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The Trading Pit

Liechtenstein firm (Vaduz) — CFD Prime from $2,500 at a flat 80% split. Prices are charged in EUR.

Best for Traders who want static-drawdown CFD challenges from $2,500 to $50,000 at a flat 80% split, bi-weekly payouts from $100, and a 25% account scale-up once they are 2 months active with 2 payouts and +10% total profit

EA rules at The Trading Pit

What The Trading Pit allows for Expert Advisors and other automation, as we read its rules. Rules change: confirm with the firm before you buy.

Own EA OK

  • EAs you built yourself
  • No HFT or arbitrage

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4.5(83,257 est.)Forex/CFD + Futures
Up to 47% off

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The Trading Pit at a glance

Key rules and pricing across all plans. Verify on the firm’s site — these change frequently.

Account size
$2.5k – $200k
Payout split
80% (90% on Futures Instant)
Eval model
1-step / 2-step / Instant / Futures / Futures Instant
Market
Forex/CFD
Key rules and pricing for The Trading Pit
Profit target10% (1-Phase and 2-Phase Phase 1 alike)
Max drawdownCFD Prime 1-Phase: 6% - static at $2.5K-$50K, trailing on End-of-Day balance at $100K and $200K until it reaches the starting balance, then locked.
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CFD Prime 2-Phase: 10% static ($2.5K-$20K) / 8% ($50K static, $100K trailing on End-of-Day balance the same way). The trailing version applies to accounts bought from 29 April 2026; older accounts stay static.

Futures Prime: fixed dollar amount ($2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500), trailing on End-of-Day balance until it reaches your starting balance, then frozen.

CFDs Instant: 6% ($300 / $600 / $1,200 / $3,000 / $6,000), trailing on the highest account balance until it reaches the starting balance, then fixed. Futures Instant: $2,000 / $3,500, trailing on End-of-Day balance until it reaches the starting balance, then fixed.

Daily loss limitCFD Prime 1-Phase: 3%. CFD Prime 2-Phase: 5% ($2.5K-$20K) / 4% ($50K-$100K). Recalculated on your balance at 16:15 CT.
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Futures Prime: a Daily Pause ($1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000) - the futures page scopes it to the Challenge Phase, the help centre applies it in Challenge and Earning; positions are liquidated and trading is paused until the next trading day (16:05 CT), the account is not breached.

CFDs Instant: none - the firm states these accounts have no daily drawdown rule. Futures Instant: a dynamic Daily Pause, $1,200 / $2,200 rising to 60% of your best accumulated end-of-day profit; it pauses the account, it does not breach it.

Consistency ruleFutures Prime: 40% of the profit target, measured against your best day, Challenge only - going over raises the target instead of failing you.
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CFD Prime: none, except 1-Phase $100K and $200K accounts created from July 6, 2026 onwards, where a 50% Consistency Rule applies on Positive Days' Profit.

CFDs Instant: 30% on $5K-$20K, 25% on $50K, 20% on $100K - your biggest profitable day must not exceed that share of total profit before a payout. Futures Instant: 20% - blocks payouts, does not breach, resets after each payout.

Min trading daysCFD Prime: 3 profitable days (a day is profitable at +0.5% of the initial balance, measured on the lower of balance or equity at the 16:15 CT cutoff).
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For 1-Phase $100K/$200K accounts created from July 6, 2026 onwards it is instead 3 plain trading days. Accounts created before March 5, 2026 additionally carry a 5-trading-day minimum. Futures Prime: 3 unique trading days per phase.

Futures Instant: 5 trading days before the first reward.

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More rules and pricing for The Trading Pit
Phase 2 target5% (2-Phase Phase 2)
Payout scheduleCFD Prime 1-Phase, CFD Prime 2-Phase: Every 14 days, minimum $100 · Instant Earning Account: Every 14 days for any amount above $200;
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each withdrawal capped at the lower of 50% of total realized profit or $2,500 ($5K-$20K) / $3,500 ($50K) / $4,500 ($100K); from the second payout onwards the balance must have grown by more than $0 since the last request · Futures Prime: After 5 profitable days of $150+ (accounts created from 14 July 2026), then at most one reward every 7 days; withdraw up to 50% of realized profit, capped at $2,500 / $3,500 / $5,000; each later reward needs the balance above the last post-payout balance by at least $0.01 plus 5 new profitable days of $150+

EA / botsEAs you built yourself are allowed; software or EAs aimed at manipulating or misusing the system end the account.
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Scalping allowed on Prime CFD; HFT prohibited everywhere; micro-scalping (trades held seconds) prohibited on Futures Prime and Futures Instant. Hitting the profit target in a single trade is prohibited.

