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

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

Lucas Antonio

Saint Lucia

United Arab Emirates

2024

2023

Standard, Apex and Direct: first payout after 14 days, then every 14, according to checkout. Atlas Live: every 7 days, according to documentation.

• Daily: daily
• One Step Standard, Instant Standard: on demand
• Flex DLL: after 5 winning days
• Flex No DLL: after 6 winning days

Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Central Time.

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.

Within 24 business hours. Get paid in 24 hours or AquaFunded Futures pays you an extra $500.

Standard, Apex and Direct: up to 50% of cycle profit and the limit in the corresponding row. Live: first payout capped at $4,000/$6,000/$7,000/$8,000 for $25K/$50K/$100K/$150K; afterwards, no cap beyond available profit.

Daily: maximum daily payout

• $50k: $1,100
• $100k: $2,200
• $150k: $3,300

Instant Standard: payout cap

• $25k: $1,000
• $50k: $2,000
• $100k: $4,000
• $150k: $6,000

One Step Standard: payout cap

• $50k: $2,000, then $2,500
• $100k: $4,000, then $5,000
• $150k: $6,000, then $7,500

Flex DLL and Flex No DLL: payout cap

• $50k: $2,000
• $100k: $2,500
• $150k: $3,000

Standard, Apex and Direct: $100. Live: $1,500/$2,500/$5,000/$7,500 for $25K/$50K/$100K/$150K sizes.

• Instant Standard, One Step Standard, Flex DLL and Flex No DLL: $500

Approved KYC. Requesting closes positions and pauses the account until payout is resolved. Challenge fee refunded as Atlas Balance with the third consecutive payout, according to the shared FAQ.

$35 flat processing fee deducted from the first approved withdrawal of each calendar month.

Atlas Live after the fourth payout: trailing equity drawdown and Direct contract limits.

One Step Standard funded scaling targets: $52,100 on $50k, $103,600 on $100k and $155,100 on $150k.

Trailing at each day's close, 16:45 New York. On funded Standard, Apex and Direct, stops rising at starting balance; the first payout request locks the floor there. Live: trailing equity without a lock.

• Daily, Flex DLL and Flex No DLL: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown during evaluation and funded stages
• Instant Standard: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown
• One Step Standard: end-of-day (EOD) drawdown during evaluation

Atlas Live: 100%. Reached after the fourth paid payout. All programs remain simulated.

Standard: soft limit. Closes positions and locks trading until the 16:45 New York reset; does not close the account unless maximum drawdown is also reached.

After withdrawal, balance must remain $100 above starting balance.

No evaluation deadline.

Daily, Flex DLL and Flex No DLL: unlimited evaluation time.

Standard evaluation: 2 days; Apex: 1. Funded per cycle: Standard 5; Apex 4; Direct 5; Live 4.

One Step Standard: none; the evaluation can be passed in one trading day.

No activation or subscription fee.

One Step Standard, Flex DLL and Flex No DLL: $0 activation fee.

Standard: +$150 per day. Apex: +$200, except $150K: +$195. Direct and Live: +1% of starting balance per day.

One-time fee; no subscription.

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

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

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

Scalping and microscalping are allowed with a minimum trade duration of 10 seconds.

Close all positions before 16:45 New York; holding afterwards closes the account. On funded accounts, 80% margin usage closes positions and deducts their profits. Respect contract limits.

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

Copy trading is allowed between accounts owned by the same person. You can copy trades freely across your own AquaFunded Futures accounts without violations for internal account copying.

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

Open a trade at least every 30 days.

Standard: best day at most 50% of profit, according to checkout. Direct and Live: 20%. Apex: no consistency.

Evaluation Phase

• Daily: 40%
• One Step Standard: none
• Flex DLL and Flex No DLL: 50%

Funded Phase

• Daily: none
• One Step Standard: 40%
• Flex DLL and Flex No DLL: none
• Instant Standard: 20%

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.

• No full automation: bots, AI and hands-off trading are forbidden.
• Auto scalping is limited (>200 trades/day restricted).
• Semi-automation is allowed with active manual control.
• No order manipulation (layering or fake liquidity).
• No exploiting simulated fills, slippage or illiquid markets.
• Follow CME rules; no coordinated accounts.
• Scalping and microscalping require a minimum trade duration of 10 seconds.
• Martingale is allowed within risk limits.
• Violations may result in termination and loss of profits.