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Headquarters

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

Heiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

CEO

Lucas Antonio

Daniela Egli

Country

Saint Lucia

Liechtenstein

Foundation

2024

2022

Banned Countries
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Afghanistan, Albania, Antarctica, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Palestinian Territory, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Yemen
Assets
Equity Indexes, Metals, Commodities
Equity Indexes, Currencies, Agricultural, Energy, Metals, Interest Rates, Crypto
Platforms
Volumetrica
ATAS, Quantower, Volsys, RTrader Pro, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, Sierra Chart, MotiveWave, Jigsaw, Volfix
Payout Methods
Rise, USDT ERC20, Atlas Balance
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Live Account
No
No
Payment Methods
Credit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Crypto, Atlas Balance
Card, Crypto, Bank Transfer
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.

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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.

Within 24 hours on 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.

Up to 50% of the current profit buffer per reward, capped at $2,500 ($50K), $3,500 ($100K) or $5,000 ($150K).

Minimum Withdrawal

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

$100

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.

First reward: 5 winning days of at least $200 each. Later rewards: at least $0.01 net profit since the previous reward and 5 new $200 winning days.

Brokers
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Rithmic, dxFeed, Tradovate
Payout Fee
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No payout fee

Add-ons
No
Yes

Optional Level 2 market data is available. Challenge Extend costs $99 / $189 / $289 by account size.

Instant
Yes
No
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
Yes

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

Yes

Buying power scales from end-of-day profit and is adjusted daily at 16:00 CT.

After passing the Challenge the account moves through a level ladder. Each level has its own profit target and drawdown limit; reaching the target unlocks a payout and promotes the account to the next level, with more capital, more drawdown flexibility and a higher profit share. Smaller accounts run through around 10 levels.

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 on end-of-day balance. It stops at the starting balance and never moves down.

Profit Split

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

80%

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 Pause is recalculated from the previous day's closing balance at 16:15 CT. It closes positions and pauses trading until the next day.

Max Allocation
400,000
5
Mandatory buffer
Yes

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

No
Maximum Trading Days

No evaluation deadline.

30 days (includes weekends and holidays)

Minimum Trading Days

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

3 unique trading days to pass.

Funded Phase Pricing Model

No activation or subscription fee.

No activation fee for new Futures Prime accounts purchased from 26 March 2026.

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 fee; no subscription.

Account Reset
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Available for Futures Challenges with at least one trading day remaining; unavailable on Earning accounts.

Free Trial
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No
Merge Accounts
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No
Points Reward Program
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Respect Points Program (Affiliate)
10% commission on each referred trader turns into points for the original trader. Points accumulate per challenge purchased via your affiliate link.

Position size scaling
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Yes

The contract limit grows with each level of the ladder. An account that starts at 10 micros can reach 50 micros; larger accounts scale up to 50 standard contracts.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes
VPN
Limited

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

Limited

VPN is allowed for individual traders, provided it is not used to mask shared access or coordinated activity between accounts. Multiple accounts accessed from the same IP / network is prohibited.

Hedging
Limited

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

Limited

Hedging within the same account is allowed for risk-management purposes, provided no Hedging Arbitrage is involved. Hedging between two accounts (BUY on one + SELL on the other) is prohibited.

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
No
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.

Limited

Copy trading is allowed up to 5 accounts (manual or automated). If you copy the same strategy to more than 5 accounts, we reserve the right to deny upgrades of additional accounts. You may only copy from external accounts that are yours (not from other traders). Copying between your Futures Challenges and Futures Earning accounts is prohibited.

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.

21 consecutive days without placing a single trade → the account is considered inactive and breached. Holding an overnight position or having an unexecuted pending order does NOT count as activity. The countdown starts when the account is purchased/created.

Consistency Rule
Limited

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

Yes

40% Consistency Rule (Futures Prime Challenge only). Single-day profit may not exceed 40% of the profit target. Any excess is added to the new profit target. The rule does not apply to Earning accounts.

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, latency, reverse, hedge-arbitrage or arbitrage trading
  • Grid, martingale, gambling or account rolling
  • Gap trading before extended market closures
  • Copying between Challenge and Earning accounts
  • Emulators, unauthorized feeds or exploiting fills
Overnight positions
No
No
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