Trade. Compete. Win.

Daily Drawdown: Your account equity (including open trades) cannot drop more than 6% of your previous day's balance snapshot. This snapshot is taken daily at 10:00 PM UTC.

Maximum Drawdown: Your account equity cannot fall below $90,000, that's a 10% drop from your initial $100,000 starting balance.

Hitting either drawdown limit will result in automatic disqualification and closure of your tournament account.

Entry is free!

Please note that tournaments generally come with a participant limit, so claim your entry early. Pre-registration generally begins one week before the tournament start date.

Generally our tournaments will allow re-entry after being eliminated, please note that re-entry may come with an associated small cost to the user. Re-entry grants you a fresh challenge account of the tournement challenge amount and another chance to win. This is considered a new, single entry for the purposes of the tournament.

**please note that reentry is currently disabled until further notice**

Yes, you are allowed to use EAs (Expert Advisors) and automated strategies.

However, these strategies are not allowed:

Prohibited EA & Algo Strategies: High-Frequency Trading (HFT) Reverse Arbitrage Hedging Latency Arbitrage News Trading Reverse Hedging between accounts

Other Prohibited Trading Strategies: Hedge Arbitrage Trading Tick Scalping Grid Trading Martingale Strategies One-Sided Betting Copy trading from any account other than your own DNA Funded Accounts

Note: You cannot copy, mirror, or duplicate trades across accounts registered under different users (unique email addresses). Copy trading from external accounts is strictly forbidden.

*These strategy rules will generally be fixed, however, special tournaments may have slight variations. Please always check prior to joining a tournament

You must be at least 18 years old. We may use KYC (Know Your Customer) checks for cash prize winner, so make sure your registration details are accurate.

Due to regulatory conditions, we are unable to offer services with traders residing in the following countries: Australia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, Russia (or the Crimea, Donetsk or Luhansk regions of Ukraine), Somalia and Syria. The provision of services is not extended to individuals who appear on sanction lists, possess criminal records associated with financial crime, terrorism, or have been previously prohibited due to breach of contract, with no allowances.

Australia, Cuba, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, North Korea, Libya, Russia, Sudan, Myanmar, and Somalia. Countries are subject to change; if you’re unsure, please contact us at [email protected].

No. Profits during the tournament are not withdrawable.
They are used solely to determine ranking and performance.

Yes. Tournaments typically have a time period they run for.
Once a tournament ends, you will no longer be able to trade on your tournament account.

News Trading

Traders may trade news, except during the restricted period of 10 minutes before and after major data releases, news events, or significant macroeconomic events deemed high-impact. This also applies to unexpected, high-impact events (commonly referred to as ‘market-shocks’) that cause extreme market volatility.

Corporate Actions

Traders should be aware that corporate actions, such as dividends, stock splits, mergers, or rights issues, may impact their open positions. The adjustments resulting from corporate actions will be reflected in their trading account accordingly. It is the trader’s responsibility to consider these events when managing their trades.

Weekend trading (placing, modifying, or closing trades) is permitted for Crypto. Trades for all other markets can be held but not executed.

As we are evaluating the trading of individuals you are solely responsible for your account login details. If you share account passwords with others it will violate our terms and conditions and as such it is not permitted.

You are only permitted to have one active account at any given time. Creating multiple accounts or submitting more than one entry will result in disqualification. However, if you are eliminated, you have the option to 're-enter' the tournament for a small fee.

Yes. We are looking for individual traders, and payouts to live traders are often made to personal bank accounts.

Your account must be in your own name. Your nickname will appear on the leaderboard, not your real name.

Leverage limits per asset class:

Forex: 1:30

Commodities: 1:10

Indices: 1:10

Crypto: 1:2

Stocks: 1:5

*These leverages will generally be fixed, however, special tournaments may have slight variation. Please always check prior to joining a tournament

Our current commission structure is as follows:

- Crypto: 0.01% of the trade volume (when opening a position).
- US Stocks: $2 USD per lot (when opening and closing positions).
- Non-US Stocks: 0.1% of the trade volume (when opening and closing positions).
- Other instruments: $5 USD per lot.

We are backed by DNA Markets as our broker, enabling us to offer industry-leading spreads for our traders, with seamless integration and enhanced trading conditions. To learn more about the specific offering we use, please refer to DNA Markets Spreads.

All tournament accounts are swap-free, there will be no overnight interest charges.

You can trade Forex pairs, Commodities, Indices, Crypto, and Stocks available on the TradeLocker platform during the tournament.

*These assets will generally be fixed, however, special tournaments may have slight variation. Please always check prior to joining a tournament

No action needed on your part!
If you win, you'll receive an email within 24 hours of the tournament ending.

You’ll then be asked to complete a KYC (Know Your Customer) process to verify your identity before receiving any cash prize. Note: KYC is not required to receive a challenge account prize.

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No. There is no minimum profit target required to win a prize.

Winners are determined by having the highest equity balance in their simulated account at the end of the tournament period.

The Cash Prize Pool is the total sum of money allocated as prizes to the winners of the tournament, and it grows with every re-entry.

Each $3 re-entry increases the prize pool, raising the overall rewards for all participants.