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Ground Floor, The Sotheby Building, Rodney Village, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia
28780 Single Oak Dr, 325, Temecula, California 92590, US
Lucas Antonio
Manuel Meraz
Saint Lucia
United States
2024
2024
Professional Stage accounts use real capital. Pro environment runs on Tradovate; Live Market Execution environment runs on Rithmic.
Standard, Apex and Direct: first payout after 14 days, then every 14, according to checkout. Atlas Live: every 7 days, according to documentation.
Simulated Funded Accounts
- Prime: Every 3 trading days
- Classic: Every 7 trading days
- Premier / Elite: Every 5 trading days
- Velocity Standard: Every 3 trading days
- Velocity Daily Payout Add-On: Daily (1x per day)
- Straight To Funded (S2F): Every 7 trading days
- S2F Accelerate: Eligible for payout after 5 trading days
- Base Plan: Daily (1x per trading day)
Professional Stage Accounts
- Daily withdrawal requests permitted.
Lab Plans
- Lab Sniper 25K: daily payouts once eligible.
- Lab Accelerate 25K: 5 qualifying days per payout.
- Lab Payday 50K: 7 qualifying days per payout.
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.
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.
Simulated Funded Accounts: Max Payout Per Request
- Prime: Payout 1 ($1,000-$3,500), Payout 2+ ($1,500-$4,000)
- Classic: Payout 1 ($1,750-$3,000), Payout 2+ ($2,000-$6,000)
- Premier / Elite: Payout 1 ($1,750-$3,000), Payout 2+ ($2,000-$6,500)
- Velocity Standard: $750-$3,250 per request
- Velocity Daily Payout Add-On: $600-$2,500 per request
- S2F: Payout 1 ($1,000-$3,000), Payout 2+ ($1,000-$3,500)
- S2F Accelerate $50K: Payout 1 ($1,250), Payout 2 ($1,250), Payout 3+ ($1,500)
- Base Plan: $1,000 per request
Professional Stage Accounts
- No maximum withdrawal amount, limited only by available profits above the required buffer.
Lab Plans
- Sniper 25K: payouts 1-2 up to $500 each; payout 3 onward up to $1,000 each.
- Accelerate 25K: up to $500 per payout.
- Payday 50K: payouts 1-2 up to $1,000 each; payout 3 onward up to $1,250 each.
Standard, Apex and Direct: $100. Live: $1,500/$2,500/$5,000/$7,500 for $25K/$50K/$100K/$150K sizes.
- Base Plan: $500.
- Other plans: $250.
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.
Base Plan
- No qualifying trading days required
- Keep at least $4,000 after withdrawal
- Earn at least $1 in new net profit between payouts
Lab Plans
- Sniper 25K: $2,500 profit required between payouts.
- Payday 50K: $3,000 profit required between payouts.
Commission depends on the trading platform used
- NinjaTrader: standard NinjaTrader/CME exchange and clearing fees apply. Check NinjaTrader's commission schedule for exact rates per contract.
- Tradovate: standard Tradovate platform and exchange fees apply. See Tradovate's pricing page for per-contract rates.
- TradingView (via Tradovate): fees are determined by the connected broker (Tradovate). Refer to Tradovate for exact rates.
- WealthCharts: standard exchange and clearing fees apply. Verify with WealthCharts for specific per-contract pricing.
Daily Payout Add-On available for Velocity Plan: enables daily payout requests (1x per day) with no consistency rule and no minimum trading day requirement.
Atlas Live after the fourth payout: trailing equity drawdown and Direct contract limits.
Scaling plan applies to Simulated Funded and Professional Stage accounts. In Sim Funded, position size increases with realized profit (end-of-day). In Professional Stage, scaling is decided case-by-case by the Live Desk based on EOD realized results.
Lab Sniper 25K and Accelerate 25K have fixed position limits and no scaling plan. Lab Payday 50K has a scaling plan.
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.
Evaluation Phase
- Prime / Classic / Premier EOD: End-of-Day trailing drawdown based on realized gains.
- Elite / Premier Intraday: Intraday trailing drawdown based on unrealized gains.
