When do I get a trading login?
After you buy. Open trading from the Control Center. Platforms: Deepchart, TradingView, Quantower, and ATAS.
FAQ
FAQ
Rules and numbers match the Control Center. If it is not here, on rules, or on platforms, send a message from Contact.
The Test
What am I buying?
A simulated evaluation at $25k, $50k, $100k, or $150k. One-time fee. The account is created when payment confirms. WELCOME10 is 10% off one Test, once per account.
How do I pass?
Hit 6% over five trading days and stay above the EOD trail. Hitting the trail or going over max contracts fails. 50% consistency raises the target (best day × 2) — it does not fail you.
Does breaking consistency fail me?
No. It raises the target to best day × 2. The Test fails on the trail or max contracts.
Is there a daily loss limit?
No. A red day above the trail does not lock you. Hitting the line fails.
Can I trade overnight / Asia?
Yes. Session is 6:00pm–5:00pm ET. After 6:00pm, including Asia, is the next session. Halt 5:00–6:00pm ET, and Friday 5:00pm to Sunday 6:00pm. Positions flatten at 4:59pm ET. Holding through close does not fail. A flatten that hits the drawdown still fails.
What if I stop trading?
Once trading is open, 30 calendar days with no closed trade fails an Active Test, and 14 fails Funded. A paid reset starts a new clock.
Can I reset?
Test reset is 60% of list, unlimited on a failed or Active Test. Activate a passed Test as Funded instead. Funded reset is failed-only, stays Funded, 3 per account — $449 / $649 / $999 / $1,499 on $25k / $50k / $100k / $150k. After that, or after a close, buy a new Test.
Funded & payouts
What happens when I pass?
Activate Funded in the Control Center. Same size. The EOD trail starts at start minus the drawdown, trails up, and locks at start. Hitting the line or max contracts fails. Target and consistency do not. Consistency can block a payout until your best Funded day is under 40% of Funded profit (50% after the first approved payout). Test profit is not payable.
Is Funded live capital?
No. Funded is still simulated. Payouts are transfers from firm funds, not a withdrawal of money we held for you.
How do payouts work?
Request a payout from the Funded account when you are flat — we will not flatten for you. Each request needs 5 winning Funded days on that account. First 3 payouts are size-capped. Regular min $250, only past start plus the cushion — $750 / $1,500 / $2,500 / $3,500 on $25k / $50k / $100k / $150k. We audit that account (rules and platform equity) when you request. If it passes, profit comes off the seat and the request is accepted for sending. If the audit fails, the request is refused.
Can I take the leftover cushion?
Only by closing the Funded account. Same 5 winning Funded days as a regular payout (count resets after an approved payout). Flatten first. 40%/50% consistency still blocks. You keep 50% of leftover. If the request passes audit, the account closes and cannot trade or reset.
Is there a first-payout cap?
Each of the first 3 moves is capped at $500 on $25k, $1,500 on $50k, $2,500 on $100k, and $3,000 on $150k. After the third move the size cap lifts. The split stays 90/10.
Why 90/10 the whole time?
There is no 80/20 step-up. You keep 90% on every move. The first 3 moves are size-capped — that is not a smaller split.
When do I complete identity review?
Once, when you activate a passed Test to Funded. Upload a government photo ID. We review it by hand. Test trading does not require it. The same name and address can go to the simulated data form. Save a destination in Settings before a payout request.
How do you send payouts?
Save Wise (email), a US bank, or a Canadian bank in Settings. The name must match the legal name we verified. We send CAD or USD to Wise, USD to a US bank, and CAD to a Canadian bank.
Other rules
Maximum contracts
Position size is capped at 3 / 6 / 12 / 15 minis on $25k / $50k / $100k / $150k (micros are 10×). Going over the cap fails Test or Funded.
Funded 40% / 50% consistency to request
Before the first approved payout, best Funded day must stay under 40% of Funded profit. After that, 50%. Over does not fail — it only blocks the request.
Minimum payout $250
A regular Funded payout request must be at least $250. Closing to take the drawdown cushion needs the same 5 winning Funded days, then pays 50% of that leftover; the account closes if the request passes audit and cannot reset. The leftover may be under $250. We audit Vol equity and the seat when they request.
Payout name matches legal name
The name on the Wise, US bank, or Canadian bank destination must match the legal name we verified. We will not send to a third party.
One person, 5 open accounts
At most 5 accounts that have not failed or closed. Failed and closed do not count. Do not hedge two Aether accounts against each other.
Funded news window
On Funded, be flat one minute before through one minute after the printed release for FOMC, Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP), and CPI. Holding into the print, or opening or closing in that window, fails. Test may trade news. Times come from the platform calendar for those prints.
Payouts are paid from the Funded account
A request audits flatten, our rules, and Vol equity. If it passes, profit comes off the seat and the request goes to the desk to send. If the account fails the audit, the request is refused.
Prohibited style
Tick-scalping a delayed feed, latency or gap exploits, hedging or reverse-copying across your own or related accounts, or any pattern we reasonably read as abuse, can fail the account and deny payouts. Approval is discretionary.
How you trade & the firm
Where do I trade?
Deepchart, TradingView, Quantower, and ATAS. Open trading from the Control Center. Simulated — not live markets.
Are you a broker?
No. Aether Funded is the trade name of 18170380 Canada Inc., a Canada evaluation firm. We do not hold client trading capital or place live orders.
Do you hold my money?
No. The Test or reset fee buys the evaluation. It is not a trading deposit and not client funds. We do not hold or manage money for you to trade. Payouts are performance payments from firm funds, not a withdrawal of money we held for you.
Are Test and reset fees refundable?
Unless required by law or we agree in writing, Test and reset fees are non-refundable once applied. No refund if you fail, do not use the login, change your mind, or do not receive a payout. Chargebacks or payment disputes may result in immediate closure of related accounts and denial of related payouts. Refund Policy.
What currency do I pay in?
List is USD. Canadian cards see CAD at checkout. That is still the USD list, not a $150 CAD fee.
Is there a promo?
WELCOME10 is 10% off one Test, once per account. Test reset is 60% of list, unlimited. Funded reset is failed-only, stays Funded, 3 times per account.
How do I reach you?
Send a message from the Contact page. Do not send passwords or card numbers.
Ready on $50k?
One-time fee. $0 to activate Funded. 90% from the first payout — no step-up, no monthly.
WELCOME10 is 10% off one Test, once per account. Simulated evaluation. Not a broker.