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Trading styles allowed at Atmos Funded and Funding Traders

Atmos Funded offers a modern approach with highly accessible entry points like its Nova challenge starting at $5, while Funding Traders provides a more established environment with a payout guarantee and extensive account customization via add-ons. Both firms utilize a mix of static and trailing drawdowns across their 1-step, 2-step, and instant funding models, with Atmos requiring a $100 minimum withdrawal compared to Funding Traders' $50 minimum for crypto. Payout frequencies are competitive, ranging from on-demand options to 21-day cycles depending on the chosen plan and purchased upgrades.

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Scalping and Day Trading

Atmos Funded is highly compatible with scalpers, explicitly allowing the style and providing 1:50 leverage on Forex. The main risk for scalpers here is the consistency rule on "1 Step Plus" and "Instant" accounts, where no single day can exceed 45% or 20% of total profits respectively. In terms of platforms, Atmos relies solely on MetaTrader 5.

Funding Traders also allows scalping but imposes a critical restriction: high-frequency trading (HFT) or trades lasting 15 seconds or less are strictly prohibited. This significantly limits "tick scalpers." However, Funding Traders offers more platform variety for day traders, including TradeLocker alongside MT5. Scalpers should also note the "Maximum Risk Per Trade Idea" rule (2% on Pro accounts), which groups trades in the same direction within 2 minutes.

Automated Trading (EAs)

There is a massive divide between the two firms regarding Expert Advisors. Atmos Funded allows the use of EAs without specific restrictions on their logic, making it the superior choice for algorithmic traders. The only barrier is the prohibition of latency arbitrage or bots that overload the price feed.

Funding Traders is much more restrictive. EAs are permitted ONLY if they are focused on risk management (calculators). Any EA that automatically places trades is forbidden unless the trader developed the code personally and can explain it to the risk team. Off-the-shelf or "plug-and-play" bots purchased online will lead to account termination.

News Trading

For traders who specialize in high-impact events, the rules are opposite. Atmos Funded strictly prohibits trading within a 4-minute window (2 minutes before and 2 minutes after) around high-impact news events. This makes Atmos a poor choice for news straddle strategies.

Funding Traders allows news trading during the challenge phases without restrictions. In the funded phase of Pro accounts, it is allowed but limited: news-influenced trades cannot represent more than 30% of total profits. For Instant Funded accounts, news trading is prohibited by default unless the trader purchases a specific "Hold Through News" add-on for an extra 15% of the account price.

Swing Trading

Both firms are friendly toward swing traders as they both allow holding positions over the weekend. Atmos Funded permits weekend holding across all instruments without extra costs. This interacts well with their 2-step accounts which use static drawdown, protecting swing traders from being stopped out by balance fluctuations during the week.

Funding Traders also allows weekend holding on all instruments, including crypto. While there is no "Friday flatten" rule, swing traders must be aware of the 30-day inactivity rule, which starts from the day of purchase, not the last trade. This means a swing trader cannot wait too long to find their first setup after buying the account.

Copy Trading and Hedging

Atmos Funded allows copy trading only between your own Atmos accounts. It also permits hedging within the same account, which is a significant advantage for traders using recovery zones or complex hedging strategies.

Funding Traders allows copy trading from external sources (your own accounts in other brokers or firms) into your Funding Traders account. However, it strictly prohibits hedging. You cannot have opposing positions on the same instrument, and doing so across different accounts is considered a prohibited strategy.

If you trade like this

  • If you use automated EAs: Atmos Funded is the clear winner, as Funding Traders almost entirely bans commercial or automated bots.
  • If you trade high-impact news: Funding Traders is better, especially during the evaluation phase, whereas Atmos prohibits it entirely.
  • If you are a high-volume Scalper: Atmos Funded is safer because it lacks the 15-second minimum trade duration rule found at Funding Traders.
  • If you need TradeLocker or more platforms: Funding Traders is the only option between the two that offers an alternative to MetaTrader 5.
  • If you use Hedging: Atmos Funded is your only choice, as Funding Traders considers hedging a violation of their terms.

Frequently asked questions

Which firm is cheaper to start a small evaluation, Atmos Funded or Funding Traders?

Atmos Funded is significantly cheaper for beginners due to its "Nova" challenge, which costs only $5 for a $10,000 account (plus a $79 activation fee if passed). In contrast, Funding Traders' cheapest standard evaluation for a $5,000 account starts at $39 for the 2-Step Pro6 or $49 for the 1-Step.

