Atmos Funded
Atmos Funded launched in 2024 and already has a community sentiment trend that looks like a heartbeat monitor on a bad day. The rulebook is detailed — a 2-minute news window that voids profits, 85% margin cap, 7 profitable days required before payout on Nova 1-Step. "Trader-friendly" is on the homepage. The trading conditions page tells a different story.
(41% of complaints)
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About Atmos Funded
Then you open the trading conditions. A 2-minute news window that voids profits — including trades you opened before the news event. 85% margin cap per asset. 7 profitable days required at 0.5% each before payout on Nova 1-Step funded accounts. 50% of trades must be held over 2 minutes, which rules out anything resembling fast execution. Crypto weekend holding? Not allowed — despite general weekend holding being permitted everywhere else.
The community sentiment trend is Mixed and declining. "Half the things work as advertised, the other half are hit or miss" is how one verified trader summarized it. For a firm launched in 2024, that's not a catastrophic verdict — but it's not a clean one either. Read the full trading conditions before you decide the homepage told you everything you needed to know.
- Founded
- 2024
- Max Allocation
- $200,000
- Leverage
- 1:100
- Commissions
- $5
Pros
- - 365-day inactivity window on funded accounts — far above industry standard
- - News trading fully allowed during all challenge phases
- - Overnight and weekend holding permitted
- - Copy trading between own accounts allowed
- - Instant Funding available with no minimum profitable days requirement
- - EAs allowed if owned by trader and aligned with strategy
Cons
- - 2-minute news window on funded and instant accounts — profits in window voided
- - Nova 1-Step funded: 1% max total risk per symbol per day (floating + closed combined)
- - Nova 1-Step funded: 7 profitable days required at 0.5% each before payout
- - 50% of trades must be held over 2 minutes — fast execution strategies limited
- - Crypto trading not allowed on weekends despite general weekend holding being permitted
- - 85% margin per asset prohibited — overleveraging threshold clearly enforced
A mixed bag so far
Half the things work as advertised, the other half are hit or miss. The firm is responsive on Twitter but slower through their official channels. I would describe my overall verdict as decent, not great.— Verified Trader (tyler farah) See all reviews
The 2-minute news window on funded accounts voids profits — including on trades you opened before the event that close during the window. Keep at least 50% of your trades open for more than 2 minutes or the trade duration rule will flag your account. On Nova 1-Step funded, the 1% max risk per symbol per day includes both floating and closed P&L combined — not just open positions. Crypto on weekends is not allowed even though general weekend holding is permitted.
Trading Conditions
Drawdown System
- Overleveraging: using 85%+ margin on single asset — prohibited
- Nova 1-Step funded: max 1% total risk per symbol per day (floating + closed)
- Evaluation inactivity: 90 days
- Funded inactivity: 365 days
- Anti-Gambling Policy enforced: martingale, aggressive averaging, one-sided betting, grid trading prohibited
- 90-second chasing rule: prohibited
High-Frequency & Fast Trading
- Not Allowed:
- Tick scalping and HFT abuse
- Hyperactivity and execution flooding
- Latency and arbitrage trading
- Grid trading
- At least 50% of trades must be held over 2 minutes
- Chasing price within 90-second window: prohibited
Low Liquidity & Timing
- Challenge accounts: news trading fully allowed — no restrictions
- Funded and Instant accounts: no trading 2 minutes before/after high-impact news — profits voided
- Weekend holding: allowed — crypto trading on weekends not permitted
- Crypto weekend restriction applies regardless of general holding permissions
Loss-Chasing & Gambling
- Not Allowed:
- Aggressive averaging and martingale
- One-sided betting and all-in approaches
- Chasing price — 90-second rule applies
- Lack of structured risk management
- Grid trading
- Tick scalping
- Hyperactivity and execution flooding
- Group trading and coordinated strategies across users
- Account sharing and account management services
Risk Management
- Copy trading: allowed between own Atmos accounts only — external copying prohibited
- EAs: must be owned by trader and aligned with strategy — commercial EAs prohibited
- Cross-account hedging and opposite trading: prohibited
- Platform or price-feed manipulation: prohibited
- Minimum profitable days: 3 days at 0.5% each (except Nova 1-Step and Instant Funding)
- Nova 1-Step funded: 7 profitable days at 0.5% each required
- Instant Funding: no minimum profitable days requirement
Features & Support
2-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 5.0%
2-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 6.0%
1-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 N/A
1-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 N/A
Nova Challenge
Step 1 5.0%
Step 2 N/A
1-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 N/A
2-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 6.0%
1-Step PLUS
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 N/A
1-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 N/A
2-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 5.0%
2-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 6.0%
1-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 N/A
1-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 N/A
Instant Funding
Step 1 0.0%
Step 2 0.0%
Nova Challenge
Step 1 5.0%
