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Atlas Funded Replaces Pro Evaluations With Daily Programs: On-Demand Payouts, but a Daily Loss Limit Returns
Atlas Funded has replaced 1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro with 1-Step Daily and 2-Step Daily, which pay out on demand any weekday. The targets and static drawdowns stay the same, but a daily loss limit is back by default, and the first three payouts are capped at 2% of the account above a 3% buffer.
What happened
Atlas Funded has replaced its 1-Step Pro and 2-Step Pro evaluations with two new programs, 1-Step Daily and 2-Step Daily. Both let funded traders request a payout on demand, any weekday, instead of waiting 14 days for the first payout.
Atlas's help centre (opens in new tab) says Daily replaced Pro on 26 October 2026. The firm announced the launch on X (opens in new tab) on 31 October, promising "daily rewards, a 90% split and no consistency rule". We read the full rule pages on 1 November.
Pro accounts bought before 26 October keep their old rules. New buyers can only choose Daily.
The two programs
Both come in $5K to $200K sizes on MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker and Match-Trader, with leverage up to 1:100 and no time limit.
| 1-Step Daily | 2-Step Daily | |
|---|---|---|
| Profit target | 8% | 7%, then 4% |
| Maximum drawdown | 6% static | 8% static |
| Daily loss limit | 3% static | 4% static |
| Evaluation minimum days | 3 | 3 per phase |
| Funded payouts | On demand, Monday to Friday (UTC) | On demand, Monday to Friday (UTC) |
| Trading days per payout | 3, any day with a closed trade | 3, any day with a closed trade |
| Payout threshold | $50 profit | $50 profit |
| Consistency rule | None | None |
| Profit split | 90% | 90% |
The drawdown floor never moves. It stays 6% (or 8%) below the starting balance for the life of the account, even after a payout. On Atlas's standard 1-Step and 2-Step, the floor is re-anchored to the new balance after each payout.
The catches
On-demand payouts come with two limits that the X announcement doesn't mention. Both are on the 1-Step Daily (opens in new tab) and 2-Step Daily (opens in new tab) rule pages.
- A 3% payout buffer. Your balance must be at least 3% above the starting balance before you can withdraw, and only profit above that line can be taken out. The buffer stays in the account. On a $100,000 account, that means $103,000.
- A 2% cap on the first three payouts. Each of your first three withdrawals is capped at 2% of the starting balance, before the split. From the 4th payout there is no cap.
Atlas's own example shows how this works. A $100,000 1-Step Daily account at $105,000 has $2,000 above the buffer, the cap allows $2,000, and the trader receives $1,800 at 90%. A $50,000 2-Step Daily account at $53,000 has $1,500 above the buffer but is capped at $1,000, so the trader receives $900.
The X post says "big days aren't penalised", and that is true in the sense that there is no consistency rule. But a single big day can't all be withdrawn at once until the fourth payout.
How Daily compares with what it replaced
Daily keeps Pro's targets and drawdowns: 8% and 6% on the 1-Step, 7%/4% and 8% on the 2-Step. Here is what changed.
- The daily loss limit is back. Pro had none. Daily has 3% (1-Step) or 4% (2-Step), counted from equity at 00:00 UTC. You can remove it with the No Daily Loss add-on, priced at +20% of the challenge fee, according to the add-ons page (opens in new tab).
- Evaluation minimum days are back. Pro had none. Daily needs 3 trading days per phase, removable with the No Minimum Trading Days add-on (+20%).
- Payouts are much faster. Pro paid first after 14 days, then every 14 days. Daily pays on demand.
- The early-payout terms are tighter than Pro's old daily add-on. Pro's Daily Payouts add-on (+25%) used a 2% buffer and capped the first three payouts at 3%. Daily is built in, but with a 3% buffer and a 2% cap.
A Bundle of No Daily Loss, No Minimum Trading Days and a 100% split costs +50% on Daily. Atlas says add-on fees aren't refunded.
What doesn't change
All funded Atlas accounts carry the same protections on Daily. The Atlas Protector rule closes all positions and cuts your split to 50% for the life of the account the first time net floating loss reaches 2% of the initial balance, and a second trigger is a breach. Profit from trades within ±5 minutes of news, or held under 3 minutes, is deducted. The challenge fee is refunded as Atlas Balance with your 3rd consecutive payout, per the programs page (opens in new tab).
Our take
This is a real structural change, not a promotion. Atlas has swapped its no-daily-limit Pro programs for versions that put a daily loss limit back on by default and sell its removal as an add-on, in exchange for weekday on-demand payouts.
For traders who want cash out quickly, the useful number is the cap. Across the first three payouts you can withdraw at most 6% of your starting balance in total (before the split), and only after clearing a 3% buffer that never comes out. Traders who had planned to buy Pro for its lack of a daily loss limit should look at the No Daily Loss add-on cost before choosing Daily over Atlas's standard 1-Step or 2-Step. The standard versions have wider drawdowns but pay every 14 days.
We couldn't find Daily prices on Atlas's public pages, so check the current price at checkout before you buy.
Sources: Atlas Funded help centre, Compare programs (opens in new tab), 1-Step Daily (opens in new tab), 2-Step Daily (opens in new tab), 1-Step Pro (legacy) (opens in new tab), 2-Step Pro (legacy) (opens in new tab) and Add-ons (opens in new tab) (last reviewed 26 October 2026, read 1 November 2026); Atlas Funded on X, 31 October (opens in new tab) and 1 November (opens in new tab) 2026. Terms change; confirm them on Atlas's site.
Firms mentioned
Quick reference for the firms referenced above — pulled from our live firm listings.
Atlas Funded
London
- Model
- Evaluation + Instant Funding
- Split
- 90%
- Payouts
- Bi-weekly
- Max
- $400,000
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