Good info ... so it sounds as though profit limit orders are fine but that stop losses should be manual. Also complicates entry of entering on a stop as the micro may tick te entry but the mini does not and instead reverses.
AMP has data fees as well it seems. Yes, any platform/data fees will not be included for the sake of the initial stake. If the liit on the initial stake is $200 and the fees are $50, then $the additional $50 will not count, but also, that additional $50 cannot be used as margin if it is sitting there the whole month and the broker doesn't take it until July 1st.
Unlike Dest, I feel no need to show my full blotter. Second, the idea is to start with an amount, e.g. $100 - $200 that would force most to at least double the balance before they'd be able to trade a full mini. I assume most of us have more that a couple of hundred bucks in our trading accounts. The point is to force everyone to start the month trading the micro. If by the end of the month you have accumulated enough capital to trade a 10 lot o the mini, that's all well and good, but we want everyone to start from the micro.
Also, the requirement is to post a blotter shoring commission and NFA fee's, not just executions, which could be sim. Nothing wrong with sim, but this is contest is for real money (even if small stakes).