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Headquarters

Office 219, Vakson Commercial Building, Sheikh Zayed Road, Umm Al Sheif

Top Floor, Rodney Court Building, Rodney Bay, Gros Islet, St. Lucia

CEO

Nick Cooke

Martin Doepke

Country

United Arab Emirates

St. Lucia

Foundation

2024

2024

Banned Countries
United States of America, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, North Korea, Russia, Iran, Iraq, American Samoa, Belarus, Northern Mariana Islands, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Ukraine, Virgin Islands (US), Wallis & Futuna Islands, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Australia, St. Lucia, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Myanmar, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Central African Republic, Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Libya
Assets
Commodities, Forex, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Stocks, Crypto
Brokers
Taurex
DNA Markets
Refund
Yes

Refunds available only if you have NOT received or used the trading account, or in case of duplicate payments / technical issues that prevented account delivery. Once trading begins, fees are non-refundable. Refunds are processed within 5-10 business days (card) or 24-48h (crypto).

No
Payout Fee
No data

1% for cryptocurrency withdrawals. $50 for international bank transfers.

Platforms
Metatrader 5
TradeLocker
Demo Account
Metatrader 5
ID3002613PasswordH*CgR3MjServerAtmosGlobal-Live
TradeLocker
IDsupport@dnafunded.comPassword5pa1PA$=!814ServerPTTSER
Payout Methods
Crypto, Transfer
Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, GooglePay, ApplePay
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency
  • 1 Step Plus: First payout on demand, next every 14 days
  • Instant, Nova: On Demand
  • 1 Step Standard, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Plus: Every 14 days

First payout after 14 trading days (7 days with Early Payout add-on).

Average processing time: 1-4 business days plus 1-2 additional days for funds to arrive.

Crypto Weekend Trading
No data
Yes

Weekend trading is permitted for cryptocurrencies only. For other markets, trades can be held over the weekend but cannot be executed. Weekend trading is strictly prohibited for Rapid and Instant Funding challenges.

Maximum Withdrawal
No data

5% profit cap on the first three approved payouts. Profits exceeding this cap are wiped when the account resets to original balance.

After three payouts, the cap is removed.

Minimum Withdrawal

$100

$100 after profit split. If profit split is 80%, at least $125 in profits is needed.

Forex
50:1

1:50 for all challenge types.

Metals
15:1

1:10

Energies
15:1

1:10

Indices
10:1

1:10

Crypto
2:1

1:2

Stocks
No data

1:5

Forex
5 / lot
0
Metals
5 / lot
0
Energies
5 / lot
0
Indices
5 / lot
0
Crypto
5 / lot
0
Stocks
No data
0
Commission-Free Option
No data
Yes
Swap Free
No
No
Account Reset
No data

Reset Demo add-on: restarts account if failed during demo/evaluation phase.

  • Usable once per purchase
  • Conserves all other add-ons
  • Must be selected during purchase
Add-ons
Yes
Yes
  • Early Payout: Reduces first payout waiting to 7 days.
  • Profit Share Booster: Increases split to 90%.
  • Reset Demo: Restart failed evaluation once.

Add-ons must be selected during purchase and cannot be added later.

Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
No
Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • 1 Step Standard, Instant: Trailing, locks at initial balance and finally at payout
  • 1 Step Plus: Trailing, locks at initial balance but resets at payout
  • 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Plus: Static
  • Nova: 8% max overall loss (static)

1-Phase, 2-Phase, Rapid
Static drawdown. Maximum lifetime drawdown is a fixed percentage of initial balance (Initial Balance × Limit / 100).

  • 1-Phase: 6% total
  • 2-Phase: 8% total
  • Rapid: 5% total

Instant Funding
Progressive drawdown (4%). When the account makes profits, the drawdown limit increases accordingly. Example: $10,000 account has a $9,600 minimum that adjusts upward with gains.

Profit Split

80% by default, scaling up to 90% for consistent performers

80/20 split. Can be boosted to 90/10 with the Profit Share Booster add-on.

