Forex Live contests 2024

XM Live Contests 2024

XM Forex Broker is offering its registered clients a set of live competitions. The competitors are to read, agree and meet the required terms and conditions of the offer to be able to participate and win great prizes.

The live competition will have different Tiers, namely Tier 1, Tier 2 & Tier 3 with $40000, $20000, and $5000 prize pools, respectively. Those who opt for the Funded Strategy Managers competition will compete in Tier 1 and 2 of the said event for $40000 and $20000 prizes, respectively. Moreover, each Tier has a different Equity Entry Criteria which should be met accordingly. For example, competitors at Tier 1 need at least a $1000 deposit, $500 for Tier 2, and $100 for Tier 3.

Traders’ overall performance will be calculated using the following formula:
Performance = (Equity current – D+W / Equity initial) – 1

P.s.: D and W stand for your deposit and withdrawal amounts.

XM has made it possible so contenders can compete in several competitions simultaneously using different trading accounts (MT4 or MT5). Additionally, traders can use EAs to increase their trading opportunities. They can also make withdrawals after meeting the required conditions.

Contest date:

Check out the official website for the exact date and availability.

Prizes:

Tier 1: $40000, Tier 2: $20000, & Tier 3: $5000
Funded Strategy Manager: Tier 1: $40000 & Tier 2: $20000

TradersTrust Live Contest 2024

TradersTrust Forex broker is currently hosting a monthly Live contest for all of its verified clients. The contest will be held in 6 consecutive rounds with a total prize pool of $60000 ($10000 each) – each round will last from the first till the last day of each month. The traders must compete against one another for each round, by the end of which 5 contenders who stand out in terms of their trading prowess and achieve the highest profit percentage will share $10000 in descending order.

To enter the contest, traders are to open and verify a Classic Account in the competition tab of the broker’s website, deposit at least $300 (or equivalent in other accepted currencies), and trade CFDs on Forex, Crypto, Indices, Metals, or Oil. The traders will have access to leverage up to 1:3000 and can use EAs (Scalping). The min and max trading volumes for this competition are 0.01 lots and 1000 lots, respectively. Additionally, the maximum number of open positions and pending orders should not surpass 200.

Traders’ performance will be assessed using the following formula:

Performance = [(closed P/L + floating P/L) / (initial Equity – Credit + total deposits)] x 100

The prizes won by the top contenders are fully withdrawable with no restrictions. It should be noted that during each round only one entry per client is allowed. The winners will be announced within 10 days after each round and the prizes will be transferred within 20 days of the announcement.

Contest date:

1st Round: 1st - 31st of January, 2024
2nd Round: 1st - 28th of February, 2024
3rd Round: 1st - 31st of March, 2024
4th Round: 1st - 30th of April, 2024
5th Round: 1st - 31st of May, 2024
6th Round: 1st - 30th of June, 2024
1st Round: 1st - 31st of January, 2024
2nd Round: 1st - 28th of February, 2024
3rd Round: 1st - 31st of March, 2024
4th Round: 1st - 30th of April, 2024
5th Round: 1st - 31st of May, 2024
6th Round: 1st - 30th of June, 2024

Prizes:

1st Place: $5000, 2nd Place: $2000, 3rd Place: $1500, 4th Place: $1000, 5th Place: $500

Alpari Formula FX

Alpari continues to offer the Formula FX Trading Contest to all its clients. Each round lasts 7 days every alternate week, The contestants can register for the contest before or during the period. Each round will have 40 top winners (based on profit percentage) the first 20 winners of which will receive cash prizes and the second 20 will receive bonus points in the amounts of $1620 and 10000 ALP respectively. The cash prizes can be withdrawn at any time, but the bonus points can be used for trading only. The traders can use the Standard MT4, Pro ECN MT4, and ECN MT4 accounts for this contest, and the minimum deposit amount is $20. Only one account can be used for this competition, and concurrent open positions will be annulled. The contest results will be announced within 96 hours, and the winners will be awarded within 2 weeks after the contest period.

