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.






















