DNA Funded Review 2026: Rules, Fees & Payouts

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DNA Funded is a forex & CFD prop firm, using static balance drawdown on its main program. Evaluations start at $49 one-time; the 100K 2 Phase costs $549 with a $8,000 target and $8,000 max drawdown. Profit split: 80%. Payouts: First and later payouts after a 14-day waiting. There is no activation fee on the 100K 2 Phase. Rules auto-checked 2026-10-18.

From: $49
Profit split: 80%
Payouts: First and later payouts
Products: 4 · 20 sizes

Platforms

DNA Funded verdict: pros, cons and who it suits

Our take in one line: DNA Funded offers a static drawdown (on some plans) and no daily loss limit on some plans; the catch is an intraday trailing drawdown (on some plans).

Pros

Static drawdown (on some plans): the loss floor never moves up
No daily loss limit on some plans
No activation fee after you pass
No evaluation time limit

Cons

Intraday trailing drawdown (on some plans): the floor follows unrealised peaks

Best for

Patient traders who do not want a deadline
Swing traders (overnight and weekend holding allowed)

Every point is worked out from one rule field in our data (see the rules below); empty fields are left out, not guessed. Where a plan differs, the point says “on some plans”. Check “What we could not fully verify” further down before you buy. Not financial advice.

Regulation: No financial-regulator licence found. Evaluation fees are not covered by investor compensation.

Products & account sizes

2 Phase

from $49 · 6 sizes

80%

DNA Funded 2 Phase account sizes: evaluation price, profit target, max drawdown, daily loss limit and max contracts (rules auto-checked 2026-10-18)
Plan	Price	Profit target	Max drawdown	Daily loss	Contracts
5K 2 Phase	$49	$400	$400	$250	—
10K 2 Phase	$79	$800	$800	$500	—
25K 2 Phase	$159	$2,000	$2,000	$1,250	—
50K 2 Phase	$289	$4,000	$4,000	$2,500	—
100K 2 Phase	$549	$8,000	$8,000	$5,000	—
200K 2 Phase	$1,079	$16,000	$16,000	$10,000	—

1 Phase

from $59 · 6 sizes

80%

DNA Funded 1 Phase account sizes: evaluation price, profit target, max drawdown, daily loss limit and max contracts (rules auto-checked 2026-10-18)
Plan	Price	Profit target	Max drawdown	Daily loss	Contracts
5K 1 Phase	$59	$500	$300	$200	—
10K 1 Phase	$89	$1,000	$600	$400	—
25K 1 Phase	$179	$2,500	$1,500	$1,000	—
50K 1 Phase	$319	$5,000	$3,000	$2,000	—
100K 1 Phase	$619	$10,000	$6,000	$4,000	—
200K 1 Phase	$1,209	$20,000	$12,000	$8,000	—

Rapid

from $99 · 4 sizes

80%

DNA Funded Rapid account sizes: evaluation price, profit target, max drawdown, daily loss limit and max contracts (rules auto-checked 2026-10-18)
Plan	Price	Profit target	Max drawdown	Daily loss	Contracts
10K Rapid (10 days)	$99	$500	$500	$300	—
25K Rapid (10 days)	$189	$1,250	$1,250	$750	—
50K Rapid (10 days)	$329	$2,500	$2,500	$1,500	—
100K Rapid (10 days)	$549	$5,000	$5,000	$3,000	—

Instant Funding

from $199 · 4 sizes

Trailing intraday80%

DNA Funded Instant Funding account sizes: evaluation price, profit target, max drawdown, daily loss limit and max contracts (rules auto-checked 2026-10-18)
Plan	Price	Profit target	Max drawdown	Daily loss	Contracts
5K Instant Funding	$199	—	$200	—	—
10K Instant Funding	$309	—	$400	—	—
25K Instant Funding	$559	—	$1,000	—	—
50K Instant Funding	$979	—	$2,000	—	—

Minimum cost if you pass first time · 100K 2 Phase

What you pay up to your first payout when you pass on the first try with no resets. Monthly fees are counted for the number of months you choose.

Evaluation fee · one-time, list price: $549
Activation fee · none: $0
Data feed · not a futures account: n/a
Minimum total: $549

If you pass on the first try: $549

Each extra try counted as a new evaluation at $549 (reset fee unverified).

Most traders need more than one try. Firm-reported figures: The Funded Trader said 5–10% of its challenges are passed (Finance Magnates), and FPFX Tech data showed that about 7% of traders reached a payout (Finance Magnates, September 2024). At a 10% pass rate you need 10 tries per pass on average (1 ÷ 10%). These are not figures for DNA Funded.

