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Headquarters

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

14 Haroshet st, Raanaa, Israel

CEO

Lucas Antonio

Saul Lokier

Country

Saint Lucia

Israel

Foundation

2024

2016

Banned Countries
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Afghanistan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Congo Republic, Crimea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Donetsk, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Kherson, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Luhansk, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Russia, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zaporizhzhia
Assets
Equity Indexes, Metals, Commodities
Indices, Currencies, Metals, Agriculture, Energies
Platforms
Volumetrica
BlackArrow
Payout Methods
Rise, USDT ERC20, Atlas Balance
Rise, Crypto, Transfer
Live Account
No
No

The5ers states that all activity is conducted in a simulated trading environment.

Payment Methods
Credit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Crypto, Atlas Balance
Card, PayPal, Crypto
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.

First payout after 14 days; subsequent payouts every 14 days after the last approved withdrawal.

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.

Approved withdrawals are normally processed within 3 business days.

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.

25K: $1,250. 50K: payouts 1–4 are capped at $1,500 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,000; later payouts remain capped at $3,000. 100K and 150K: 3% of the current balance.

Minimum Withdrawal

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

A payout can be requested after reaching at least 4% profit over the initial account balance.

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.

The funded account must be at least 14 days old and have reached at least 4% profit. The 14-day cycle restarts after scaling.

Payout Fee
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3.5% for Rise, cryptocurrencies and bank transfers. No fee when the payout is converted into Hub Credits.

Commission
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Standard futures: $5 per side. Micro futures: $2.50 per side.

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

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

Yes

At every approved 10% profit milestone, buying power increases by 5%, up to $500,000.

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.

4% EOD trailing drawdown, calculated from the highest midnight balance or equity. After a payout, it resets to 4% below the new balance.

Profit Split

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

80% for the trader across all funded accounts.

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.

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Max Allocation
400,000
500,000
Mandatory buffer
Yes

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

No
Maximum Trading Days

No evaluation deadline.

No time limit. At least one trade must be placed every 14 days.

Minimum Trading Days

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

The evaluation can be passed in one trading day while respecting the consistency rule.

Funded Phase Pricing Model

No activation or subscription fee.

No monthly fee. The current program catalogue shows no activation fee.

Minimum Profitable Days

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

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Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

One-time fee; no subscription.

One-time evaluation fee with no monthly subscription.

Position size scaling
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Yes

Every approved 10% profit milestone adds 1 mini and 10 micro contracts.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
No

Algorithmic and high-frequency trading are prohibited.

VPN
Limited

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

Yes
Hedging
Limited

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

No
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
Yes
Martingale
No
Yes
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.

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Copy Trading
Limited

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

Limited

Only between the trader's own 25K and 50K accounts, with a combined maximum allocation of $75,000.

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.

Yes

At least one trade must be placed every 14 days.

Consistency Rule
Limited

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

Yes

40% per-position consistency rule during evaluation and funded stages. It is calculated using accumulated profitable trades; losing trades are not deducted.

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.

High-frequency trading, algorithmic trading and hedging.

Overnight positions
No
Limited

Day Trade does not allow overnight positions. Swing allows limited overnight exposure: 1 mini/10 micros on 25K and 50K, 2/20 on 100K and 3/30 on 150K.

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