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Trading styles allowed at Atlas Funded Futures and Hola Prime Futures

Atlas Funded Futures offers futures evaluation accounts starting at $89 as a one-time fee, utilizing a trailing drawdown at the end of the day and providing a payout guarantee within 24-48 hours. Hola Prime Futures operates on a monthly subscription model starting at $99, featuring faster payout processing (often within one hour after review) and a wider selection of platforms like NinjaTrader and Tradovate. Both firms enforce consistency rules and prohibit holding positions overnight or during weekends, focusing strictly on intraday operations.

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Scalping and Intraday Trading

Both firms are designed for intraday traders, but they approach high-frequency styles differently.

  • Atlas Funded Futures: On funded accounts, profits from trades held for less than 3 minutes are deducted. While this doesn't close the account, it penalizes pure scalpers. It uses the Volumetrica platform, which is specialized for order flow.
  • Hola Prime Futures: There is no universal minimum holding time, but systematic patterns of trades under 3 minutes, tick scalping, or HFT strategies are prohibited. It offers NinjaTrader and Tradovate, which are industry standards for fast execution.
  • Risk and Cost: Both firms use a trailing drawdown based on the end-of-day balance (not intraday peaks), which is more forgiving for scalpers than intraday trailing drawdown. Atlas charges a one-time fee, whereas Hola Prime requires a recurring subscription until the evaluation is passed.

Automated Trading and EAs

The approach to automation is the most significant divider between these two firms.

  • Atlas Funded Futures: Explicitly allows the use of Expert Advisors (EAs) and automated systems. However, users must ensure their EAs do not perform prohibited strategies like latency arbitrage or order flooding.
  • Hola Prime Futures: Strictly prohibits bots and any form of partial or full automation. Trading must be manual.
  • Interactions: For Atlas traders, the combination of allowed EAs and the "no overnight" rule means any automated system must be programmed to flatten all positions before 16:45 New York time to avoid account termination.

News Trading

Trading high-impact economic events is handled with different levels of restriction.

  • Atlas Funded Futures: News trading is unrestricted during the evaluation phase. However, on funded accounts, profits from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes of high-impact news are deducted. You may hold a position through the news window, but you cannot execute trades within it.
  • Hola Prime Futures: News trading is generally allowed without specific time-window restrictions, making it a better choice for traders who specialize in volatility spikes.
  • Cost of Risk: In Atlas, violating the news rule results in profit deduction but not account loss, while Hola Prime allows the strategy as long as it doesn't involve "gambling" or "unsupported bets."

Copy Trading

Both firms allow copy trading with significant limitations to ensure the trader is managing their own risk.

  • Atlas Funded Futures: Allows copying only between your own Atlas accounts. Copying external traders or other firms is prohibited.
  • Hola Prime Futures: Also allows copying only between your own accounts within their environment. The lead account must be the one with the lowest contract limit.
  • Platforms: Atlas traders are limited to Volumetrica for this, while Hola Prime traders can use the native copy features of NinjaTrader or Tradovate.

Swing Trading (Long-term)

Neither firm is suitable for traditional swing trading that requires holding positions for several days.

  • Rules: Both Atlas and Hola Prime require all positions to be closed daily (16:45 NY for Atlas; 15:30 CT for Hola Prime). Holding a position past these times results in account termination at Atlas and is a hard breach at Hola Prime.
  • Alternative: Traders looking for longer-term moves must close and re-open positions daily, which incurs higher commission costs (e.g., $2.88 per side for ES/NQ at Hola Prime) and exposes the account to gap risk upon reopening.

If you trade like this

  • If you use EAs: Atlas Funded Futures is your only choice here, as Hola Prime prohibits all automation.
  • If you trade the News: Hola Prime Futures is superior because it does not deduct profits made during high-impact news windows, unlike Atlas's 5-minute restriction on funded accounts.
  • If you want the lowest entry cost: Atlas Funded Futures offers one-time fees (e.g., $89 for $25K) compared to Hola Prime's $99 recurring monthly subscription.
  • If you prefer NinjaTrader: Hola Prime Futures is the winner, as Atlas is currently restricted to the Volumetrica platform.