Payout buffer: Minimum payout $100 for 1 Phase, 2 Phase, Rapid and Instant Funding

Numbers worked out from the rules (100K 2 Phase)

Evaluation price per $1,000 of account size: $5.5
Total profit target : max drawdown: 1.6 : 1
Rule strictness (estimate): Strict — total target 1.6× the drawdown, daily loss limit (breach type unverified), 2 phases

Calculated from the published numbers above, never typed in by hand. How.

Rules in the cards above are product-specific where shown; the rules below are the firm’s defaults.

Rules that decide pass or fail

The rules that end most DNA Funded evaluations and funded accounts. Main program unless noted.

Max drawdown: Static balance
Drawdown lock: Not applicable (static drawdown)
Daily loss limit: Yes (soft or hard not verified) on 2 Phase, 1 Phase, Rapid (5K: $250 / $200 · 10K: $500 / $400 / $300 · 25K: $1,250 / $1,000 / $750 · 50K: $2,500 / $2,000 / $1,500 · 100K: $5,000 / $3,000 / $4,000 · 200K: $10,000 / $8,000); none on Instant Funding
Consistency (evaluation): Unverified
News trading: Restricted
Minimum trade duration: Unverified
Min. trading days: 5
Time limit: No time limit / 10 days
Commissions: Crypto 0.01% of notional at open; US stocks $2/lot open and close; non-US stocks 0.1% at open and close; other instruments $5/lot at open
Platforms: TradeLocker

Rules after you pass

What changes on the funded account: payouts, caps and scaling.

Funded account: Unverified
Funded drawdown: No separate funded rule on file
Consistency (payouts): Unverified
Starting contracts: Unverified
Scaling plan: Not stated; maximum aggregate allocation per trader up to $600,000 across all active accounts.
First payout: after 14 days — Payout waiting period 14 days from account opening or previous payout (7 days with Earlier Payout add-on); 5 minimum trading days.
Profit split: 80% (90% with the paid Profit Split booster); 24-hour product pays a fee multiplier instead
Payout frequency: First and later payouts after a 14-day waiting period (7 days with the paid Earlier Payout booster); approved payouts typically processed within 24-48 hours
Payout cap: Unverified
Max payouts: Unverified
Payout buffer: Minimum payout $100 for 1 Phase, 2 Phase, Rapid and Instant Funding (payouts under $100 via crypto only per the 24-hour note). Profit cap on the first three approved payouts: 5% of the nominated bankroll.
Move to live: Unverified
Funded monthly fee: Unverified

Trust signals

Mixed trust signals

Trustpilot: 3.2 / 5 from 86 reviews, checked 2026-10-18
Track record: Start year not verified
Transparency: company named (Saint Lucia), terms are dated, no payout proof found
Reported events (18 months): 1 reported by third parties (not verified by us), see details
Payout proof: no payout proof published

Reported events, with sources

2026-10-09: The trade publication thegodfunded.com reported on 9 October 2026 that DNA Funded's support was not responding, its social media accounts had been removed and its Discord server was unmoderated. The firm had not announced a closure, and its website was still online when we checked on 2026-10-18. This is a third-party report that we have not verified. source (third-party report)

These are public signals about DNA Funded, not a verdict and not financial advice. Third-party reports are not verified by us; only a primary-sourced payout, closure or regulator event in the last 12 months affects the label. Signals are never combined into one score and an affiliate link does not change them. See how we assess them.

More rules and fees

Challenge rules

Challenge steps: 2 Phase: 2-step · 1 Phase: 1-step · Rapid: 1-step · Instant Funding: Instant funding
Stop-loss required: Unverified
Inactivity rule: Account may close after 30 days without a trade
Max risk per trade: Unverified
Rule notes: Prohibited: martingale, hedging (including across correlated instruments and accounts), HFT, scalping (trades closed within 30 seconds), grid trading, tick scalping, copy trading, gap trading, account management by third parties, latency/swap arbitrage, duplicate IP and multiple accounts. VPN/VPS allowed subject to providing VPN login history. Swing trading allowed.

