I had noticed that my calculation skills have improved significantly after taking part in this contest and i think it is a healthy exercise to keep the brain working on figures and news impact on the forex market.
That's strange but i have seen many traders who only trade gold and make good profits even if it is bearish too. The thing that they usually do during the bearish market that they do sell it short in my opinion.
Mostly the EAs are also coded keeping in view to follow technical analysis so if they are monitored during the news release sessions they can bring some good amount of money provided the EA is trustworthy.
Don't leave hopes and keep trying as its a weekly tournament so i guess everyone got winning opportunity every week however i really guess we need to spent some more time on analysing the markets so that we can predict the accurate closing values.
Not sure about the leverage but i did receive their email regarding improved margin requirements etc, however i didn't traded for the whole week during brexit. Anyone made money during the said time?