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Headquarters

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

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

CEO

Bashaar Gokal

Lucas Antonio

Country

Mauritius

Saint Lucia

Foundation

2023

2024

Banned Countries
United States
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Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Metals, Energies, Crypto
Brokers
Hantec Markets
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Refund
No
Yes

First Access order: the entry fee is credited in full as Atlas Balance, not cash back to a card. Otherwise, the challenge fee is returned as Atlas Balance on that account's third consecutive payout. Add-ons excluded. Access activation fee excluded.

Platforms
Metatrader 5
MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker, MatchTrader
Demo Account
Metatrader 4
ID1005PasswordaGXr8ZzServerHantecMarkets-Server3
Metatrader 5
ID155586PasswordH1Trader!2ServerHantec Markets Holding Limited
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Payout Methods
Crypto, Transfer, PayPal
Rise, USDT ERC20, Atlas Balance
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, Neteller, PayPal, Transfer, Skrill
Credit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Crypto, Atlas Balance
Payout Frequency
  • 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.

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.

Minimum Withdrawal

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

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.

Payout Guarantee
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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.

Crypto Weekend Trading
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No
Maximum Withdrawal
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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.

Forex
50:1
100:1
Metals
20:1

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Energies
15:1

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Indices
15:1

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Crypto
1:1

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Forex
5 / lot
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Metals
1 / lot
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Energies
1 / lot
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Indices
0
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Crypto
0
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Commission-Free Option
No
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Swap Free
No
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Account Reset

10% discount for any retakes

Yes

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

Add-ons
Yes
Yes

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.

Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

Once you've successfully completed your Challenge, you'll be able to choose between receiving an RZR Funded 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 RZR Funded account.

Yes

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

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • Enhanced, EnhancedX: Static
  • Instant Funding, Instant Lite, Express: Trailing (balance based)

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.

Profit Split

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.

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

Free Trial
No
Yes

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

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

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.

Three Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Allocation

Maximum allocation $400,000 total across all challenge and RZR Funded 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).

400,000
Merge Accounts
No
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Maximum Trading Days

Unlimited

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

Monthly Competition
Yes
Yes

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

Maximum Accounts
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Multiple accounts allowed within the total allocation limit.

Minimum Trading Days
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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.

Points Reward Program
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Atlas Balance for purchases, resets and add-ons; cannot be withdrawn as cash. VIP: 26 ranks across 8 tiers, from Bronze to Atlas Black. XP from purchases, payouts, funded trading, tasks and achievements. Rank-up rewards: Balance and Atlas Packs, unlocked after the first paid order. Rank-based cashback: 3%-10%; bonus for payouts taken as Atlas Balance: 10%-25%. Spending Balance or trading losses do not lower rank; reversed payouts remove their XP.

Atlas Packs: one random prize per pack, with published odds. Available through paid orders, rank-ups or Atlas Balance. Prizes include challenges, resets, add-ons, discounts, Balance, XP and packs.

Access: every account includes an Access Pack with a discount on that account's funded activation fee, up to full coverage. Pack reward and promo code cannot both reduce the funded fee.

Minimum Profitable Days
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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.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

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.
Yes
VPN
Yes
Limited

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

Hedging
Limited

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

Limited

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

Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
No

The majority of the traders must last longer than 3 minutes

Limited

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

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes
No
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes
  • Proportionate monitoring of excessive or abnormal margin usage. No fixed margin cap per asset or connected accounts.
Yes

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.

Copy Trading
Yes
Limited

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

News Trading
Limited

Challenge phase (Express, Enhanced, EnhancedX, Endurance)

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

Funded phase (RZR Funded 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.
Limited

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.

Inactivity Rule

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

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

Consistency Rule
Limited

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 RZR Funded 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.
Limited

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

Hold Weekend
Limited

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.
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Prohibited Strategies
  • 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

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.

Martingale
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