What you may trade and how

News trading: Restricted
Weekend holding: Allowed
Overnight holding: Allowed — Overnight/weekend positions allowed on 1 Phase and 2 Phase; Rapid, Instant Funding and 24-hour must not trade out of hours/weekend.
Automation / EAs: Restricted — EAs allowed on 1 Phase, 2 Phase and Rapid; not on Instant Funding and 24-hour. HFT, copy trading, grid, tick scalping prohibited.
Accounts you may hold: Unverified — Not stated as a count; aggregate allocation capped at $600,000 across all active accounts. Only one 24-hour challenge at a time.
Hedging: Not allowed
Copy trading: Not allowed
Scalping: Not allowed
Martingale: Not allowed

Fees

Activation fee: None
Reset fee: Varies / unverified
Fee refund: Unverified

Payouts

Payout size: min $100
Payout methods: bank transfer, Crypto

Company & access

Markets: forex, cfd, crypto
Headquarters: Unverified — Rules are issued by DNA Funded Ltd, a company incorporated in Saint Lucia.
Founded: Unverified
Leverage: Forex 1:50, commodities 1:10, indices 1:10, crypto 1:2, stocks 1:5 (accounts from 03.02.2026)
Not open to residents of: Australia, Saint Lucia, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Myanmar, Russia (incl. Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Sevastopol), Somalia, Syria, Central African Republic, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Libya

What we could not fully verify (13)

Prices come from the official Rules and Conditions PDF V2.1 (dated 12.10.26), stated as Access Fees in USD excluding add-ons and taxes. The homepage challenge selector was not opened, so list vs. checkout price was not compared.
Tier USD figures for profit target, max drawdown and daily loss limit are COMPUTED from the percentages in the PDF (applied to the account size) for accounts created on or after 03.02.2026: 1 Phase target 10%, static DD 6%, daily 4%; 2 Phase targets 8% / 5% (phase2ProfitTargetUsd = 5%), DD 8%, daily 5%; Rapid target 5%, DD 5%, daily 3%; Instant Funding has no target, daily n/a, trailing DD 4% (funded stage). Accounts created before 03.02.2026 had different percentages (e.g. 1 Phase 5%/6%, 2 Phase 6%/10%, Rapid 4%/5%).
Daily drawdown is measured on the previous day's balance snapshot (equity loss during the day); max drawdown is balance-based static for 1 Phase/2 Phase/Rapid and trailing (equity-based, 4%) for Instant Funding per the PDF.
Minimum trading days 5 for accounts created on or after 03.02.2026 (PDF lists 5 days for both the 03.02-02.06.2026 range and from 02.06.2026; the Rapid line for the later range is cut off in the PDF text). Earlier accounts: 3 days.
Main program for top-level fields: 1 Phase / 2 Phase (static drawdown). 24-hour product ($20,000 bankroll, fees $25/$50/$100/$250/$500, multipliers 2x/5x/10x) is NOT included as tiers because its price-to-multiplier mapping is not stated unambiguously.
News trading: no executions within 5 minutes before/after high-impact news for accounts created on or after 03.02.2026 (10 minutes before). Stored as newsTradingAllowed=false (restricted window).
EAs: allowed for 1 Phase, 2 Phase and Rapid; not allowed for Instant Funding and 24-hour. Weekend/out-of-hours: allowed for 1 Phase and 2 Phase; not allowed for Rapid, Instant, 24-hour.
Maximum contracts not stated (forex/CFD firm): null. activationFeeUsd not stated: null (no activation fee mentioned).
Add-ons (fee on top of initial fee): Demo Reset +50% (1P/2P/Rapid), Earlier Payout (7 days) +20%, Profit Split 90% +20%, Profit Booster (limited, checkout only) +30%.
Leverage (accounts from 03.02.2026): forex 1:50, commodities/indices 1:10, crypto 1:2, stocks 1:5 for 1 Phase/2 Phase/Rapid/Instant; 24-hour forex 1:30.
Commission: crypto 0.01% notional at open; US stocks $2 per lot at open and close; non-US stocks 0.1% at open and close; other instruments $5 per lot at open.
Funded accounts are simulated; the PDF states trades are representative only and not placed in live markets.
A login box on the homepage shows public demo login details; these were not recorded.

Is DNA Funded legit?

Its terms name DNA Funded Ltd (Saint Lucia) as the operating company. On Trustpilot it has 3.2 / 5 from 86 reviews (checked 2026-10-18). No financial-regulator licence found. Evaluation fees are not covered by investor compensation. We list 1 reported event with sources in the trust signals above. Our label from these public signals: mixed trust signals. It is a summary of checkable facts, not a guarantee.

DNA Funded consistency rule

We could not verify an evaluation consistency rule. We could not verify a funded (payout) consistency rule. Details: No consistency rule by that name. Funded stage has a daily profit distribution limit: profits on a single calendar day may contribute at most 30% of the requested profit (40% for accounts created before 03.02.2026).