- S2F Standard: End-of-Day drawdown.
- S2F Accelerate: Intraday trailing drawdown with no ceiling.
- Velocity: End-of-Day drawdown.
- Base Plan: $2,000 End-of-Day trailing drawdown based on the highest End-of-Day balance.
Simulated Funded Phase
- End-of-Day drawdown on all plans except S2F Accelerate and Base Plan. Except for Lab Sniper 25K, once an End-of-Day account reaches the buffer zone (e.g., $52,000 for $50K account), the drawdown becomes static at the initial balance.
- S2F Accelerate: Intraday trailing drawdown with no ceiling.
- Base Plan: $2,000 intraday trailing drawdown that locks once the account reaches $2,000 in profit.
Professional Stage
- End-of-Position (EoP) drawdown: adjusts only when a position is closed in profit. Drawdown locks at a static threshold once fully recovered (e.g., $50,100 for $50K account).
Lab Plans, Straight to Funded
- Sniper 25K: EOD trailing drawdown that never locks.
- Accelerate 25K: intraday trailing drawdown that never locks.
- Payday 50K: EOD trailing drawdown locks at the initial balance once the EOD balance reaches the initial balance plus the maximum drawdown.
Atlas Live: 100%. Reached after the fourth paid payout. All programs remain simulated.
Simulated Funded Accounts
- 90% trader / 10% firm
Professional Stage Accounts
- 80% trader / 20% firm
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.
Evaluation & Simulated Funded Accounts
- Except for Lab Payday 50K, no explicit daily loss limit (DLL) during evaluation or simulated funded phase. However, the 2% CME price limit rule applies.
Professional Stage Accounts
- Daily Loss Limit (DLL) applies and is tied to the current scaling tier.
Lab Plans
- Sniper 25K and Accelerate 25K: no daily loss limit.
- Payday 50K: a daily loss limit applies; exceeding it is a hard breach. The amount is shown in the challenge catalogue.
Up to 4 Simm Funded Accounts
After withdrawal, balance must remain $100 above starting balance.
Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F Standard / Velocity: Buffer Required
- A buffer must be maintained at all times. The account balance cannot drop below the buffer level after withdrawal. The buffer equals the drawdown level + $100.
Base Plan
- Keep at least $4,000 in the account after every payout.
Premier Plus (accounts purchased after 4/7/26)
- No buffer requirement. Net profit rule applies: account must have at least $1 more than the balance requested previously.
Lab Accelerate 25K
- $1,100 payout buffer; only profits above this buffer can be requested.
No evaluation deadline.
No time limit. Traders can take as long as needed to meet the profit target.
Standard evaluation: 2 days; Apex: 1. Funded per cycle: Standard 5; Apex 4; Direct 5; Live 4.
- Classic Evaluation: Minimum 2 trading days to pass.
- Prime: Minimum 1 trading day to pass. Standard and Max differ only in position limits and price.
- Premier: Choose a 1-Day Pass or 2-Day Pass at checkout. The selected minimum applies to the evaluation.
- Elite and Velocity: Minimum 1 trading day to pass.
- Funded payouts: 7 qualifying trading days ($200+ profit) for Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F Standard. 3 qualifying days for Prime. 5 qualifying days for Premier Plus accounts purchased after April 7, 2026.
- Lab Sniper 25K, Accelerate 25K and Payday 50K bypass evaluation. Their funded payout day requirements are listed under minimum profitable days.
No activation or subscription fee.
No subscription fee on funded accounts. No activation fee on Prime, Premier, and Velocity. Classic and Base Plan have an activation fee.
Lab Sniper 25K, Accelerate 25K and Payday 50K use a one-time purchase fee with no activation or recurring funded fee.
Standard: +$150 per day. Apex: +$200, except $150K: +$195. Direct and Live: +1% of starting balance per day.
Payout Requirements (Simulated Funded)
- Except for plans without a qualifying-day requirement, each payout cycle requires a minimum number of qualifying trading days with at least $200 realized profit per day.
- Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F Standard: 7 qualifying days per payout.
- Prime: 3 qualifying days per payout.