Free Trial
No
No
Daily Drawdown
  • General: Based on highest value between equity and balance
  • Nova: 4% daily drawdown

Based on balance. Static drawdown calculated as Previous Day Balance × Limit / 100. Resets at end of day.

  • 1-Phase: 5% daily
  • 2-Phase: 5% daily
  • Rapid: 4% daily
  • Instant Funding: No daily drawdown limit.
Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
400,000
600,000
Merge Accounts
No
No
Maximum Trading Days

No limit

No time limit for 1-Phase, 2-Phase and Instant Funding. Rapid challenge has a 10-day time limit.

Minimum Trading Days
  • Nova (challenge): 0 days
  • Nova (funded): 7 minimum profitable trading days
  • 1-Phase: 5 minimum trading days
  • 2-Phase: 5 minimum trading days
  • Rapid: 5 minimum trading days
  • Instant Funding: 5 minimum trading days
  • Funded phase: 14 days before first payout (7 with Early Payout add-on). Trades must be opened on 3 different days.

A trading day is defined as one single trade held for 60+ seconds.

Monthly Competition
No
Yes

Free entry tournaments with prize pools up to $750K in funded accounts.

Prizes

  • 1st: $200K
  • 2nd-3rd: $100K
  • 4th-6th: $50K
  • 7th-10th: $25K
  • 11th-15th: $10K
  • 16th-25th: $5K

Paid re-entry available ($3) after elimination. Rules: 5% daily loss / 8% max loss, swap-free accounts, leverage 1:50.

Minimum Profitable Days
  • 1 Step, 2 Step: 3 days with 0.5% profit or more
  • Instant: 0 days
  • Nova (challenge): 0 days
  • Nova (funded): 7 days with at least 0.5% of initial balance each
No data
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes

EAs and algorithmic trading permitted on 1-Phase, 2-Phase and Rapid challenges. Strictly prohibited on Instant Funding accounts.

VPN
No data
Limited

VPN/VPS allowed, but you must be able to prove access was done by you. Payouts may be delayed or declined if DNA cannot verify this. Using VPN to mask location, share accounts, or allow third-party trading is a prohibited act.

Hedging
Yes
No
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No
No
Maximum Risk Limit
No data
No
Copy Trading
Limited

Only allow between Atmos Funded Accounts

Limited

Copy trading only permitted between own DNA Funded accounts. Copying from non-DNA Funded accounts or between different users is prohibited.

News Trading
No

Not allowed ±2 minutes from high-impact events

No

No orders 5 minutes before/after high-impact news events (marked red on FXStreet calendar).

Also applies to unexpected high-impact events (market shocks).

Inactivity Rule

90 days

Traders must execute at least one trade every 30 days to avoid account inactivity.

Consistency Rule
Yes
  • 1 Step Plus: No single day >45% of total profit (funded phase)
  • Instant: No single day >20% of total profit (funded phase)
  • 1 Step Standard, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Plus, Nova: No rule
Yes

During the funded phase, traders can generate up to 30% of the requested payout amount as profit per calendar day.

Gains exceeding the 30% daily threshold are removed from the payout, but the account is not disqualified.

Hold Weekend
Yes
Limited

For non-crypto markets, trades can be held over the weekend but no new trades can be opened. Strictly prohibited for Rapid and Instant Funding challenges.

Prohibited Strategies
  • Allocate too large of your equity or margin to a single open position
  • Latency arbitrage (price feed abuse)
  • High-frequency trading bots that overload execution
  • Tick scalping / toxic flow that manipulates fills
  • Hedging across accounts
  • Group Trading / Account Management Abuse
  • Platform / Price-Feed Manipulation
  • Account Sharing / Identity Misuse
  • All-In (Gambling)

All phases (evaluation + funded)

  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
  • Reverse Arbitrage Trading
  • Hedging
  • Copy Trading from non-DNA Funded accounts
  • Gap Trading
  • Account Management (third party access)

Funded phase only

  • Latency Arbitrage
  • News Scalping
  • Reverse Hedging Between Accounts
  • Hedge Arbitrage Trading
  • Tick Scalping
  • Grid Trading
  • Martingale Strategies
  • One-Sided Betting
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