Profit Calculation Formula:

Profit Percentage = (Daily Equity – Beginning Equity-(Deposit-Withdrawal)) / (Beginning Equity + Deposit)*100(%)

Contest date:

One time each season (total 4 times per year) - exact dates of contests published on broker website

Prizes:

1st place $250, 2nd place $200, 3rd place $150, 4th place $100, 5th place $95, 6th place $90, 7th place $85, 8th place $80, 9th place $75, 10th place $70, 11th place $65, 12th place $60, 13th place $55, 14th place $50, 15th place $45, 16th place $40, 17th palce $35, 18th place $30, 19th place $25, 20th place $20, 21st place 1,000 ALP, 22nd place 900 ALP, 23rd place 800 ALP, 24th place 700 ALP, 25th place 600 ALP, 26th- 30th places 500 ALP, 31st- 35th places 400 ALP, 36th – 40th places 300 ALP

TickMill NFP Machine

TickMill broker invites all its live account holders to predict the price of a certain instrument within every NFP week and receive cash prize for it; this program has no end date until further notice by the company. When an instrument is chosen, the traders will have a full 30 minutes to predict its price on the MT4 platform starting at 4 PM. This process is put together on the company Facebook page on which the clients should comment their prediction together with their TickMill trading account number. The challengers with the perfect guess will receive $500 in their trading accounts; however, if no trader can place the exact price, a $200 prize goes to the trader with the closest prediction. In the event of several traders having the same best predictions, the $200 prize will be shared between them equally. Bear in mind that only the final predictions are considered valid. For prize withdrawal, the winners are required to trade at least 1 standard lot per $5 of the prize amount. The clients are obliged to fulfill the withdrawal requirement even in the case of several winnings. The winner will be notified via email on the first Friday of each month.

Contest date:

Every Month

Prizes:

$500 for the perfect winners ($200 if no one guesses the exact price)

IronFx Worlds Championship

IronFx forex broker is hosting a new live contest titled Iron Worlds Championship for all of its devoted clients. The prize pool for this contest is $1,000,000. The contestants are required to sign up using the provided link, pick a nickname, make the required amount of deposit, and start trading.

This contest will be held in different rounds, namely Phosphora World, Tantalum World, Titania World (Semi-Final), and Iron World (Grand Finale). The minimum required deposits for the aforementioned rounds are $500, $500, $3000, and $5000. The clients are not allowed to make internal transfers in this contest. There are no restrictions regarding the number of accounts each client can open to participate in the qualifying rounds; however, for the semi and grand finale rounds, only one trading account can be used. The winners of each round are picked based on the highest return using the following formula:

Winning Formula: (Net Profit / Deposits) x 100

Contest date:

Phosphora World from August 14th - September 13th, 2021
Tantalum World September 14th - October 14th, 2021
Titania World October 15th - November 15th, 2021 (Semi-Final)
Iron World November 16th - December 16th, 2021 (Grand Finale)

Prizes:

Phosphora World and Tantalum World:
1st place: $10000, 2nd place: $6000, 3rd place: $4000, 4th place: $3000, 5th place: $2000

Titania World:
1st place: $50000, 2nd place: $30000, 3rd place: $20000

Iron World:
1st place: $500000, 2nd place: $200000, 3rd place: $100000

Tifia Rush for Profits Live Contest

Tifia is presenting a new live contest named “Rush for Profits” with a $51500 prize fund to all its clients up until December 30, 2019. Each competition period will last for 2 weeks during the month. The competitors are required to make as much profit as they can to get real prizes. The traders are to apply for the contest, register for one of the Classic, Pro, Start, or Crypto trading accounts, make a $100 deposit, trade against one another during the period, and acquire the most profit in order to be picked as a winner.

There will be 3 categories of nominations for the winners namely the “Best Start” ($1500) – for the best trader of every 2-week period with the total prize fund of $31500, the “Best Long-Term Profitability” ($15000) – for the most profitable trader of the entire contest, and the “Fortune Choice” ($5000) – this prize will be awarded to 20 participants chosen randomly through raffle; the winners of the other 2 nominations are not included. Bear in mind that each participant can partake only once and their account should not be engaged in other promotional programs. For more info about the profit calculation for each category, please read the T&Cs in depth.