- Premier Plus (after 4/7/26): 5 qualifying days per payout.
Professional Stage
- A Qualified Trading Day is defined as a day with at least $200 in realized profit, used to determine withdrawal stage eligibility.
Lab Plans
- Sniper 25K: no qualifying-day minimum; payout profit requirements still apply.
- Accelerate 25K: 5 qualifying days per payout, each with at least $200 profit.
- Payday 50K: 7 qualifying days per payout, each with at least $200 profit.
One-time fee; no subscription.
Monthly subscription for Prime, Premier (Intraday and EOD), Velocity, and Classic. Base Plan uses a one-time evaluation fee. Straight To Funded (S2F) uses a one-time fee and bypasses evaluation.
Evaluation Accounts
- Unlimited resets at discounted fees. Fees vary by plan and account size.
Simulated Funded Accounts
- Maximum of 3 resets per funded account.
Lab Straight to Funded accounts cannot be reset.
Scaling applies to Simulated Funded and S2F Standard accounts based on end-of-day realized profit. Position size increases progressively as profit thresholds are met. S2F Accelerate does not use a scaling plan.
Premier Plus Simulated Funded
- Accounts purchased before September 9, 2026 use the legacy scaling plan, with maximums of 3 minis / 30 micros on 25K, 5 / 50 on 50K, 10 / 100 on 100K and 15 / 150 on 150K.
- Accounts purchased from September 9, 2026 have fixed maximums of 2 minis / 20 micros on 25K, 4 / 40 on 50K, 6 / 60 on 100K and 10 / 100 on 150K.
Base Plan Simulated Funded
- Position size changes with the account balance after trades are closed. $1,000 allows 1 mini / 10 micros, $2,000 allows 2 / 20 and $4,000 allows 4 / 40, up to 15 minis / 150 micros.
Lab Plans
- Sniper 25K and Accelerate 25K: no position size scaling.
- Payday 50K: position size scaling applies.
Must not conceal location or identity. Give advance notice of locations inconsistent with registration.
VPNs and VPSs are allowed for trading activities on the trading platform. They must not be used to access or log in to the FFF account dashboard. Use is at the trader's own discretion and risk.
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.
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.
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.
At least 1 trade per week (Monday-Friday) lasting minimum 10 seconds is required per account. Accounts idle for 2 consecutive weeks are marked inactive and automatically closed without restoration.
Standard: best day at most 50% of profit, according to checkout. Direct and Live: 20%. Apex: no consistency.
Classic Evaluation
- 50% consistency rule applies: no more than 50% of the total profit target can be achieved in a single day.
Base Plan
- Evaluation: 40% consistency rule.
- Simulated Funded: no consistency rule.
Simulated Funded Accounts (Classic / Premier / Elite / S2F / Velocity: before 4/7/26)
- Payouts 1-3: 40% maximum per trading day
- Payouts 4-5: 45% maximum per trading day
- Payouts 6+: 50% maximum per trading day
S2F
- Standard: 25% daily consistency applies.
- Accelerate 50K: 25% lifetime consistency applies.
Prime Simulated Funded
- 40% lifetime consistency rule.
Premier Plus Simulated Funded
- Accounts purchased before September 9, 2026: no consistency rule.
- Accounts purchased from September 9, 2026: 40% consistency rule.
- Promotional giveaway accounts: 40% consistency rule.
Professional Stage
- No consistency rule.
Lab Plans
- Sniper 25K: no consistency rule.
- Accelerate 25K: 25% consistency requirement.
- Payday 50K: 40% consistency requirement.
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.
- Bots / algorithmic trading
- Hedging
- Trading within 2% of CME price limits
- Straddles / strangles exploiting news volatility
- Excessive Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) into losing positions
- Micro-scalping: over 50% of trades and over 50% of profits must come from positions held longer than 20 seconds
- Unauthorized group trading / signal services
Overnight trading is allowed. All positions must be closed by 4:15 PM EST daily (automatic close if not closed manually). Trading resumes at 6:00 PM EST. Weekend trading is not permitted; all positions must be closed before Friday 4:15 PM EST.




















