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

Building A1, IFZA Business Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Lucas Antonio

Jakub Zeliska

Saint Lucia

United Arab Emirates

2024

2023

Futures accounts are simulated (sim-funded).

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

Classic: whenever the conditions are met. Vanguard: after 5 qualifying days for the first payout. Upcomers states same-day processing after approval.

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.

Classic (payouts 1–5): 25K 500/1,000/1,500/1,500/1,500; 50K 800/1,600/2,400/3,000/3,000; 100K 1,400/2,800/4,200/5,000/6,000; 150K 2,000/4,000/5,000/5,000/9,000; 200K 2,600/5,000/5,000/5,000/12,000; 300K 3,700/5,000/5,000/5,000/18,000; 400K 4,700/5,000/5,000/5,000/23,500 USD. Vanguard (payouts 1–7): 25K 500/1,000/1,500/1,500/1,500/1,500/1,500; 50K 1,000/2,000/3,000/3,000/3,000/3,000/3,000; 100K 1,600/3,200/4,800/5,000/6,000/6,000/6,000; 150K 1,900/3,800/5,000/5,000/9,000/9,000/9,000; 200K 2,300/4,600/5,000/5,000/11,500/12,000/12,000; 300K 3,100/5,000/5,000/5,000/15,500/18,000/18,000 USD. The checkout sells Vanguard 400K, but the current public table does not yet publish its cap; confirm with support.

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

USD 100.

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.

Realized profit and all positions closed; at least 1% profit since the previous payout. 20% Best Day Rule. Before the first payout, Vanguard requires 5 profitable days with at least 0.5% profit each.

Bank transfer: USD 19.90 + 2.49%. Crypto: USD 19.90 + 30%; reduced to USD 19.90 + 2.49% when more than 50% of the trader's purchases were paid in crypto.

Vanguard offers instant funding with no evaluation.

Thunderbolt Classic is a one-step evaluation with a 6% target.

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

+35% every 4 months, up to USD 4,000,000, with 15% cumulative growth, at least 2 payouts and a positive final cycle.

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.

Real-time trailing: 4% on Classic and 3% on Vanguard. It locks at the initial balance after the account grows by that same percentage.

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

90% selected for these prices. Checkout also allows 80% or 100%, adjusting the price.

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.

Classic: 3% in evaluation and 2% when funded. Vanguard: 2%. Resets at 5:00 PM ET.

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

No evaluation deadline.

No time limit to pass Classic; all futures accounts close after 14 calendar days without closing a trade.

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

Classic can be passed in 1 day. Vanguard has no evaluation.

No activation or subscription fee.

No activation fee or recurring platform/data subscription stated by Upcomers.

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

Vanguard requires 5 days with at least 0.5% profit each before the first payout; they do not need to be consecutive.

One-time fee; no subscription.

One-time payment based on program, size and profit split. The table shows the regular 90% price before any promotional code.

Resets are available when offered by Upcomers. A rule-violation reset permanently limits future payouts on that account to 50%.

Thunderbolt Classic includes an optional Trial Phase; Vanguard has no evaluation.

No fixed account-count limit; total funded capital cannot exceed USD 1,500,000 across all Upcomers programs.

The contract limit depends on account size and does not drop after funding.

Bots and automation are allowed when the strategy is unique and responsible; no HFT, tick scalping, arbitrage, feed abuse or mass-shared strategies.

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

Upcomers' general VPN/VPS and identity-verification rules apply.

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

Allowed within the same account; coordinating opposite positions across accounts or people to bypass rules is prohibited.

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

Normal scalping is allowed; tick scalping and latency exploitation are prohibited.

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.

Hard maximum loss of 1.5% of account size per open trade. Positions in the same instrument and direction count as one trade.

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

Allowed between your own accounts; prohibited between different people.

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.

Automatic closure after 14 calendar days without closing a trade; the clock starts at purchase and resets with every closed trade.

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

20% Best Day Rule: the best day cannot represent more than 20% of total profit when requesting a payout.

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.

HFT, tick scalping, arbitrage or latency abuse, feed/price abuse, mass-shared strategies, martingale, account rolling and any practice designed to exploit the simulated environment.