Contest date:

21 consecutive trading contest periods from 1st to 15th of each month. For the exact dates, please visit the broker’s website.

Prizes:

The Best Start: $1500 every 2 weeks
The Best Long-Term Profitability: $15000 during the entire contest
The Fortune Choice: $5000 between 20 random participants, $250 each

OctaFX Supercharged 2 Real Contest

OctaFX is offering a trading contest called “OctaFX Supercharged 2” to all the traders who have what it take to compete with one another. The contest will be held in 12 rounds (one month each), and each round will have 3 lucky winners (36 winners in total). Plus, 3 of the traders who manage to stay on top during the entire contest year will receive the main prizes as well. The registration is open before and during the contest period (no later than a week before the end of the contest).

The clients are to open a real Micro (MT4) or a Pro (MT5) trading account with the company, make at least $50 deposit into their real trading accounts to participate in the contest. The participants are allowed to open multiple accounts for entering the contest. All trading strategies and EAs are accepted for this competition.

The winners are chosen based on the highest Gain, Profit factor or Traded Volume categories during the contest period (each round as well as the whole content year). The contenders who manage to acquire the highest positions in the all 3 above-mentioned categories throughout the year will win the main prizes; however, each participant can only be the winner of 4 rounds. Those who win the fifth or more rounds will be given 20% of the total prize value. The prizes can be exchanged for cash as well. In the event of having similar winners, extra criteria will be taken into account. The contest results will be announced a week after the end of each period.

The process for calculating the scores for each category is as follows:
Gain= (Personal Funds + Amount Withdrawn – Personal Funds When Deposited)/Personal Funds When Deposited × 100%
Profit Factor = Profit from Trades (in USD) / Loss from Trades (in USD)
Traded volume = total volume of all trades opened throughout the round (the Contest).

Contest date:

Monthly - from October 1st, 2018 to September 30th, 2019 (12 rounds)

Prizes:

The winner of each category:
Gain: Samsung Galaxy S9+ and Galaxy Gear S3 smartwatch (1,000 USD)
Profit Factor: Huawei P20 Pro and Huawei Watch 2 (1,000 USD)
Traded Volume: Oppo Find X and Garmin VivoActive 3 smartwatch (1,000 USD).

Main Prizes:
1st place: BMW X5 M (80,000 USD), 2nd place: Lexus GS-F (60,000 USD), and 3rd place: Honda Civic Type R (30,000 USD).

Dukascopy Live FX Trader Contest

Dukascopy is now offering the weekly Live FX Trader Contest to all its clients with a total prize pool of $1050 shared among the winners in descending order. The contest will have 12 winners who manage to acquire the highest trading profit during the period (with positive trading performance). In order to participate, the clients are required to fill in the application on the relevant page, open a Live Trading Account in Dukascopy Bank, and engage in trading activities to be a winner. The competitors can only use the JForex platforms powered by Dukascopy Bank (Desktop, Android, & IOS). The use of strategies is allowed, and only FX pairs should be utilized for trading in the contest. The terms and conditions of the Live Contest Account are similar to that of a regular Live Account, plus, if desired, the clients can fund their trading account too. The contest is offered once per client; however, the participants can partake in the Miss Dukascopy Contest as well. The winners are picked solely based on their profitability according to the following formula: Profitability (%) = Pnl in current week / Previous Friday's Balance - Withdrawals + Deposits. The prize winners will be announced during the next week after the competition, and the granted amounts are fully withdrawable with no restrictions.

