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Headquarters

IFZA Business Park, DDP, Premises No. 35882-001, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Office 219, Vakson Commercial Building, Sheikh Zayed Road, Umm Al Sheif

Country

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2023

2024

Banned Countries
Cuba, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Vietnam, Kenya, Albania, Algeria, North Korea, Senegal
United States of America, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, North Korea, Russia, Iran, Iraq, American Samoa, Belarus, Northern Mariana Islands, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Ukraine, Virgin Islands (US), Wallis & Futuna Islands, Yemen, Zimbabwe
CEO
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Nick Cooke

Assets
Forex, Indices, Commodities
Commodities, Forex, Indices, Crypto
Brokers
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Taurex
Refund
Yes

Full refund after 4th payout

Yes

Refunds available only if you have NOT received or used the trading account, or in case of duplicate payments / technical issues that prevented account delivery. Once trading begins, fees are non-refundable. Refunds are processed within 5-10 business days (card) or 24-48h (crypto).

Payout Fee

$35 flat fee via Rise (for payouts of $1,000 or more). Payouts below $1,000 are paid in crypto and only carry the network fee.

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Platforms
Metatrader 5, MatchTrader, TradeLocker, cTrader
Metatrader 5
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Crypto, Transfer
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto
Card, Crypto, GooglePay, ApplePay
Payout Frequency

First payout 14 days after the first trade. Every 14 days after that. First payout after 7 days with add-on (+15%).

  • Instant Pro: First Payout on Demand is available as a checkout add-on.
  • Instant Flex: first payout on demand, then every 14 days.
  • 1 Step Plus: First payout on demand, next every 14 days
  • Instant, Nova: On Demand
  • 1 Step Standard, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Plus: Every 14 days
Payout Guarantee

Get Paid in 24 Hours or get an extra $1,000. Rewards are only processed on business days, and so the 48 Hour Reward Guarantee timer is paused on weekends.

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Maximum Withdrawal

For traders with $200K accounts or larger, the first two reward requests are capped at a maximum withdrawal of $10,000 each. After the first two rewards, this restriction is removed, and there are no further withdrawal limits.

TryAqua: maximum lifetime withdrawal of $100.

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Minimum Withdrawal

$100

$100

Demo Account
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Metatrader 5
ID3002613PasswordH*CgR3MjServerAtmosGlobal-Live
Forex
  • Instant Standard: 30:1
  • Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 50:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 100:1 during evaluation, 50:1 when funded
50:1
Metals
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
15:1
Energies
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
15:1
Indices
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 10:1
  • 1 Step Flex: 20:1 during evaluation, 10:1 when funded
10:1
Crypto
  • Instant Standard: 1:1
  • Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 2 Step, 1 Step, 3 Step, Aqua Man: 2:1
2:1
Forex
5 / lot
5 / lot
Metals
5 / lot
5 / lot
Energies
5 / lot
5 / lot
Indices
0
5 / lot
Commission-Free Option
No
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Crypto
No data
5 / lot
Swap Free
Yes

Swap-free accounts are available. No overnight swap fees; positions can be held for as long as desired.

No
Add-ons
Yes
  • 100% profit split (+15%)
  • First payout after 7 days (+15%)
  • First Payout on Demand (Instant Pro)
  • 100% profit split and first payout after 7 days combined (+25%)
Yes
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

You can grow your account to a maximum of $4,000,000. In order to scale your capital and grow, you must make 12% within a 3-month period. If you achieve this, they will increase your account size by 25% of your initial balance.

This is complementary to the Aqua Elite Program.

