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Headquarters

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

13 Omonoias Avenue, Limassol 3052, Cyprus (head office); Robin Kelton Building, Choc Bay, Castries, Saint Lucia (registered company).

CEO

Martin Doepke

Tal Fromchenko

Country

St. Lucia

Cyprus / Saint Lucia

Foundation

2024

2025

Banned Countries
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
Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Crimea, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Laos, Liberia, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen
Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Stocks, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Metals, Energies, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies, Stocks
Brokers
DNA Markets
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Refund
No
Yes

The simulation fee is refunded on your third successful payout, not at purchase.

Payout Fee

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

$25 on wire transfer and Revolut. Crypto and debit card vary by provider.

Platforms
TradeLocker
MetaTrader 5, cTrader
Demo Account
TradeLocker
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Unknown
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Transfer, Revolut, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency

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.

Turbo: first payout after 14 calendar days of funded trading, then every 14 days. Sprint: first payout as soon as funded, then every 14 days. Junior, Senior and Executive: every 14 days from the start of funded trading.

Crypto Weekend Trading
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.

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Maximum Withdrawal

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.

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Minimum Withdrawal

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

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Forex

1:50 for all challenge types.

1:100 on Senior Portfolio Manager, 1:30 on every other program.

Metals

1:10

1:30 on Senior Portfolio Manager, 1:10 on every other program.

Energies

1:10

1:10 on Senior Portfolio Manager; 1:3 on Turbo, Sprint, Junior and Executive.

Indices

1:10

1:25 on Senior Portfolio Manager, 1:8 on every other program.

Stocks

1:5

1:1 on the Forex/CFD programs.

Crypto

1:2

1:1 on the Forex/CFD programs.

Forex
0
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Metals
0
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Energies
0
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Indices
0
No data
Stocks
0
No data
Crypto
0
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Commission-Free Option
Yes
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Commission
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$4 per lot round trip on forex and metals. No commission on indices, commodities, crypto, stocks or any other asset.

Swap Free
No
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Account Reset

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
Yes
Add-ons
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.

No
Instant
Yes
No
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
No
Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown

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.

Trailing on Turbo and Leveraged ONE: follows new closed-balance highs and locks at the starting balance after a 6% gain. Static on Sprint, Junior, Senior and Executive. The percentage for each program is in its challenges.

Profit Split

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

80%

Free Trial
No
No
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.

Calculated from the higher of balance or equity at 23:00 GMT+3. The percentage varies by program and is shown in its challenges.

Three Steps
No
Yes
Max Allocation
600,000
1,555,000
Merge Accounts
No
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Maximum Trading Days

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

No evaluation time limit on any current program.

Minimum 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.

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Points Reward Program
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Loyalty credits can be exchanged for checkout coupons. Credits and coupons expire at the end of the following month.

Monthly Competition
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.

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Minimum Profitable Days
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Junior, Senior and Executive: three non-consecutive days with at least 0.5% net profit per evaluation phase and before funded payouts. Turbo and Leveraged ONE: three such days before funded payouts. Sprint: none.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes

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

Limited

Only EAs you built and control yourself, plus risk and trade-management tools. Commercial EAs are banned, including bought, rented, licensed or publicly distributed ones, however much they have been modified.

VPN
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.

Yes

Allowed while you remain the verified holder and sole operator. It cannot be used to share access, hide your identity or location, or get around geographic restrictions.

Hedging
No
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Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Limited

Genuine scalping is allowed. High-frequency, tick and repetitive micro-duration trading are prohibited; positions are expected to stay open for at least two minutes as a benchmark.

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No
Limited

Scaling in or out and multiple entries are allowed for a genuine trade thesis. Layering or re-entry to hide concentrated risk or manipulate payout eligibility is prohibited.

Martingale
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No

Grid, martingale and anti-martingale escalation are prohibited.

Maximum Risk Limit
No
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Copy Trading
Limited

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

Limited

Only between accounts registered in your own name, whether at Leveraged, another prop firm or a retail broker. Copying between different people, family included, is prohibited.

News Trading
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).

Limited

Blocked on every program except Sprint. You cannot open, increase, or fully or partially close a position in the five minutes before or after a high-impact release, pending orders included. A position opened earlier may stay open through it.

Inactivity Rule

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

Yes

30 days without opening and closing a trade and the account is closed.

Consistency 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.

Limited

20% at payout on funded Turbo and Leveraged ONE accounts: the best day cannot exceed 20% of total profit. No consistency rule during evaluation or on Sprint and Classic Portfolio Manager plans. Crypto has its own listing.

Hold Weekend
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.

Limited

Genuine swing trading and overnight or weekend holding are allowed. Strategies built to exploit expected gaps are prohibited. Hedged or offsetting positions within the same account may not be held overnight or over the weekend.

Prohibited Strategies

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

High-frequency and tick scalping; latency or price-feed arbitrage; market-gap and restricted-news exploitation; cross-account hedging or coordination; third-party signals or account management; grid and martingale; payout manipulation and platform abuse.

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