Contest date:

Every Week

Prizes:

1st place - 300 $, 2nd place - 200 $, 3rd place - 100 $, 4th place - 90 $, 5th place - 80 $, 6th place - 70 $, 7th place - 60 $, 8th place - 50 $, 9th place - 40 $, 10th place - 30 $, 11th place - 20 $, 12th place - 10 $

TickMill - Trader of the month

Tickmill hosts a Live Contest with real cash prize Every Month. Contestants will compete, and one lucky winner whose expertise in trading is just topnotch in every aspect such as earning a profit (percentage) and managing risk (drawdown, the ratio of profits to losses/ risk to earning) will win $1000 Cash Prize. Three Tickmill management members will select the best trader among all; however, if no one is chosen for the month, the prize will carry forward to the upcoming month. The contenders need to open a live trading account (no registration is needed) with the Tickmill broker to be a part of this magnificent opportunity. Also, a minimum of $500 is required for participation. The winner’s name, country, and trading activities will be published, and s/he may be asked to partake in an interview for promotional purposes. Ten days after the competition period, the winner’s name will be published on Tickmill Facebook Page.

Contest date:

Every month

Prizes:

1st place: $1000

Alpari Traders War

Alpari presents Monthly Trader Wars Contest which last for 3 weeks. The yearly prize fund for this contest is $27,600, and in each round 32 top winner will receive the prizes in the form of cash ($2,300) and bonus points (37,700 ALP). The contenders are to fund their account with at least $50 (or its equivalent); only one of the Standard MT4, Pro ECN MT4, or ECN MT4 trading accounts can be used for this contest. The contest will be held in 2 stages; the first stage continues for 2 weeks and the second stage for one week.

The contestants have to choose either Bulls or Bears factions. Once the second stage begins, the current round will be closed to new participants. In the first stage, the traders will be ranked according to their trading results, and 16 top traders from each faction will continue to the next stage to compete with one another in a head to head battle so the winners can be chosen. The traders who are defeated in the knockout stage (first to fourth places) will receive bonus points as specified. Moreover, 3 top traders of the knockout stage will be awarded cash prizes. In the case of similar trading results, the winner will be determined according to the highest profit percentage in the first stage or less negative results. The prizes will be awarded 2 weeks after the competition.

The winners are ranked according to:



Profit percentage = (Equity Daily – Equity Beginning Round - (Deposit-Withdrawal)) /(Equity Beginning Round + Deposit) х 100(%)

Contest date:

One time each season (total 4 times per year) - exact dates of contests published on broker website

Prizes:

1st place $100, 2nd place $70, 3rd place $50, 4th place $30, 5th place $25, 6th place1500 ALP, 7th place 1300 ALP, 8th place 1000 ALP, 9th place 900 ALP, 10th place 800 ALP, 11th place 700 ALP, 12th place 600 ALP, 13th-16th places 500 ALP

Past ended contests (they may become active again in future)

FXTM FX Circuits Live Contests

FXTM is arranging a Live Contest, FX Circuits, which will be available to all the company clients starting on May 29 until December 22, 2017. The competition will be held in eight different circuits namely Shanghai International, Catalunya, Monaco, Silverstone, Monza, Marina Bay, Sepang, and Yas Marina in each of which five lucky contestants with the highest ratio of profits and lowest drawdown will compete for $400000 prize pool ($50000 for each circuit).The traders are required to fund their Live Trading Account (MT4 Standard, Cent, MT4 ECN, ECN Zero, Strategy Account, And FXTM Pro) with $100. Only CFDs, Forex, Metals, and Spot CFDs are acceptable for trading (CFDs on Shares are not allowed).



Profits are calculated according to the following formula: Profit (%) = [Profit / (Starting Equity + Deposits)] * 100 + (“Facebook +50 Bonus”). If the contestants post the MyFXTM competition banner mentioning the #FXcircuits hashtag on their Facebook account, they will receive an additional 50 (units) which is a one-time offer. If the contenders were to buy the tickets (two at the most) six weeks prior to the competition, the price would be 50% off (up to $200). During 30 days after the competition, the winners will receive their prizes accordingly. For withdrawing the funds, the traders shall trade the required number of lots; the amount of prize is divided by 100, e.g. 12000/100= 120 standard lots (each position should remain open for at least five min).