Frequently asked questions

Which firm is cheaper for a $50,000 evaluation, Atlas Funded Futures or Hola Prime Futures?

Atlas Funded Futures is generally cheaper for the evaluation phase, charging a one-time fee of $139 for a $50K "Standard" account. Hola Prime Futures charges $159 per month for its 1-Step Prime $50K challenge, meaning if you take more than one month to pass, the cost at Hola Prime will significantly exceed Atlas.

Who pays out faster, Atlas Funded Futures or Hola Prime Futures?

Hola Prime Futures offers faster processing, aiming to process eligible payout requests within one hour after an initial review of up to 24 business hours. Atlas Funded Futures guarantees the first payout within 24 working hours and subsequent ones within 48 hours, with a $500 penalty paid to the trader if they are late.

Can I use NinjaTrader with Atlas Funded Futures or Hola Prime Futures?

You can only use NinjaTrader with Hola Prime Futures. Atlas Funded Futures is currently limited to the Volumetrica platform. Hola Prime supports NinjaTrader, Tradovate, and WealthCharts, providing more flexibility for traders accustomed to those specific interfaces and tools.

Which firm has stricter rules for news trading, Atlas Funded Futures or Hola Prime Futures?

Atlas Funded Futures has stricter rules for funded accounts, as it deducts any profits made from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes before or after high-impact news. Hola Prime Futures allows news trading without these specific time-window profit deductions, provided the trader is not using prohibited "gambling" strategies.

Field by field

Atlas Funded Futures and Hola Prime Futures, side by side

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Headquarters

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CEO

Lucas Antonio

Somesh Kapuria

Country

Saint Lucia

Hong Kong

Foundation

2024

2024

Banned Countries
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Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, China, Cuba, North Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Libya, Mali, Moldova, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Assets
Equity Indexes, Metals, Commodities
Futures
Platforms
Volumetrica
NinjaTrader, Tradovate, WealthCharts
Payout Methods
Rise, USDT ERC20, Atlas Balance
Crypto, Transfer, Rise
Live Account
No
Yes

By risk-team invitation; the transition cannot be requested or declined. Eligibility reference: at least ten payouts totaling USD 50,000, with possible earlier invitations. One live account per trader. At most 15% of the sim funded account size transfers; excess profit does not carry over. Paid professional data required.

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

Prime and Direct sim funded: every seven calendar days from the first trade of the cycle; after a payout the next trade starts a new cycle. Live: daily requests.

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.

Processing within one hour of an eligible request, following a prior review of up to 24 business hours. Business days only; KYC or incomplete details may cause delays.

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.

Prime and Direct sim funded payout caps, ordered first / second / third / fourth and subsequent:

  • 25K: USD 1,000 / 1,250 / 1,500 / 2,000.
  • 50K: USD 1,500 / 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,000.
  • 100K: USD 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,000 / 4,000.
  • 150K: USD 2,500 / 3,000 / 4,000 / 5,000.
Minimum Withdrawal

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

Prime and Direct sim funded, by size: 25K, USD 250; 50K, USD 500; 100K, USD 1,000; 150K, USD 1,500. Rise requires at least USD 500 of the trader share. Live: USD 500 including the firm share.

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.

KYC, agreement and interview before the first payout; account review for every request and further checks when required. After a payout the loss floor becomes the starting balance: retain enough profit to avoid touching it. Consistency resets even after a partial payout.

Payout Fee
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2.5% per payout. Minimum fee: USD 25 for bank wire or Rise; USD 5 for crypto.

Add-ons
No
No data
Instant
Yes
Yes

Direct Account: funded access without any evaluation phase.

One Step
Yes
Yes

1-Step Prime Challenge: single-phase evaluation with a profit target and consistency requirement.

Account scaling
Yes

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

Limited

Live program: whenever accumulated profit reaches 100% of the reference balance, the account grows by 10%. Payouts count toward profit and eligibility is reviewed on payout requests. The Forex scaling ladder does not automatically apply to Futures sim funded.

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.

Evaluation and sim funded: trails the highest end-of-day balance, not intraday unrealized peaks. It only rises and locks at the starting balance after earning the drawdown distance. A payout fixes the floor at the starting balance even if it had not locked yet. Touching it with balance or equity closes the account.