Step 2 N/A
2-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 5.0%
2-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 6.0%
1-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 N/A
1-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 N/A
Instant Funding
Step 1 0.0%
Step 2 0.0%
2-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 5.0%
2-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 6.0%
1-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 N/A
1-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 N/A
Instant Funding
Step 1 0.0%
Step 2 0.0%
Nova Challenge
Step 1 5.0%
Step 2 N/A
2-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 5.0%
2-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 6.0%
1-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 N/A
1-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 N/A
Instant Funding
Step 1 0.0%
Step 2 0.0%
Nova Challenge
Step 1 5.0%
Step 2 N/A
2-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 5.0%
2-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 6.0%
1-Step Standard
Step 1 10.0%
Step 2 N/A
1-Step Plus
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 N/A
Instant Funding
Step 1 0.0%
Step 2 0.0%
rules are fair tbh
Came over from another firm that shall not be named after they ghosted me. had one weird order rejection and they tracked it to a platform bug and credited me back. thier server uptime during teh last nfp was flawless from where i sat. their economic calendar integration is a small thing but i use it daily. the challenge rules are strict but at least they are written in plain english for once. tbh four stars from me … knocking one off purely for the dated dashboard.
decent for the price
Been with this firm for a few months now and honestly no major complaints. the scaling plan is actually motivating instead of being some impossible carrot on a stick. i like that the daily loss limit resets at a sane hour for my timezone. i breached the daily loss limit on a tilt day, fully my fault, they did nothing wrong. the challenge timer is generous, i never felt rushed into bad trades. not flawless but the good outweighs the annoying by a wide margin.
glad i gave them a shot
Honestly just wanted to see if any of these prop firms are legit at all. fees are reasonable for what you get and the retake discount softens the blow. they honoured a payout even though i fat fingered a lot size, very fair. i traded indices mostly and the spreads on those were perfectly fine. they refunded my eval fee when i got funded which was a nice surprise. i scaled twice and each bump was a real size jump not some token gesture.
no drama payouts
Switched over when my old firm changed their drawdown rules overnight. i requested a payout three times and all three landed inside the promised window. i had a margin scare during cpi and the platform held up without freezing. the funded payout split started at 80/20 and scaled up which felt fair. i will renew when this account runs its course, simple as that.
they earned my trust
my first funded account ever was with these guys so i am a bit biased. their mobile app is basic but it does let me check my account on the go. execution during london open is tight enough to scalp if you are into that. minimum trading days felt forced at first but i get it now … it protects both sides. the scaling plan is actually motivating instead of being some impossible carrot on a stick. i never had to chase support … they actually closed my ticket the same day. not the cheapest, not the flashiest … just reliable, and that is enough.
read the rules first
A mentor of mine uses them so i followed his lead. teh weekly market recap they send is actually worth reading. crypto and wire both supported, i did wire and it hit my bank in two business days. overnight swaps are charged but they are upfront about the numbers. idk but their mobile app is basic but it does let me check my account on the go. i would rank them top three of everything i have tried this year.
no complaints really
Started with their two step eval because the one step felt too good to be true. i moved up an account tier and the upgrade process took all of five minutes. the trailing drawdown is reasonable if you size your positions like an adult. email notifications can lag a bit which is mildly annoying but not a dealbreaker. earned a cautious thumbs up from a guy who trusts no one.
good for swing traders
Took the plunge after lurking their subreddit for a couple weeks. i had a losing month and they did not nuke my account, just the usual rules applied. honestly the rules made my retail trading better too, forced discipline and all that. spreads are fine, nothing crazy, nothing terrible, it is a prop firm not a charity. would i do it again? yeah, probably with a bigger account next time.
passed second attempt
Signed up after seeing them everywhere on twitter … figured why not. i held positions over the weekend a bunch of times and never got penalised. the consistency rule is generous compared to the firms that cap you hard. i passed phase one then immediately fumbled phase two before pulling it back in the last week. consistency rule almost got me once because i did not read the fine print, my bad not theirs.
Passed Eventually Lol
picked them because they were one of the few that took traders from my country. kyc was painless … uploaded my id and got verified the same afternoon. platform was stable the whole time … no random disconnects during news. i got a small payout bonus for hitting a milestone which was unexpected. they passed the only test that matters … they paid me.
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