DNA Funded · 6 shared account sizes
The one-phase challenge costs more and gives less
DNA Funded’s 1 Phase is dearer than its 2 Phase at every size both are sold at, and the gap widens as the account grows — $10 at $5K, $130 at $200K. For the extra money it allows 4% a day against 5%, and 6% overall against 8%.
5 of the 7 rows below favour the cheaper product. 2 favour the dearer one, and one of those two is the reason it exists.
What DNA Funded publish for each
| Rule | 1 Phase | 2 Phase |
|---|---|---|
| Profit target | 10% | 8% + 5% = 13% |
| Minimum trading days | 5 | 10 (5 per phase) |
| Daily loss limit | 4% | 5% |
| Overall loss limit | 6% | 8% |
| Ends after (1% risk) | 4 losses | 5 losses |
| Fails | 84% | 73% |
| Fee at $100K | $619 | $549 |
Highlighted is the better figure in each row. The build fails if the 1 Phase stops being dearer at any shared size, or stops being the tighter of the two on both caps.
| Account | $5K | $10K | $25K | $50K | $100K | $200K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Phase | $59 | $89 | $179 | $319 | $619 | $1,209 |
| 2 Phase | $49 | $79 | $159 | $289 | $549 | $1,079 |
| Difference | +$10 | +$10 | +$20 | +$30 | +$70 | +$130 |
What the extra money actually buys
One thing, and it is not on the rules table in a form you can read directly. Both programmes record 5 minimum trading days — but on the 2 Phase that figure is per phase.
The five minimum trading days apply to EACH phase separately: the Rules PDF lists "2 Phase: -Evaluation: 5 days -Verification: 5 days".
So the minimum is 5 days against 10. The 1 Phase also asks 10% of profit against 13%. That is the whole case for it: half the calendar and 3 points less to make, bought with a tighter cap on both axes, a higher price, and 84% failure against 73%.
What a funded account costs on each
At $100K the sticker gap is $130. Counting failed attempts at 1% risk it becomes $3,752 against $2,034 — a factor of 1.8, because the 4% daily limit ends the 1 Phase attempt 4 full-risk losses in where the 2 Phase survives 5.
One extra loss absorbed is worth more here than 3 points of target, and it is worth more than the $130 of sticker. That is the ordinary shape of these products and it is why a price list read on its own tends to point the wrong way.
None of which makes the 1 Phase a mistake. A trader who cannot commit 10 trading days is buying something real, at a price that is now legible.
What this does not measure
- · Two phases against one. The 2 Phase’s 13% is summed across two stages, each with its own reset and its own chance to stop. That is a simplification in the 2 Phase’s favour, and it partly offsets the row above it.
- · Which cohort you are in. DNA Funded version their rules by account creation date. Everything here is the cohort created on or after 3 February 2026.
- · The payout profit cap. A 5% cap applies to the first three approved payouts on both, with profit above it removed. It costs the same on either product, so it changes nothing between them — and it is not in any figure here.
- · Two contradictions the firm has not reconciled, on funded-stage payout days and on the drawdown FAQ’s own worked example. Both are recorded on the firm page and neither is used above.
- · Everything in the assumptions. Assumes each trade is independent. Correlated positions — three majors against the dollar — lose together and count as one. Assumes every trade risks the same amount. Raising size after a loss shortens the streak you can survive. Uses your stated win rate. If that came from a demo account or a good month, the figure below is optimistic.
Where these rules and prices were read
DNA Funded — Rules and Conditions V2.1 — read 2026-08-23
Questions
- Which DNA Funded challenge is cheaper, 1 Phase or 2 Phase?
- The 2 Phase, at every size both are sold at — $49 against $59 at $5K, and $1,079 against $1,209 at $200K. The gap widens with the account, from $10 to $130.
- Is the DNA Funded 1 Phase easier than the 2 Phase?
- It asks less profit — 10% against 13% — and more of everything else. Its daily limit is 4% against 5% and its overall cap 6% against 8%, so at 1% risk per trade it ends after 4 consecutive losses where the 2 Phase survives 5. Modelled, that is 84% failure against 73%. Assumes each trade is independent. Correlated positions — three majors against the dollar — lose together and count as one.
- So why would anyone buy the 1 Phase?
- Calendar. The 1 Phase asks 5 minimum trading days and that is the whole requirement. The five minimum trading days apply to EACH phase separately: the Rules PDF lists "2 Phase: -Evaluation: 5 days -Verification: 5 days". So the 2 Phase's minimum is 10 days, twice the 1 Phase's, and it is the one thing the dearer product genuinely buys.
- What does a funded account actually cost on each?
- At $100K, and counting failed attempts at 1% risk: about $3,752 on the 1 Phase against $2,034 on the 2 Phase, a factor of 1.8. Both figures assume each retry is an independent draw, which is a simplification in both directions.
- Do DNA Funded’s rules depend on when you bought?
- Yes, and the firm prints the cohorts side by side. RULES ARE VERSIONED BY ACCOUNT CREATION DATE, and the PDF prints the cohorts side by side. Every figure here is "Accounts created on or after 03.02.2026"; the older cohort ran a 5% daily limit on this programme. Every figure on this page is the newer cohort. A rules PDF that versions by account creation date is unusual, and worth reading before assuming an older review still applies to what you are buying.