone else’s rate;
4. Each participant are able to make only one bet;
5. You are not able to change or delete your prediction;
6. If your bet has been declined, you can leave ONE new bet which totally comply with the rules. Please, be attentive - just one bet from one user can be in the list of accepted rates
All the bets, which do not comply with previous paragraphs, will be deleted.

The terms of withdrawal of the prize

1. If you want to withdraw your prize, you have to make at least 5 deals of any lot;
2. Each trade should be with profit or loss (+-) 40 points;
3. Each deal should be opened for at least 10 minutes.

Help

If you want to increase your chances to become a winner, you should:
1. Download an FXOpen trading terminal;
2. Open an STP account for free


Please, check your rate according to the rules of the contest before the publishing. Pay your special attention to the rule “spreads between participants’ beds should be no less than 50 points”.

Usually, we update the list of accepted rates every day. But sometimes there can be a few new rates, but the list has not been updated yet. So, please, read all messages carefully, starting with the last message from the Moderator.