Athena
NY SESSION

TopStepX  ·  NQ E-Mini Nasdaq-100

Athena
Prop Firm Automation

The setup was never the problem. You were.

Athena trades one setup, the same way, every session — before you can talk yourself out of it. No discretion. Just mechanical execution.

Get Athena
1 : 2
Fixed R:R
$250
Max risk / trade
9–4
NY trading window
0
Discretionary inputs

Get started

One license, activated the same day

Full version, no subscription.

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Why accounts die

Every blown account has the same ninety seconds in it.

Price hits your stop. You know the level is invalid, but you give it twenty more points — and sometimes it works, which guarantees you'll do it again.

The strategy on your whiteboard has an edge. The one you traded Tuesday afternoon, down and chasing it back, doesn't. Only one of them gets executed.

Discipline isn't a trait. It's a system property. Either the exit lives at the broker, or you'll decide it while losing money. The thesis Athena is built on
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Moving the stop

The most expensive habit in retail futures. Turns a planned $250 loss into a breach, and it feels rational every time.

The stop lives at the broker from entry. There's no control that widens it.
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Revenge trading

You take a loss, and the next entry isn't a setup — it's a refund request addressed to the market.

Athena has no memory of being wrong. It resets and waits for the next real setup.
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Cutting winners early

Up 0.7R and green, the urge to bank it is overwhelming. Do it enough and a 1:2 system quietly becomes a losing one.

The target is set at 1:2 the moment the position opens. Athena isn't watching the P&L tick.
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Chasing the move

You hesitate, miss it, then enter anyway at the worst price with a stop that doesn't fit.

Entry criteria are locked. If conditions aren't met, there's nothing to chase.
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Trading a dead session

Nothing is setting up, so you invent something. Most damage happens outside the hours the edge actually lives in.

Outside 9–4 New York, Athena isn't evaluating anything. Boredom isn't an input it accepts.
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Tilt after a drawdown

Two losses in, size goes up "to make it back faster." This is how a funded account dies in an afternoon.

At $750 down, Athena halts new entries for the day. It still manages open positions — it just stops digging.

How it runs

The same three steps, every single time.

No judgment calls in between. Each step either happens or it doesn't — there's no room for a fourth option.

01

Watch

Athena scans the NY session for one specific setup. Outside the window, or without it, nothing happens.

02

Execute

Entry, stop, and target go in together as a single bracket order — sized to the $250 risk cap before it's submitted.

03

Reset

Win or lose, the trade closes and Athena clears state. It waits for the next valid setup, at the same size, no different rules.

Risk engine

Sized so a bad streak can't reach the drawdown.

These aren't preferences you toggle. They're enforced in the execution path — a trade that breaches one is never submitted.

$250
Max risk per trade

A hard ceiling on dollar risk. If the stop implies more than this, Athena refuses the trade.

$750
Daily loss halt

Hit this and new entries stop for the day. Open positions still get managed.

1 : 2
Minimum reward-to-risk

Enforced as a filter. A setup that can't support a 1:2 target is discarded.

Server-side
Bracket orders

Stop and target sit at the broker from entry. If your machine drops offline, exits still work.

How the limits stack against a TopStep 50K account

$750  Athena daily halt
$1,000  TopStep daily loss limit
$2,000  TopStep trailing max loss — the one that closes the account

Athena stops $250 short of the firm's daily limit, and well short of the trailing drawdown. The gap is deliberate.

Honest fit

This suits a specific kind of trader.

Athena is narrow on purpose. I'd rather say that here than after you've paid.

Good fit

  • TopStep 50K combine or funded, trading NQ
  • You want mechanical execution, no discretion
  • Your losing months come from execution, not the setup
  • You can leave a Windows machine or VPS running the NY session
  • You're fine taking a loss without intervening

Bad fit

  • You want to override entries or widen stops manually
  • You trade a different instrument, firm, or account size
  • You want high frequency — some sessions produce nothing
  • You expect a fixed return or a guaranteed pass
  • You can't leave a machine running and won't use a VPS

The application

A terminal, not a toy.

Connect your TopStepX account, press start, and leave it. The interface is there to watch it work — not to interfere.

Athena — TopStepX NQ
Execution Chain
Pre-market data locked
Session initialized
Trigger detected
Awaiting confirmation · 18 min left
Entry pending
Checklist
Session window · 9:00–16:00 NY
Contract resolved · ENQ
Risk budget · $250 available
Daily loss · $0 of $750
Data feed · live
Account
MODEPRAC · 50K COMBINE
DAY P&L+$412.50
TRADES TODAY2
RISK USED$0 / $750
Positions
SYMBOLNQ
SIZE—
AVG—
STATUSFLAT
CONNECTED NQ · ENQ 9AM–4PM NY LICENSE: 30 DAYS LEFT

Interface preview — values shown are illustrative

Athena startup splash screen — the Athena wordmark on a deep navy background

Startup splash

Specification

Exactly what it is.

InstrumentNQ — E-mini Nasdaq-100, full size
Broker / platformTopStepX via ProjectX Gateway
Account types50K Combine — practice or funded
Liquidity sessionsAsia 18:00–00:00 NY  ·  London 00:00–08:00 NY
Trading window09:00–16:00 New York  ·  06:00–13:00 Pacific
Reward-to-riskFixed 1:2, enforced
Max risk per trade$250
Daily loss halt$750
Order typeBracket — entry, stop and target submitted together
Operating systemWindows 10 or later, 64-bit
Install size~22 MB, single executable
DependenciesNone — Python is not required
LicensingActivation key bound to one machine

Get started

One bot. One instrument. One way of trading it.

Not a signal group or indicator pack. It's the executing part — the piece that was always the weak link.

  • Athena for Windows, full application
  • Activation key, usually same day
  • Setup guide for install and first run
  • Risk pre-configured for the TopStep 50K
  • Direct support for setup issues
Single machine license
$750 one-time
Get Athena

You'll get install instructions right away, then an activation key for your Request Code.

Do I need Python or anything else installed?

No. Athena is a single Windows executable. Download it, run it — nothing else to install.

Why does Windows Defender flag the download?

The executable isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen warns on any new unsigned binary. Click "More info" then "Run anyway," or check it on VirusTotal first.

How does the license work?

On first launch you get a Request Code tied to your machine. Send it over for a 12-digit activation key. Keys have an expiry, renewed the same way. New hardware means a new code and a new key.

Does my computer need to stay on while it trades?

Yes, during the 9–4 NY window, to evaluate setups and enter trades. Once a position is open, the bracket order at the broker keeps working even if your machine drops offline.

Will it run on a Mac?

Yes, through Parallels, Boot Camp, or a cheap Windows VPS — Athena itself is a native Windows application, so one of those is required rather than running it directly on macOS.

Can I use it on a different prop firm or a different instrument?

No. It's built specifically for TopStepX and NQ, with risk limits tuned to the 50K account.

Is this a guaranteed return?

No — be suspicious of anything sold that way. Athena removes execution error, not market risk. It has losing trades and losing weeks. What it reliably does is trade the same setup the same way every time.