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

Cape Town, South Africa, Western Cape, 7764, ZA

Lucas Antonio

Tanswell Sassman

Saint Lucia

South Africa

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.

Only when purchasing with add-on

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.

• QT ONE: 4-day cycle
• QT TWO: 14-day cycle
• QT INSTANT: 4-day cycle
• QT Power: 14-day cycle for accounts purchased from August 11, 2026. Accounts purchased on or before August 10 receive the first payout on demand, then move to a 14-day cycle.
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): 14-day standard cycle
• QT Bonus (promotional accounts): 30-day cycle

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.

1% of profit ($100 min) — except QT INSTANT: 5% of profit, and a 3% buffer applies (8% profit must be reached before the first payout request).

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.

Phase 2 reset available with add-on

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.

• Variable Spreads
• Usage of EA
• Swap Free
• 10% Profit Split Extra (80% → 90%)
• Refund on First Payout
• 14 Day Payout cycle
• 7 Day Payout cycle

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

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.

• QT ONE: 6% static
• QT TWO: 8% static
• QT INSTANT: 6% trailing, locked at starting balance once a withdrawal is made
• QT Power: 8% static
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): 6% trailing

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

• QT ONE: 70%
• QT TWO: 80%
• QT INSTANT: 100%
• QT Power: 80%
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): 80%
  Upgradeable to 90% with the "10% Profit Split Extra" add-on on eligible plans.

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.

• QT ONE: 3% trailing (fixed amount, threshold recalculated daily on the higher of previous close balance or equity)
• QT TWO: 4% fixed (balance-based)
• QT INSTANT: 3% fixed
• QT Power: 4% fixed
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): 3% daily trailing

• Max total funded allocation: $300,000
• Max Instant funded allocation: $100,000
• No duplicate asset trading when at limit

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.

• QT ONE: no minimum on the evaluation (can pass in a single day); 4 days when funded
• QT TWO: 4 days per phase
• QT INSTANT: 4 days when funded
• QT Power: 4 days in each evaluation phase and 4 days per funded payout cycle
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): no minimum on the evaluation; 5 days when funded

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.

• QT TWO: 4 days of +0.5% profit per cycle
• QT INSTANT: 4 days of +1% profit per cycle
• QT ONE: not required

Before using EAs, they must go through a pre-approval process.

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

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

A Stop Loss must be placed within 60 seconds of opening a trade. Applies to QT TWO and QT INSTANT (funded accounts). QT ONE has no stop loss rule.

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

Cannot have three or more open positions on the same asset at the same time (only funded account

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.

• QT ONE (Funded): 1% max floating loss across all open positions
• QT TWO (Funded): 1% max floating loss (first violation is a soft breach, second is a hard breach)
• QT TWO (Evaluation): exposure must stay under 75% of the daily drawdown limit
• QT INSTANT (Funded): 1% max exposure per instrument
• QT Power (Evaluation): exposure must stay under 75% of the daily drawdown limit
• QT Power (Funded): no exposure limit
• QT 1 Step (BNPL, Funded): 2% floating loss

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

Allowed without restrictions when allocation is lower than $300,000.
Not allowed when the allocation is $300,000 or above.

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.

• No new entries or exits within the 10-minute window around a restricted news event (5 minutes before and 5 minutes after).
• Order modifications ARE permitted during that window: adjusting stop loss, modifying take profit and cancelling orders.
• Positions or limit orders placed more than 5 minutes before the release (with SL and TP set) may remain open or be triggered during the event.
• Restricted releases: CPI, FOMC statement and meetings, Non-Farm Payrolls and USD PMI. Red folder events restrict every pair involving that currency and any index priced in it.
• News source: Forex Factory.
• The News Rule does NOT apply to QT ONE, QT INSTANT, QT Power or QT 1 Step (BNPL) accounts.

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

• QT TWO: no inactivity rule
• QT INSTANT, QT Power, QT 1 Step (BNPL): 14 days
• QT ONE: the comparison table states 7 days while the plan article states 14 days; confirm with support before relying on it.
  The period runs from the purchase date if no trade has been placed, or from the most recent closed trade.

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

• QT INSTANT: 30%
• QT Power: 35% in both evaluation and funded
• QT 1 Step (BNPL): 20%
• QT ONE, QT TWO: no consistency rule

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.

• All-or-Nothing
• Latency Trading
• Arbitrage Trading
• High-Frequency Trading
• Tick scalping
• Reverse Trading or Group Hedging
• Order book spamming
• Flooding the server with messages due to incorrect use of algorithm
• One side betting
• Trading behaviours that the Risk Department deem Toxic