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Headquarters

450 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10017

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

Country

United States

Saint Lucia

Foundation

2026

2024

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria
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CEO
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Lucas Antonio

Assets
Indices, Forex, Commodities
Equity Indexes, Metals, Commodities
Brokers
Rithmic
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Payout Fee

No Boxcar payout fee.

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Platforms
RTrader Pro, NinjaTrader, MotiveWave, Quantower, Sierra Chart, Jigsaw, Bookmap, ATAS, MultiCharts
Volumetrica
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Rise, USDT ERC20, Atlas Balance
Live Account
Yes

Evaluation and initial funding are simulated. Prime, Flex and Funded reach live review after 5 approved payouts. Payout triggers review at USD 6,000 / 8,000 / 10,000 / 12,000 daily profit for 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K; the risk team may also initiate review. Approval, KYC and a separate agreement are required. One live account per eligible funded account with at least one payout.
Live starts at USD 0 with size-based EOD drawdown of USD 1,000 / 2,000 / 3,000 / 4,500, no DLL and exchange-specific position scaling. The floor locks at USD 100 upon earning profit equal to the starting drawdown or requesting an earlier payout. Daily requests when eligible.
Moving live closes all household simulated accounts; accounts without payouts are refunded. Prime, Flex and Funded forfeit remaining simulated profit, apart from an eligible final payout. Payout may settle profit above the buffer, capped at USD 15,000 combined with the usual split, after broker verification; the prior close is used and the transition session is excluded. Standard cooldown after a live breach: 2 weeks.

No
Payment Methods
Card
Credit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Crypto, Atlas Balance
Payout Frequency

Payout: daily requests when eligible. Prime: from 3 days; Flex and Funded: from 5 days per cycle. Plaid: instant delivery to US banks; WorkMarket by ADP: 2 days for international banks. Prior review and approval required.

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

Maximum Withdrawal

Gross amounts, in 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K order:

  • Prime: first payout USD 1,000 / 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,000; later payouts USD 1,500 / 2,500 / 3,000 / 3,500.
  • Flex: up to 50% of cycle profit, capped at USD 1,000 / 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,000.
  • Payout: available profit above the buffer, with no additional per-request cap.
  • Funded: payouts 1-3, USD 1,000 / 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,000; payouts 4-5, USD 1,000 / 2,500 / 3,000 / 3,500.

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.

Minimum Withdrawal

USD 500 gross per request, before the split.

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

Other Payout Requirements

Cycle profit goals, in 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K order:

  • Prime: USD 250 / 500 / 750 / 1,000.
  • Funded: first cycle USD 1,500 / 3,000 / 6,000 / 9,000; later cycles USD 1,250 / 2,500 / 3,500 / 4,500.
    Flex and Payout need a net-positive cycle. Each approval starts a new cycle. Minimum age: 18. Identity verification is required; businesses receive payment in their own name and provide formation, ownership and IDs for owners holding at least 25%. One permanent personal or business profile per trader, with no conversion or replacement. Requests are final and submitted through support.

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.

Payout Guarantee
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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.

Commission

USD per contract per side; round trip = twice the rate:

  • ES, NQ, RTY, NKD, YM: 1.75.
  • 6A, 6B, 6C, 6E, 6J, 6S, 6N: 2.40.
  • CL, QM, NG: 2.00; QG: 1.30.
  • PL, GC, SI, HG: 2.30.
  • HE, LE, ZS, ZC, ZL, ZM, ZW: 2.80.
  • MES, MNQ, M2K, MYM, MCL: 0.50; MGC: 0.80; SIL: 1.60.
    CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX contracts. QM, QG and NKD count as minis. MNG and MHG are unavailable. Live costs follow onboarding terms.
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Account Reset

Active or failed evaluations and purchased direct-funded BoxcarFunded accounts can be reset. A reset replaces the account with the same plan and retains its history. Cost is the lower of the original amount paid for that account and its current reset price. Free accounts pay the current reset price. Funding earned by passing an evaluation needs a new evaluation after a breach; live accounts cannot be reset.

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Add-ons
Yes

Level II: USD 13/month for CME only or USD 39/month for all four exchanges. Rithmic server-side copier: USD 15/month across all accounts on the login. An optional second login is also offered in the portal, with no confirmed public price.

No
Instant
Yes

BoxcarFunded starts directly in simulated funding.

Yes
One Step
Yes

Prime, Flex and Payout have one evaluation.

Yes
Max Drawdown

EOD trailing on Prime, Flex and Funded. Payout offers EOD or intraday in evaluation; funded is always intraday, including open profit. The floor never falls and stops at starting balance + USD 100, reached at starting balance + MLL + USD 100. A Flex payout request also locks the floor. Touching the floor, including through open losses, breaches the account.