Can I use a commercial Expert Advisor (EA) in both Atmos Funded and Funding Traders?

No, you can only use commercial EAs freely in Atmos Funded. Funding Traders has a very strict policy that prohibits any EA that automatically places trades unless you personally wrote the code and can explain the logic to their risk team; they specifically ban "off-the-shelf" EAs purchased online.

Between Atmos Funded and Funding Traders, which has more flexible news trading rules?

Funding Traders is more flexible because it allows news trading without restrictions during the challenge phases and permits it with a 30% profit cap in the funded phase. Atmos Funded, on the other hand, strictly prohibits any trading activity 2 minutes before and after high-impact events.

Which firm offers more trading platforms, Atmos Funded or Funding Traders?

Funding Traders offers more variety by providing both MetaTrader 5 and TradeLocker. Atmos Funded currently only offers MetaTrader 5 as its trading platform.

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Headquarters

Office 219, Vakson Commercial Building, Sheikh Zayed Road, Umm Al Sheif

901 Pennsylvania Ave Suite #3-440, Miami Beach, FL 33139

CEO

Nick Cooke

Stan

Country

United Arab Emirates

United States

Foundation

2024

2022

Banned Countries
United States of America, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, North Korea, Russia, Iran, Iraq, American Samoa, Belarus, Northern Mariana Islands, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Ukraine, Virgin Islands (US), Wallis & Futuna Islands, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam
Assets
Commodities, Forex, Indices, Crypto
Forex, Crypto, Indices, Commodities
Brokers
Taurex
FUTRAD, Galaxy Path Capital
Refund
Yes

Refunds available only if you have NOT received or used the trading account, or in case of duplicate payments / technical issues that prevented account delivery. Once trading begins, fees are non-refundable. Refunds are processed within 5-10 business days (card) or 24-48h (crypto).

Yes
  • 2-Step Pro: Refund bonus on first payout.
  • 1-Step Pro: Refund bonus on second payout.
  • Instant Funding: Not eligible for refund bonus.
  • 150% Refund Add-On available: receive 150% of challenge fee back after first payout.
Platforms
Metatrader 5
Metatrader 5, TradeLocker
Demo Account
Metatrader 5
ID3002613PasswordH*CgR3MjServerAtmosGlobal-Live
No data
Payout Methods
Crypto, Transfer
Rise, Crypto
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, GooglePay, ApplePay
Card, Crypto
Payout Frequency
  • 1 Step Plus: First payout on demand, next every 14 days
  • Instant, Nova: On Demand
  • 1 Step Standard, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Plus: Every 14 days

Pro accounts

  • Default: first payout 21 days after first trade on funded account; subsequent payouts every 21 days.
  • With 14-Day Payout Add-On: first payout 14 days after first trade; subsequent every 14 days.

Instant Funded accounts

  • First payout 7 days after the first trade on the funded account; subsequent every 7 days.
  • With On-Demand Payout Add-On: request payouts any time once eligibility requirements are met.

Minimum payout: $200 via Rise (bank transfer), $50 via Crypto (USDT-ERC20).

Payout Guarantee
No data

Payout requests processed within 2 business days (excluding holidays and weekends). If not, traders receive $1,000 ($500 cash + $500 account credits).

Minimum Withdrawal

$100

$200 via Rise / $50 via Crypto

Forex
50:1
50:1
Metals
15:1

1:20

Energies
15:1

Oil: 1:10

Indices
10:1
  • 1-Step Pro & Instant Funding: 1:20
  • 2-Step Pro: 1:15
Crypto
2:1
No data
Forex
5 / lot
No data
Metals
5 / lot
No data
Energies
5 / lot
No data
Indices
5 / lot
No data
Crypto
5 / lot
No data
Swap Free
No
Yes

Available as a 'Swap-free, Zero Commissions' add-on for Pro accounts. Removes $3/lot commission and enables swap-free trading.

Account Reset
No data
Yes

Revive Feature (2-Step Pro, Phase 1 only)

Continue your Phase 1 challenge from the progress already achieved instead of restarting. Available only if the account was in overall profit at the moment of breach. Available for 48 hours after breach, one-time use only.

Cost = Paid account price + (Paid account price × % of profit target achieved).

