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Headquarters

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

Office No. 7, AI Robotics HUB, C1 Building, AFZ, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

CEO

Lucas Antonio

Abdullah Jayed

Country

Saint Lucia

United Arab Emirates

Foundation

2024

2022

Banned Countries
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Afghanistan, Albania, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bouvet Island, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Fiji, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestinian Territory, Rwanda, Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
Assets
Equity Indexes, Metals, Commodities
Indices
Platforms
Volumetrica
Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Tradingview
Payout Methods
Rise, USDT ERC20, Atlas Balance
Crypto, Rise
Live Account
No
Yes

Available after $100K Total Active Profits. 80% of simulated profit splits: 50% settlement, 25% live deposit (max $50K), 25% reserve (auto-refills). Auto liquidation at 20% of deposit (locks at deposit after first withdrawal). Withdrawals: 80/20 split, $100 min, 2-5 days processing.

Payment Methods
Credit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Crypto, Atlas Balance
Card, Crypto, PayPal, Skrill, ApplePay, GooglePay
Payout Frequency

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

  • Flex: Reward withdrawals every 5 days once eligible
  • Legacy: Reward withdrawals every 5 benchmark days
  • Rapid: Reward withdrawals every 3 days
  • Bolt: Daily rewards from day one of eligibility
Payout Guarantee

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.

Brand Promise: Performance Reward processed within 24 hours, or $1,000 extra added to your reward.

Maximum Withdrawal

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.

  • USDT (TRC20 / ERC20) or USDC (ERC20) via RiseWorks: up to $1,000 per withdrawal
  • USDT (ERC20) / USDC (ERC20) without RiseWorks: up to $1,000,000 per withdrawal

Rapid FundedNext Account (per cycle, lifted after 5 withdrawals)

  • $25K: $800
  • $50K: $1,500
  • $100K: $2,500

Legacy FundedNext Account (before 30 Benchmark Days: max 50% of profit)

  • $25K: up to $3,000
  • $50K: up to $6,000
  • $100K: up to $6,000

After caps are lifted, withdraw 100% of profits with no limit.

Flex FundedNext Account (per cycle; account concludes after 5 Performance Reward withdrawals)

  • $50K: up to 50% of profit, max $1,500
  • $100K: up to 50% of profit, max $2,500
  • $150K: up to 50% of profit, max $4,000
Minimum Withdrawal

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

$250 minimum for all withdrawal methods.

Other Payout Requirements

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.

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Brokers
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Tradovate, NinjaTrader
Payout Fee
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Up to 3.5% processing fee on all withdrawals.

Commission
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Add-ons
No
No
Instant
Yes
No
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

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

No
Max Drawdown

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.

Trailing end-of-day (EOD) system. Locks at the initial account balance and never decreases.

Profit Split

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

  • Flex: 95% Reward Share by default for new and existing accounts, with no paid add-on.
  • Other Futures challenges: 80% Reward Share.
Daily Drawdown

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.

Daily loss limit only on Bolt Challenge ($1,000 soft breach for $50K account). Flex, Legacy and Rapid have no daily loss limit.

Max Allocation
400,000
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Mandatory buffer
Yes

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

No
Maximum Trading Days

No evaluation deadline.

No time limit. Trade at your own pace until the profit target is met.

Minimum Trading Days

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

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Funded Phase Pricing Model

No activation or subscription fee.

Free. No activation fee or recurring charges on the FundedNext Account.

Minimum Profitable Days

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

Rapid FundedNext Account

  • No Benchmark Day requirement. First withdrawal eligible after 3 days if conditions are met.

Legacy FundedNext Account

  • Minimum 5 Benchmark Days before first withdrawal.
  • Benchmark Day profit thresholds: $100 ($25K account) / $200 ($50K and $100K accounts).
  • After 30 Benchmark Days: withdrawal cap and 50% profit limit are removed.

Flex FundedNext Account

  • 5 Benchmark Days per withdrawal: $200/day ($50K and $100K) / $250/day ($150K).
  • Minimum $500 profit in the current cycle.
Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

One-time fee; no subscription.

One-time fee (no monthly subscription).

Account Reset
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Unlimited resets at no additional cost. Resets within 7 days keep the same Challenge Account; resets after 7 days provide a new one.

Free Trial
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No
Merge Accounts
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No
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes

EAs and trading bots are allowed on both Challenge and FundedNext Accounts. No support is provided for setup or troubleshooting. Strategies exploiting system vulnerabilities (latency abuse, order flooding) remain prohibited.

VPN
Limited

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

No
Hedging
Limited

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

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Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Limited

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

Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No
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Martingale
No
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Maximum Risk Limit
Yes

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.

No
Copy Trading
Limited

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

Yes
News Trading
Limited

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.

Yes
Inactivity Rule

Open a trade at least every 30 days.

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Consistency Rule
Limited

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

Limited

Challenge Phase

  • Rapid Challenge: No consistency rule.
  • Legacy Challenge: Daily profit cannot exceed 40% of the total profit target. If exceeded, the profit target increases accordingly (new target = highest daily profit / 40%).

FundedNext Account

  • Rapid Account: 40% consistency rule applies (highest single-day profit must be ≤ 40% of total profit).
  • Legacy Account: No consistency rule (for challenges purchased or reset after November 21, 2025).
Hold Weekend
No
No
Prohibited Strategies

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.

  • Platform error exploitation
  • Account sharing
  • Account rolling
  • Multi-order spam / coordinated trading exploits
  • Abusing slow data feed
  • Account flipping / inconsistent contract execution
  • Spoofing
  • Layering / order book shaping
  • Exploiting bracket strategies (tight brackets / no slippage)
  • Grid trading
  • Wash trading
  • Latency arbitrage
  • Reverse hedging
  • Hedging with correlated instruments
  • Trading in gapped or illiquid markets
  • Trading within 2% of CME price limits
  • Unauthorized copy or group trading
Overnight positions
No
No

All positions must be closed by 3:10 PM CT (11:10 PM GMT+2 / 3:10 AM GMT+6) each trading day. Unclosed positions are automatically closed by the system. Trading resumes at 5:00 PM CT.

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