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Ground Floor, The Sotheby Building, Rodney Village, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia

Suite 201, The Catalyst, Cybercity, Ebène, 72201, Mauritius

Lucas Antonio

Bashaar Gokal

Saint Lucia

Mauritius

2024

2023

Challenge fee returned as Atlas Balance on that account's third consecutive payout. Add-ons excluded. Access: entry fee only; activation fee excluded.

1-Step, 2-Step, Pro and 3-Step: first payout after 14 days, then every 14. Instant and Access: first after 28 days, then every 14. Weekly: first after 14 days, then every 7. On-Demand: first immediately, then every 14. Daily Payouts on Pro: daily.

• Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX: 14 days standard, 7 days with "Weekly Payout" add-on. First reward 14 days from first trade.
• Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24: 14 days standard, 7 days with Weekly Payout add-on.
• Endurance: 14 days standard, 7 with add-on.
• Withdrawals processed within 1-2 business days. Minimum reward: $20 for Express and Enhanced; 2% of starting balance for EnhancedX; $20 for Instant Funding.

First payout: 24 working hours; subsequent payouts: 48. Working hours: Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00 BST. Late payment: $500 with that payout and $500 with the next. Giveaway and collaborator accounts excluded.

Instant Zero: buffer of 3% of account size. The table limit applies to each of the first three payouts. Other plans: up to available profit; Daily Payouts adds its own conditions.

Profit required to request: $50 on 1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro; $100 on other programs. No additional minimum on the chosen withdrawal amount.

$20 for Express and Enhanced; 2% of starting balance for EnhancedX; $20 for Instant Funding/Lite/24.

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Fresh account in the same phase, retaining passed phases. Offer available for 7 days after a breach. Price depends on the plan and phase.

10% discount for any retakes

Weekly, On-Demand, Daily Payouts, no minimum days and 100% split, depending on plan. Individual add-ons: +20%; Daily: +25%; bundle: +45%. Daily Pro: 2% buffer and 3% cap per payout for the first three.

Scaling for consistent performance without a new evaluation. Documentation allows exceeding the standard allocation but does not publish exact thresholds.

Once you've successfully completed your Challenge, you'll be able to choose between receiving a Hantec Trader account with the same simulated balance as your Challenge account or upgrading your Challenge account at no additional cost.

If you pass the Challenge again with the increased balance, you'll face the same decision: move up to the next simulated balance level or switch to the Hantec Trader account.

1/2/3-Step: static. Instant: trailing closed balance, updated at 00:00 UTC; does not lock at starting balance. Access: trailing equity, including floating profit. After withdrawal, recalculated from the new balance, except Pro, where the original floor remains.

• Enhanced, EnhancedX: Static
• Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Express: Trailing (balance based)

100% with add-on. First Atlas Protector trigger: 50% for the account's remaining life. First On-Demand payout: 50% for that payout only.

80% base split on all programs. Up to 90% with the optional 90/10 Profit Share add-on at purchase. Some marketing copy mentions up to 95% with additional add-ons stacking.

Website offers a free $1,000 simulated trial, one per verified person; KYC required.

Resets at 00:00 UTC from equity. Standard plans subtract a fixed amount based on account size; Instant and Access subtract a percentage of equity at reset. Intraday profit does not raise the daily floor.

• Instant Funding: Balance-based
• Instant Lite, Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX: Highest balance or equity recorded at the end of the day (EOD high-watermark)

Maximum allocation $400,000 total across all challenge and Hantec Trader accounts. Traders can hold multiple accounts of the same size (e.g. 2×$200K at once). Scaling plan up to $200K free of charge (NOT available on Instant Funding).

Multiple accounts allowed within the total allocation limit.

No evaluation deadline. Access: activate within 30 days after passing.

Unlimited

Evaluation: 3 days per phase on 1/2/3-Step; no minimum on Pro and Access. Funded per cycle: 5 on 1/2-Step and Instant; 3 on Pro, 3-Step and Access.

