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

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

Jakub Zeliska

Lucas Antonio

United Arab Emirates

Saint Lucia

2023

2024

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.

Futures accounts are simulated (sim-funded).

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

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

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: 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.

USD 100.

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

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.

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 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.

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

Vanguard offers instant funding with no evaluation.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

No evaluation deadline.

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

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

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

No activation or subscription fee.

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

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

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

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

One-time fee; no subscription.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Allowed between your own accounts; prohibited between different people.

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

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.

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

Open a trade at least every 30 days.

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

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

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.

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.