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Headquarters

23691-001, A2 Building, IFZA Business Park, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, United Arab Emirates

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

CEO

Husam Samy

Lucas Antonio

Country

United Arab Emirates

Saint Lucia

Foundation

2024

2024

Banned Countries
Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar
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Assets
Forex, Commodities, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Indices, Metals, Energies, Crypto
Brokers

In-house liquidity provider

No data
Refund
Yes

The evaluation fee is refundable. Under the published standard conditions, the refund unlocks alongside the fifth successful payout.

Instant Flex: 100% refundable access fee.

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
MatchTrader, Metatrader 5
MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker, MatchTrader
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Rise, USDT ERC20, Atlas Balance
Payment Methods
Card, PayPal, Crypto
Credit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Crypto, Atlas Balance
Payout Frequency

Depends on the program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout after 3 days with a 40% split. Standard payouts retain an 85% split and require the applicable trading days, profit and SFX Stability Index. Instant Funding (original) and 1-Step Pro allow payout requests once their requirements are met, without a fixed bi-weekly cycle.

Instant Flex: bi-weekly payouts.

1-Step, 2-Step, Pro and 3-Step: first payout after 14 days, then every 14. Access: first after 28 days, then every 14. Instant Funded and Instant Zero purchased from 17 October 2026: first after 14 days, then every 14; Weekly add-on: first after 7 days, then every 7. Earlier Instant accounts: first after 28 days, then every 14; Weekly: first after 14 days, then every 7. Weekly on other eligible plans: first after 14 days, then every 7. On-Demand: first immediately, then every 14. Daily Payouts on Pro: daily.

Payout Guarantee

Requests are processed within 48 business hours. SFX advertises $1,000 compensation if it misses that deadline.

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
Yes
No
Maximum Withdrawal

Maximum of $10,000 per request for the first two payouts. This limit is removed afterwards.

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.

Minimum Withdrawal

Payouts below $100 can only be processed through USDT TRC20. Bank transfer is available from $100.

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.

Forex
30:1
100:1
Metals
10:1

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Energies
10:1

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Indices
10:1

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Crypto
2:1

Varies by symbol and platform; check the instrument specifications.

Forex
4 / lot
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Metals
4 / lot
No data
Energies
4 / lot
No data
Indices
0.4 / lot
No data
Crypto
0
No data
Commission-Free Option
No
No data
Swap Free
No
No data
Account Reset

Available for Ascend during evaluation and for funded Ascend, 1-Step Pro and Rapid accounts within 10 calendar days of the first trade. A funded reset subsequently applies a 50% split.

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

Reviewed every 3 months. Requires profitability in 2 of the 3 months, at least 10% cumulative profit and 2 payouts. Balance increases by 25% of the initial balance up to $3.2M.

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

Rapid: 4% trailing. 1-Step Pro: 6% trailing. Ascend: 8% static. Instant Funding (original): 6% trailing.

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

85% base split, with the possibility of reaching 100% through the scaling program. Rapid and Ascend allow an early payout with a 40% split.

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

Rapid and Instant Funding (original): 3%. 1-Step Pro: no daily limit. Ascend: 4%.

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
No
Yes
Max Allocation
500,000
400,000
Merge Accounts
Yes

Funded accounts from the same evaluation type can be merged when both remain at their initial balance, have no open trades and their combined capital does not exceed $500,000. Instant Funding (original) accounts cannot be merged.

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Maximum Trading Days

No time limit.

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

Minimum Trading Days

Rapid: no minimum during evaluation. 1-Step Pro: 4 evaluation days. Ascend: 5 days in each phase. Instant Funding (original): no evaluation.

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.

Monthly Competition
No
Yes

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

Minimum Profitable Days

For payouts: Rapid and Instant Funding (original) require 10 trading days; 1-Step Pro requires 7 qualified days; Ascend requires 5 days and its first standard payout is available after 14 calendar days.

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.

Maximum Accounts
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Multiple accounts allowed within the total allocation limit.

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.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Limited

Trade managers, calculators and EAs developed by the trader are allowed. Third-party EAs and EAs designed to exploit rollover or perform news scalping are prohibited.

Yes
VPN
Yes
Limited

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

Hedging
Yes
Limited

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

Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
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
Martingale
No
No
Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

Maximum floating loss: 2% on Rapid, Ascend and Instant Funding (original); $300K and $400K Instant Funding (original) accounts have a 1% limit. 1-Step Pro has a 1% limit, with a warning and split reduction to 40% on the first violation and closure on the second.

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
No

Copying trades, manually or through software, between the trader's own accounts or from external traders or signal providers is prohibited.

Limited

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

News Trading
Limited

Funded accounts restrict trading from 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after high-impact news. News straddling, news bracketing and manipulation of the simulated environment are also prohibited.

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

Accounts are closed after 30 days of inactivity.

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

Consistency Rule
Yes

Maximum SFX Stability Index for payout: Rapid 15%, 1-Step Pro 20%, Ascend 25% and Instant Funding (original) 15%.

Instant Flex: no consistency rule.

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
Yes
Yes
Prohibited Strategies

Copy trading; third-party EAs; HFT; latency arbitrage; tick scalping; martingale and grid; news scalping; coordinated reverse trading; exploitation of errors or slow feeds; account sharing or third-party account management.

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.

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