Restrictions

  • Only available in Phase 1 (not Phase 2)
  • Only one recovery action per account (Revive OR Reset, not both)
  • If the account fails again after using Revive or Reset, the account is permanently failed
  • Using Revive removes payout refund eligibility
Add-ons
Yes
Yes
  • Swap-free, Zero Commissions (Pro accounts)
  • 14-Day Payout (Pro accounts)
  • 100% Profit Split
  • 30% Consistency Score
  • 30% News Trading (Pro accounts)
  • Hold Through News, 15% (Instant Funded only)
  • On-Demand Payout (Instant Funded only)
  • Double-Up (free second challenge upon funding)
  • 150% Refund
  • Daily Drawdown Shield, 20% (evaluation only; one Daily Loss Limit breach does not fail the account)
  • No Minimum Trading Days, 25% (1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro6/Pro10; removes the requirement at every stage)
Instant
Yes
Yes
One Step
Yes
Yes
Account scaling
No
Yes

Account grows by 25% (of original balance) every 2 consecutive profitable months with at least 8% total profit. Maximum account size: $2,000,000. Extra +25% bonus after 3 months active.

Two Steps
Yes
Yes
Max Drawdown
  • 1 Step Standard, Instant: Trailing, locks at initial balance and finally at payout
  • 1 Step Plus: Trailing, locks at initial balance but resets at payout
  • 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Plus: Static
  • Nova: 8% max overall loss (static)
  • 1-Step Pro: 10% trailing. Trails higher as account balance increases.
  • 2-Step Pro PRO6: 6% static. Fixed, does not trail.
  • 2-Step Pro PRO10: 10% static. Fixed, does not trail.
  • Instant Funding: 6% trailing until 3% profit is made, then locks at initial account size.

Instant Flex: trailing max loss keeps trailing and does not lock at the initial balance.

Profit Split

80% by default, scaling up to 90% for consistent performers

80% default profit split (trader/firm 80/20) on the existing Pro and regular Instant Funded account types; excludes Instant Flex.

  • 90% Profit Split available as a checkout add-on
  • 100% Profit Split available as a checkout add-on
Free Trial
No
Yes

Free $1,000 Try Out on the 1-Step Pro, not available from the regular sign-up. TheGodFunded users can claim it here: get your free Try Out. New users only, one per person, MT5. Passing it gives a real funded account with an 80% split and a $500 lifetime payout cap.

Daily Drawdown
  • General: Based on highest value between equity and balance
  • Nova: 4% daily drawdown
  • 1-Step Pro: 3%. Based on starting day's balance.
  • 2-Step Pro PRO6: 3%. Based on starting day's balance.
  • 2-Step Pro PRO10: 5%. Based on starting day's balance.
  • Instant Funding: 3%. Based on higher of starting day's balance or equity.

Instant Flex: no daily loss limit.

Three Steps
No
No
Max Allocation
400,000
  • Pro accounts: Maximum $300,000 in funded accounts.
  • Instant Funded: Capped at $400,000 across all instant funded accounts.
  • Unlimited evaluation accounts allowed.
Merge Accounts
No
Yes
  • Only for funded accounts.
  • Both accounts must have the same payout schedule and profit split.
  • Accounts must not have been traded and must be at initial balance.
Maximum Trading Days

No limit

No limit

Minimum Trading Days
  • Nova (challenge): 0 days
  • Nova (funded): 7 minimum profitable trading days
  • 1-Step Pro: 2 trading days (challenge and funded)
  • 2-Step Pro: 4 trading days per phase (8 total for challenge), 2 trading days funded
  • Instant Funding: No minimum
  • Optional No Minimum Trading Days add-on: removes these requirements at every stage on 1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro6/Pro10; +25% of base price
Points Reward Program
No data

FT Points and Challenge Convert let KYC-verified traders use an approved payout to buy a new account immediately or convert it into points for a later purchase. $1 of payout converts to 2.2 FT Points; each point covers $1 of listed account price, an effective 55% discount. The conversion is final; any unused payout balance follows the normal payout method.

Monthly Competition
No
No
Minimum Profitable Days
  • 1 Step, 2 Step: 3 days with 0.5% profit or more
  • Instant: 0 days
  • Nova (challenge): 0 days
  • Nova (funded): 7 days with at least 0.5% of initial balance each

2-Step Pro (PRO6 and PRO10)

  • Phase 1 (Challenge): minimum 4 trading days
  • Phase 2 (Challenge): minimum 4 trading days
  • Funded Phase: minimum 2 trading days

1-Step

  • Phase 1 (Challenge): minimum 2 trading days
  • Funded Phase: minimum 2 trading days

Instant Funded

  • No minimum trading days requirement.