Atlas Balance for purchases, resets and add-ons; cannot be withdrawn as cash. Cashback and Balance payout bonus depend on rank.

Free monthly competition; simulated account prizes. Registration follows the official schedule.

Funded: 1/2-Step: each day must close at least +0.5%; Instant: +1%; Access: +0.5%. Pro and 3-Step: day with a closed trade, no minimum daily profit. Counter resets after each payout.

Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX, Endurance

• EAs allowed as long as they do not perform any restricted strategies.

Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24

• EAs PROHIBITED on Instant Funding.

Must not conceal location or identity. Give advance notice of locations inconsistent with registration.

Allowed within one account. Prohibited across accounts, brokers or firms.

Hedging is allowed within each individual account but PROHIBITED across separate accounts.

On funded accounts, profits from trades held under 3 minutes are deducted. Losses remain; the deduction does not close the account.

The majority of the traders must last longer than 3 minutes

Funded: the greater of net floating loss and the sum of losing positions, at 2% of initial balance, trigger Atlas Protector. First trigger: positions closed and split cut to 50%; second: account closed. Using 80% of margin closes positions and deducts their profits. Risk per instrument limited to 50% of the daily limit where applicable.

• Proportionate monitoring of excessive or abnormal margin usage. No fixed margin cap per asset or connected accounts.

Only between your own Atlas accounts; copying other traders or external accounts is prohibited.

Unrestricted during evaluation. On funded accounts, profits from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes before or after high-impact news are deducted. Entries inside the window are closed automatically; holding through the entire window is allowed.

Challenge phase (Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX, Endurance)

• No restrictions on trading during news events. Caution advised due to volatility/slippage.

Funded phase (Hantec Trader Accounts on Express/Enhanced/EnhancedX)

• News trading is restricted. Trades may not be opened, closed or adjusted 3 minutes before or after high-impact news events (Forex Factory red folder).

Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24

• News trading prohibited. Trades may not be opened or closed within 3 minutes before/after high impact news events.

Open a trade at least every 30 days; failing closes the account. Instant Zero has no inactivity limit.

If no trade is placed for 30 consecutive days, this is treated as a Hard Breach and the account is closed.

Instant Funded: best day at most 20% of cycle profit. No consistency on Access, Zero, 1/2/3-Step or Pro, according to checkout.

Express Challenge (1 Step)

• No consistency rule.

Enhanced Challenge (2 Step)

• No consistency rule.

EnhancedX (2 Step)

• 35% consistency: (Best day profit / Total profit) * 100 must be ≤ 35%. Calculated on end-of-day equity (00:00 server time). Applies to Challenge AND Hantec Trader account stages. Can be removed in challenge phase via "Remove Consistency" add-on (persists in Trader Account). Reward requests withdraw the full account profit, not a partial amount.

Endurance (3 Step)

• No consistency rule.

Instant Funding

• No consistency rule.

Instant Lite

• 20% consistency: (Best day profit / Total profit) * 100 must be ≤ 20%.

Instant24

• 15% trade consistency.

Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX, Endurance

• Weekend holding allowed. Caution advised due to gap risk.
• Crypto can be traded over the weekend.

Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Instant24

• Weekend holding NOT allowed. All trades must be closed by Friday 23:45 GMT+3.

Latency or tick arbitrage, exploiting prices or bugs, order flooding, hedging across accounts or firms, account sharing and passing services. Multiple locations must not hide who trades. Gambling, martingale and manipulating evaluations are prohibited.

• Exploiting platform or pricing errors / latencies
• Collusion with others to manipulate prices or coordinate trading
• Scalping for quick profits from minor price changes (majority of trades open <3 minutes)
• Third-party or marketed strategies to pass the Challenge
• Automated algorithms for manipulative trading practices
• Unauthorised access or use of another customer's account
• Arbitrage between Demo Account and any other account
• Trading under multiple accounts using different registration details
• High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
• Reverse trading / group hedging
• Overleveraging, overexposure or one-sided bets (≥85% margin across one or connected assets)
• Hedging across multiple accounts
• All or nothing trading