No
Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro, Instant Flex, 1 Step Standard, 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Pro, Aqua Man: Trailing, based on the highest value between equity and balance
  • TryAqua: Daily and maximum drawdowns are trailing
  • 1 Step Flex, 2 Step Elite, 3 Step: Static
  • 1 Step Standard, Instant: Trailing, locks at initial balance and finally at payout
  • 1 Step Plus: Trailing, locks at initial balance but resets at payout
  • 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Plus: Static
  • Nova: 8% max overall loss (static)
Profit Split

90%. 100% with add-on (+15%)

80% by default, scaling up to 90% for consistent performers

Free Trial
No
No
Daily Drawdown

Based on highest value between equity and balance

  • General: Based on highest value between equity and balance
  • Nova: 4% daily drawdown
Three Steps
Yes
No
Max Allocation
400,000
400,000
Merge Accounts
Yes

Instant accounts can't be merged

No
Maximum Trading Days

No limit

No limit

Minimum Trading Days
  • Instant Standard, Instant Pro: 5 days (non-consecutive), 0.5% profit each
  • Instant Flex: 7 days
  • TryAqua: 5 days, with at least 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Standard: 3 days, 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Pro, 2 Step Standard: 5 days, 0.5% profit each
  • 1 Step Flex: no minimum during evaluation; 3 days before the first funded payout, with at least 0.5% profit each
  • 2 Step Pro: 0 in evaluation, 5 in funded
  • 2 Step Elite: 3 per step
  • 3 Step: not specified
  • Nova (challenge): 0 days
  • Nova (funded): 7 minimum profitable trading days
Monthly Competition
No
No
Minimum Profitable Days
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  • 1 Step, 2 Step: 3 days with 0.5% profit or more
  • Instant: 0 days
  • Nova (challenge): 0 days
  • Nova (funded): 7 days with at least 0.5% of initial balance each
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes
Hedging
Yes
Yes
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
No
Martingale
Yes
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Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

If your floating PnL (profit and loss) drops below -2% of the account balance, the account will be permanently closed.

Only applies to Instant Funding Standard, Pro, Flex, AquaMan and TryAqua.

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Copy Trading
Yes
  • Copy trading between AquaFunded accounts
  • Copy trading from Funded-to Evaluation accounts and vice versa
  • Copy trading between AquaFunded account and external accounts.
Limited

Only allow between Atmos Funded Accounts

News Trading
Limited

Two policies depending on the account creation date:

Accounts opened after 2026-04-27

  • News trading is allowed.
  • Profits generated within 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after a red folder (high-impact) news event or FOMC are capped at 0.5% of the starting balance per payout cycle.
  • Anything above the cap is removed without further penalty.

Accounts opened before 2026-04-27

  • Trades opened or closed within 5 minutes before or 5 minutes after a red folder news event or FOMC on funded accounts are not allowed.
  • Any profits generated during these windows are removed.
No

Not allowed ±2 minutes from high-impact events

Inactivity Rule

30 days

90 days

Consistency Rule
Yes

Applies on funded accounts. A single trading day cannot equal or exceed a given percentage of total profits during the payout period. If it does, payouts are blocked until the ratio normalises; the account is not closed.

  • Instant Standard: 20%
  • Instant Pro: 20% for accounts purchased on or after 8 September 2026 (limited-time offer); 15% for accounts purchased before that date
  • Instant Flex: no consistency rule
  • Aqua Man: 15%
  • TryAqua: 15%
  • 1 Step Pro: 25%
  • 2 Step Pro: 50%
  • 1 Step Flex: no consistency rule
  • 1 Step Standard, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Elite, 3 Step: no specific consistency rule documented
Yes
  • 1 Step Plus: No single day >45% of total profit (funded phase)
  • Instant: No single day >20% of total profit (funded phase)
  • 1 Step Standard, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Plus, Nova: No rule
Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes
Prohibited Strategies
  • Use of platform or data freezing due to a Demo Server error.
  • Use of a delayed data feed
  • Trading on delayed charts
  • Tick scalping
  • High frequency trading
  • Arbitrage bots
  • Reverse arbitrage
  • Latency arbitrage
  • Hedge arbitrage or any emulators are prohibited.
  • Allocate too large of your equity or margin to a single open position
  • Latency arbitrage (price feed abuse)
  • High-frequency trading bots that overload execution
  • Tick scalping / toxic flow that manipulates fills
  • Hedging across accounts
  • Group Trading / Account Management Abuse
  • Platform / Price-Feed Manipulation
  • Account Sharing / Identity Misuse
  • All-In (Gambling)
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