Profit Split

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

Each product split is listed in its challenge. The live program has its own split and starting-balance release requirements.

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.

Prime evaluation and sim funded: no daily cap. Direct: based on the previous closing balance; reaching it closes positions and pauses trading until the next day, without terminating the account for that isolated event. Maximum-loss breaches still terminate the account.

Max Allocation
400,000

Combined sim funded and Direct: up to USD 500,000 or five accounts, whichever comes first. Combined Forex and Futures: USD 800,000. One live account may additionally be held.

Mandatory buffer
Yes

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

Limited

After a payout the balance must stay above the starting balance, which becomes the loss floor. Withdrawing all profit would leave no room above that limit.

Maximum Trading Days

No evaluation deadline.

Unlimited on all plans.

Minimum Trading Days

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

None on any plan.

Funded Phase Pricing Model

No activation or subscription fee.

Sim funded: no monthly membership fee; Level 1 data included. Live: professional data, USD 130 per exchange per month or USD 520 for all four, without proration.

Minimum Profitable Days

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

Prime sim funded: five non-consecutive profitable days in every payout cycle, not only the first. Minimum daily profit: 25K, USD 100; 50K, USD 150; 100K, USD 200; 150K, USD 250. Direct has no profitable-day minimum.

Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

One-time fee; no subscription.

1-Step Prime is a subscription that renews automatically every 30 days until passing or cancellation. It cannot be paused. Cancellation loses progress and returning requires a new purchase.

Account Reset
No data

Failed challenges can be repurchased at any time. Funded accounts cannot be reset.

Free Trial
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No
Maximum Accounts
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At most five sim funded or Direct accounts, subject to total allocation; one additional live account. Unlimited evaluation purchases.

Merge Accounts
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No
Position size scaling
No data
No

Size-based limits are listed on each challenge. Standard mini:micro ratio is 1:10; Micro Silver has double weighting, and MBT/MET count as minis. No progressive sim funded contract-scaling plan is documented. Live has separate limits.

Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
No
VPN
Limited

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

Limited

Legitimate connections and VPNs outside restricted countries are permitted. Own devices only; travel may require verification. Device or identity sharing may close all accounts.

Hedging
Limited

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

No data
Requires Stop Loss
No
Limited

Stop losses required in sim funded and Direct; without one, a trade is treated as unlimited risk. The per-idea risk rule does not apply during evaluation. No fixed three-minute stop-placement deadline is documented here.

Scalping
Limited

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

Limited

There is no universal minimum holding time. A systematic pattern of sub-three-minute trades without a plan, tick scalping, HFT or latency exploitation is prohibited.

Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No
No data
Martingale
No
No data
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.

Yes

Sim funded and Direct: 2% of the initial balance per idea on Tradovate, NinjaTrader and WealthCharts; legacy DX Futures accounts use 1%. Not applicable during evaluation. Overlapping positions and same-asset, same-direction re-entries within ten minutes are combined.

Copy Trading
Limited

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

Limited

Only own Hola Prime challenge or sim funded accounts within the same environment. The lead must have the lowest contract limit. Third-party copiers are used at the trader responsibility; external or other-person accounts cannot be copied.

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

Evaluation and sim funded: complete at least one round-trip trade within each seven-day period. Live: suspension after 30 calendar days; opening or closing a trade counts as activity.

Consistency Rule
Limited

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

Limited

1-Step Prime Challenge: 40%. Prime funded account: 35%. Direct Account: 20%.

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.

Bots and partial or full automation; tick scalping and HFT; arbitrage, latency, errors and low-liquidity exploitation; grid, overexposure, account rolling and unsupported bets; copying external or other-person accounts; cross-account hedging; shared accounts or devices; unjustified strategy or contract-size changes to manipulate evaluations or payouts. Trading within 2% of a CME price limit is prohibited. Violations may forfeit profits and terminate accounts.

Overnight positions
No
No

Close daily before 15:30 CT; the trader must be flat by 15:28 CT without relying on risk-team flattening. Observe earlier agricultural and holiday closes. Sunday-evening to Monday trading belongs to one session and is permitted.

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