Optional add-on

  • No Minimum Trading Days removes the requirement at every stage on 1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro6/Pro10; +25% of base price.
Expert Advisor (EA)
Yes
Yes

EAs and Bots permitted ONLY if focused on risk management (e.g. position size calculators, auto position size execution bots).

Not allowed

  • Off-the-shelf EAs purchased/downloaded online (unless solely for risk management)
  • EAs that automatically place trades (unless developed personally by the trader)
  • Grid Trading EAs/Bots
  • Hedge Trading EAs/Bots

AI-generated EAs
Allowed if the trader fully understands the code (strategy, entry/exit logic, risk parameters) and can explain it to the Risk Team.

VPN
No data
Yes
Hedging
Yes
No
Requires Stop Loss
No
No
Scalping
Yes
Yes
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
No
No
Maximum Risk Limit
No data
Yes
  • Pro accounts: Maximum 2% risk per trade idea (of initial balance).
  • Instant Funding: Maximum 1% floating PnL loss (of initial balance, all active trades combined).
  • Instant Funding lot size limit: 20 lots per trade maximum.

Instant Flex: maximum 1% risk per trade.

Copy Trading
Limited

Only allow between Atmos Funded Accounts

Yes

Allowed: copy trading between your own FundingTraders Pro accounts; copying trades from your own accounts on other brokers/firms into your FundingTraders account.

Not allowed: copying trades from accounts owned by other traders; sharing signals with other traders.

News Trading
No

Not allowed ±2 minutes from high-impact events

Limited

Challenge phase

  • News trading fully permitted, no restrictions.

Funded phase — Pro accounts

  • News trading allowed but max 30% of total profits can come from news-influenced trades.
  • News Trade window: 5 minutes before / 5 minutes after high-impact (Red Folder) event.
  • If the 30% limit is exceeded, payout processing is delayed until additional trades bring the percentage back under the limit.
  • Trades held for 5+ hours before a high-impact news release are NOT considered News Trades.

Funded phase — Instant Funded accounts

  • News trading is strictly prohibited by default: having any open trades during a high-impact news event results in account termination.
  • Timing restriction: no opening, closing or triggering pending orders within 5 minutes before / 5 minutes after a high-impact news event (10-minute window). Applies even with the add-on.
  • Optional Hold Through News (15% Add-On): allows positions opened outside the 10-minute window to be held through high-impact events without breaching the account.
Inactivity Rule

90 days

The 30-day inactivity period begins on the day the account is purchased, not from last activity. If no trades are placed within this period, the account is automatically failed for inactivity and permanently closed (no restoration). Applies to Challenge and Funded accounts.

Consistency Rule
Yes
  • 1 Step Plus: No single day >45% of total profit (funded phase)
  • Instant: No single day >20% of total profit (funded phase)
  • 1 Step Standard, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Plus, Nova: No rule
Yes

Pro accounts (1-Step & 2-Step)

Default: Largest profit day must not exceed 50% of total profits. With 30% Consistency Score Add-On: threshold increases to 30%.

Instant Funding

Largest profit day must not exceed 15% of total profits.

Instant Flex: 15% consistency score.

Hold Weekend
Yes
Yes

Weekend holding permitted on all account types (Pro and Instant Funded). Positions can be held across the weekend on all instruments, including crypto. No forced Friday flatten. Gap risk and widened spreads around the Asian open still apply; swap fees still charged.

Prohibited Strategies
  • Allocate too large of your equity or margin to a single open position
  • Latency arbitrage (price feed abuse)
  • High-frequency trading bots that overload execution
  • Tick scalping / toxic flow that manipulates fills
  • Hedging across accounts
  • Group Trading / Account Management Abuse
  • Platform / Price-Feed Manipulation
  • Account Sharing / Identity Misuse
  • All-In (Gambling)
  • Grid trading (3+ positions same pair/direction)
  • Hedge trading
  • Arbitrage, latency trading
  • High-frequency trading (trades ≤15 seconds)
  • Reverse trading across accounts
  • Account rolling/stacking (risking all on multiple accounts)
  • Overleveraged trades (>30% margin on single trade)
  • One-sided trading (stacking positions to hit targets)
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