Contest date:

4 times throughout the year - exact dates of contests published on broker website

Prizes:

1st place $20000, 2nd place $12000, 3rd place $8000, 4th place $6000, 5th place $4000

👉 Ended

FXGiants Ultimate Europe Adventure or $10000 Cash Prize

The FXGiants broker is now hosting a live contest called “the Ultimate Europe Adventure or $10000 cash prize” to all its customers new or existing. The contest will have one winner (with the highest return by the end of the period) who will be rewarded with a 26-day journey throughout Europe with 25 historical and wonderful destinations (for two adults) or $10000 cash. The traders are required to register a live trading account for the contest by providing all the necessary info as specified (name, address, nickname, etc.); the existing clients are to open an additional account to become eligible. The minimum required deposit for this competition is $500, and in the case of several accounts, separate funding is required. The winner will be selected based the following formula: (net profit / deposits) x 100 = Return. The winner will be announced within a month after the competition period.

Contest date:

December 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019 (2 Months)

Prizes:

1st Place: Ultimate Europe Experience or $10000 Cash prize

👉 Ended

FXTM the Big Wave Live Contest

This time FXTM is presenting a live trading contest called “the Big Wave” just for its new and existing clients from South Africa. This contest comes with very exciting prizes including a MacBook Pro, a MacBook Air, and an iPhone X. The contestants are to register with the FXTM broker or simply go to the MyFXTM account, accept the terms of the contest, pick a nickname, fund their accounts with the required amount and begin their journey by trading!

The existing clients are to make a $100 deposit, and the new clients should make a $200 on ECN Zero MT4/MT5 or a $500 on ECN MT4/MT5. The contenders can trade on all CFDs (except for CFDs on shares), Forex, and Precious Metals. Furthermore, the acceptable trading accounts for this competition are ECN MT4, ECN MT5, ECN Zero MT4, and ECN Zero MT5. Each client can only participate once. Bear in mind that internal transfers are not accepted as the required deposit amount.

The profit percentage will be determined using the following formula: Profit (%) = [Profit / (Starting Equity + Deposits)]. For more details on the calculations, please read the T&Cs in depth.

The live traders should bring their A-game and compete with one another for 20 straight days in order to be among the 5 winners. The winners are picked based on the highest profit percentage acquired during the period and will be announced on May 18, 2019, at the Big Wave Opening Dinner in Cape Town. In the event of having traders with similar results, the trader with the smallest drawdown will win, and if the results are still the same, the prize will be shared between them equally.

Contest date:

From April 21 to May 10, 2019

Prizes:

1st place: MacBook Pro, 2nd place: MacBook Air, 3rd place: iPhone X, 4th place: iPad Pro, 5th place: iPad Mini / iWatch

👉 Ended

JustMarkets “Titans of Forex” Live Contest

JustMarkets Broker is currently hosting a vibrant Live Contest called “Titans of Forex” for all its registered live traders. The contest will have a $14000 prize pool shared between the 3 top traders in descending order. The contestants will have from July 8 to July 29, 2019 to register and have a chance of claiming one of the 3 prizes, fully withdrawable. Bear in mind, each participant can take part in the contest once using one of the Standard, ECN Zero or Pro accounts. The traders are required to make a one-time deposit in the amount of $500, pick a nickname, and do other procedural steps as well. The winners are selected based on their profit percentage during the course of the contest. The winners will receive their prizes 3 days after the completion of the contest.

Contest date:

July 30 - August 23, 2019

Prizes:

1st place: $10000, 2nd place: $3000, 3rd place: $1000

JustMarkets Golden Trading Contest

JustMarkets Broker is now hosting a very profitable contest called “Golden Trading” to which all of its registered live traders are invited. The prize pool allocated for this competition is in the amount of $9000, which will be shared between the three most lucrative traders with the highest profit percentage, in ascending order. The clients are required to make the minimum of $200 deposit in their trading accounts (Standard, ECN Zero or Pro) up to September 12, 2019, to become eligible for this contest. The prizes are fully withdrawable with no restrictions whatsoever. Bear in mind that the deposit amount should be made in one transfer; moreover, internal transfers are not allowed. The prizes will be granted three days after the end of the competition.

Contest date:

September 13 - October 11, 2019

Prizes:

1st place: $5000, 2nd place: $3000, 3rd place: $1000