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Headquarters

56 Alekou Konstantinou, Strovolos, 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus

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

CEO

Revin Zabala

Martin Doepke

Country

Cyprus

St. Lucia

Foundation

2024

2024

Banned Countries
Cuba, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, North Korea, Cyprus
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

Liquidity Provider

DNA Markets
Refund
Yes

Full refund after 3rd payout. Not available for Instant Funding Accounts and 1-step Nitro X Accounts

No
Payout Fee

5% processing fee on crypto payouts (covers blockchain costs, liquidity swaps, and infrastructure). Only TRC20 USDT supported for crypto payouts.

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

Platforms
cTrader, TradeLocker, MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
TradeLocker
Demo Account
MatchTrader
ID-Passwordpzddx08j7q
TradeLocker
ID-PasswordK8aqkT,YR_gn
cTrader
IDctid8638354Passwordspreadtest
Metatrader 5
ID100003PasswordAemI1#0n0G0ServerFundedTraderMarkets-server
TradeLocker
IDsupport@dnafunded.comPassword5pa1PA$=!814ServerPTTSER
Stop Out Level

100%

No data
Payout Methods
Crypto, Rise
Transfer, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto
Margin Call Level

110%

No data
Payout Frequency

On Demand, provided you have met these specific criteria:

  • Consistency Rule
  • Minimum Payout Amount of 1% of Initial Balance (Before-Split)
  • Minimum Trading 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.

Payout Guarantee

The 24-hour payout guarantee ensures that you are eligible to receive your full payout within 24 business hours of your payout request. If Funded Trader Markets fail to meet this time frame, they will double the requested payout and issue a free account of the same size. This guarantee is only applicable for payouts up to $1000.

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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
  • 2-Step Prime: $15,000 per month
  • 1-Step Nitro X: $5,000 per account and request, and required to leave a buffer of 50% of the profits
  • Crypto payouts: $5,000 per transaction (TRC20 USDT only)

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
  • 1-Step Nitro X: Must make at least a 3% profit before withdrawal
  • All other accounts: 1% of initial balance

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

Forex
100:1

1:50 for all challenge types.

Metals
30:1

1:10

Energies
30:1

1:10

Indices
30:1

1:10

Crypto
  • BTC, ETH: 5:1
  • Other crypto: 2:1

1:2

Stocks
No data

1:5

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

All accounts are swap free

No
Account Reset

A reset gives a trader who has violated their account rules (such as exceeding the Daily or Overall Loss Limit) the ability to restore the account to its original starting balance paying a fee, and begin trading again.

1-Step Nitro X (Evaluation Phase)

  • Reset Limit: Unlimited
  • Reset Window: Within 30 days of the original purchase date

1-Step Nitro and 1-Step Nitro X (Funded Phase)

  • Reset Limit: One-time only

Instant Standard

  • Reset Limit: One-time only
  • Reset Window: Within 24 hours after the breach

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

90% Profit Split (2-Step Plus): It has no cost on money but Shield Risk Protocol will apply now on evaluation phase as well

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
  • Instant, 1-Step: Trailing
  • 2-Step: 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

Instant Standard, Instant Pro

  • 1st payout: 50%
  • 2nd payout: 60%
  • 3rd payout: 70%
  • 4th payout and next: 80%

Instant Plus

80%

2-Step Plus

70% (up to 90% with 2-Step Plus add-on)

1-Step Nitro

90% for the first $10,000 and 80% after that

1-Step Nitro X

100%

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

Free Trial
No
No
Profit After Breach

If your Simulated Funded account with Funded Trader Markets is in profit but has been breached, you may still qualify for a withdrawal with a 50% split, provided the following conditions are met:

  • Stop Loss Usage: Every trade had an SL in place.
  • Loss Limits: No single position incurred a loss exceeding 1% of the account's initial balance.
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Daily Drawdown

Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark

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

Evaluations

  • 2-Step Plus: $200,000
  • 1-Step Nitro: $300,000
  • 1-Step Nitro X: $150,000

Instant Funding

  • Instant Standard: $100,000
  • Instant Pro: $100,000
  • Instant Plus: $100,000
600,000
Merge Accounts
Yes
No
Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

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

Minimum Trading Days
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  • 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 Nitro / 1-Step Nitro X

  • Evaluation: no minimum days.
  • Funded Simulation: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit count.

2-Step Plus

  • Evaluation: 3 minimum days per phase.
  • Funded Simulation: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit.

Instant Standard / Pro / Plus

  • Payout eligibility: 5 minimum days, only days with ≥0.5% profit count.
  • Instant Pro: trading-day requirement can be removed with a checkout add-on.
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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
Yes
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)
Yes
No
Martingale
Yes

Martingale and layering are allowed per account (increasing position size after a loss, or opening multiple positions in the same direction at different price levels). Running these strategies across multiple accounts simultaneously is prohibited and counts as abusive behavior.

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Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Shield Risk Protocol

Maximum Floating Loss Limits

  • Instant Plus, 2-Step Plus: Maximum floating loss = 1% of account balance

Breach Consequences

  • Breach it once = 80% profit split drops to 50%
  • Breach it repeatedly = payout share reduces permanently to 40%, 30% and finally 20%
No
Copy Trading
Yes

Built-in Copy Trading lets traders link their own FTM accounts and mirror trades, including from Evaluation to Funded phases. Available across supported platforms. Account sharing and group trading remain prohibited.

Limited

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

News Trading
Yes
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

Accounts inactive for 30 days are subject to closure.

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

Consistency Rule
Yes

Instant (all)

  • If a single day's profit is more than 20% of your total profit in the Instant Funding Account, you have to keep trading until the best day profit is less than 20% of the total profit.

1-Step Nitro

50% on evaluation phase and 45% on funded phase

1-Step Nitro X

25% on funded phase

2-Step Plus

No consistency rule on evaluation. No consistency rule on funded phase.

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
  • Using Manipulative Software or Techniques
  • Non-Standard Trading Practices
  • Using External or Slow Data Feeds
  • Exploiting Service Errors
  • Manipulative Trading
  • Hedging Across Accounts
  • Account Management Services
  • Group Trading
  • High-Frequency Trading
  • News Scalping
  • Arbitrage Trading
  • Multi-Account Reverse Trading
  • Tick Scalping
  • Internal Reverse Trading
  • Group Hedging
  • Account Management Services
  • Account Sharing

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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