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.

Daily Drawdown

Prime, Flex and Payout offer a DLL at purchase; the choice carries to both stages and cannot change. Hitting it closes positions and locks trading until the next session, without itself breaching the MLL. On funded Prime and Funded, the DLL becomes 60% of peak EOD profit after closing above the initial trail balance, and can only grow. Flex and Payout keep a fixed DLL; Funded 25K never acquires one.

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.

Max Allocation
750,000
400,000
Mandatory buffer
Limited

Prime and Payout must retain starting balance + MLL + USD 100 after a payout. Flex has no additional buffer but must respect its loss floor. Funded applies cycle goals and caps as well as loss-floor protection.

Yes

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

Maximum Accounts

Unlimited evaluations and up to 5 active funded accounts across plans. Additional direct-funded purchases remain in reserve. No household simulated trading while a member trades live.

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Maximum Trading Days

No fixed deadline to pass. Inactivity rules still apply.

No evaluation deadline.

Minimum Trading Days

Prime evaluation: a 1-day pass is possible. Flex and Payout have no separate fixed minimum beyond consistency. Payouts: Prime from 3 days; Funded requires 5 trading days per cycle; Payout allows daily requests when other conditions are met.

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

Funded Phase Pricing Model

No activation charge after passing and no account subscription.

No activation or subscription fee.

Minimum Profitable Days

Funded Flex: 5 separate days per cycle, each with at least USD 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 net profit for 25K / 50K / 100K / 150K. Day counts restart after payout approval.

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

Position size scaling
Limited

Only Flex sim-funded scales contracts with accumulated closing profit; losses or payouts can lower its tier. Prime, Payout and Funded retain full limits. Live scaling is confirmed per exchange.

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Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

One-time purchase with no automatic renewal. Platform and Level I data included. Breaches, lack of use or a change of mind do not normally qualify for refunds; duplicate or incorrect charges, missing access and statutory rights are reviewed. An unused purchase may receive discretionary review before any order or trade.

One-time fee; no subscription.

Account scaling
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Yes

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

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

Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes

Own automated strategies are allowed on evaluations and simulated-funded accounts, subject to all account rules. Software errors and HFT restrictions still apply.

Yes
Hedging
Limited

Opposing different products or mini/micro pairs are allowed within one evaluation or sim-funded account. Long and short in the same exact contract, or opposing same/correlated products across accounts, including other traders or firms, are prohibited. Same-account exceptions do not carry over to live. A first violation may return balances to the prior close; repeated violations may breach accounts and end access.

Limited

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

Scalping
Limited

Realistic scalping is allowed. More than 50% of profit from trades lasting 5 seconds or less may trigger review. A flag is not automatic failure; confirmed or repeated exploitation may lead to profit removal and loss of access.

Limited

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

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
Yes

DCA and scaling into positions within contract and loss limits.

No
Martingale
Yes

Permitted within account limits, although Boxcar strongly discourages it.

No
Copy Trading
Limited

Across your own Boxcar accounts, using built-in or third-party copiers. Each account keeps its own limits. Credential sharing and trading for others are prohibited.

Limited

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

News Trading
Limited

Allowed on Prime, Flex, Funded and Payout evaluation. Funded Payout must be flat from 1 minute before through 1 minute after high-impact USD news on the Forex Factory calendar; violations breach the account. Cancel pending entries and pause automation. Live has separate terms.

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.

Inactivity Rule

At least one closed trade with USD 1 net profit or loss in every 30-calendar-day period. Otherwise the account may be permanently removed. Breached evaluations may be removed after 30 days without a reset.

Open a trade at least every 30 days.

Consistency Rule
Limited

Prime: none in evaluation, 40% per funded cycle. Flex and Payout: nominal 50% in evaluation plus a 2-point cushion, an effective 52% ceiling; no funded consistency. Funded: 20% per cycle. Best net day divided by total net profit; fees and losing days count. Missing consistency delays passing or payouts without itself breaching drawdown.

Limited

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

Hold Weekend
No

Evaluation and sim-funded positions must close before weekends and exchange early closes.

No
Prohibited Strategies

Exploitative HFT, latency or delayed prices, unrealistic simulated fills, technical defects, spoofing, layering, prohibited coordination or hedging, and trading for others. Brief flipping to count trading days is allowed but does not replace minimum-profit days or payout goals.

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.

Overnight positions
No

Trading during the overnight session is allowed, but positions cannot cross the daily close: flatten by 16:45 ET and re-enter from 18:00 ET in the next open session. Scheduled automatic flattening is not a breach. Live follows its own schedule.

No
VPN
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Limited

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

Requires Stop Loss
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No
Maximum Risk Limit
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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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