Copy trading on CFD Prime is permitted manually or automatically between your own accounts and from external accounts you personally own; copying anyone else is prohibited.

On Futures Prime the same applies in up to 5 accounts; the help centre allows copying between your own Challenge and Earning accounts, the trading-rules page still prohibits it.

News tradingBanned on $100K and $200K CFD accounts, 2 min before/after high-impact releases. Allowed on Futures Prime. Allowed on all CFDs Instant account types. Allowed on Futures Instant.
Weekend holdingCFD Prime: unrestricted. CFDs Instant: allowed on most instruments, but commodities, energies, metals and crypto must be closed before the weekend break.
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Futures Prime: no overnight at all — anything still open 5 minutes before the close is force-closed by the risk desk (15:55 CT per the trading-rules page, 14:55 CT per the help centre). Futures Classic: overnight allowed, but everything must be flat by Friday 16:00 CT.

Futures Instant: intraday only, no overnight or weekend holding (auto-closed 15:55 CT).

Inactivity ruleCFD: 21 consecutive days without a trade = account closed, no refund. Futures Prime: 21 days without a trade breaches the account. Futures Instant: 14 days without a trade breaches the account.
PropFirmMatch rating4.0/5 from 40 reviews (archived 2026-10-22; Trustpilot score suspended)

Rules verified 2026-11-05; prices last checked 2026-10-29, against The Trading Pit’s own site.

The Trading Pit plan rules, drawdown and payout terms

Every figure below is read from The Trading Pit’s own published plan pages and re-checked 2026-10-29. Where a plan defers part of the fee, the balance is shown beside the price. Open a plan for its rules and its price per account size.

The Trading Pit CFD Prime 1-Phase rules

The Trading Pit CFD Prime 1-Phase rules
Profit target10%
Daily loss limit3% (equity based)
Max drawdown6% - static at $2.5K-$50K; at $100K and $200K trailing on End-of-Day balance until it reaches the starting balance, then locked (accounts bought from 29 April 2026)
Drawdown typestatic up to $50K; trailing on End-of-Day balance at $100K/$200K
Min trading days3 profitable days (+0.5% each); $100K/$200K accounts created from 2026-07-06 use 3 plain trading days
Consistency ruleNone, except 50% on Positive Days' Profit for $100K/$200K accounts created from 2026-07-06
Profit split80%
Payout rulesEvery 14 days, minimum $100
EA and trading botsSelf-built EAs allowed; scalping allowed; HFT prohibited; copy trading allowed between your own accounts, prohibited from anyone else's
News tradingProhibited on $100K and $200K only
LeverageForex 1:50; Metals/Energies 1:10; CFD Cash Indices 1:15; Crypto and Equities 1:2
The Trading Pit CFD Prime 1-Phase price per account size
Account sizePrice
$2,500€29
$5,000€49
$10,000€99
$20,000€199
$50,000€349
$100,000€569
$200,000€1139

The Trading Pit CFD Prime 2-Phase rules

The Trading Pit CFD Prime 2-Phase rules
Profit target10%
Phase 2 target5%
Daily loss limit5% ($2.5K-$20K) / 4% ($50K-$100K)
Max drawdown10% static ($2.5K-$20K) / 8% ($50K static; $100K trailing on End-of-Day balance until it reaches the starting balance, then locked)
Drawdown typestatic up to $50K; trailing on End-of-Day balance at $100K
Min trading days3 profitable days (+0.5% each)
Consistency ruleNone
Profit split80%
Payout rulesEvery 14 days, minimum $100
EA and trading botsSelf-built EAs allowed; scalping allowed; HFT prohibited; copy trading allowed between your own accounts, prohibited from anyone else's
News tradingProhibited on $100K only (no $200K 2-Phase is sold)
LeverageForex 1:50; Metals/Energies 1:10; CFD Cash Indices 1:15; Crypto and Equities 1:2
The Trading Pit CFD Prime 2-Phase price per account size
Account sizePrice
$2,500€29
$5,000€49
$10,000€99
$20,000€199
$50,000€349
$100,000€569

The Trading Pit CFDs Instant Earning Account rules

The Trading Pit CFDs Instant Earning Account rules
Profit targetNone - there is no challenge phase
Daily loss limitNone - the firm states CFDs Instant accounts have no daily drawdown rule
Max drawdown6% ($300 / $600 / $1,200 / $3,000 / $6,000), trailing on the highest account balance until it reaches the starting balance, then fixed
Drawdown typeTrailing on highest balance, freezes at starting balance
Consistency rule30% on $5K-$20K, 25% on $50K, 20% on $100K - your biggest profitable day must not exceed that share of total profit before requesting a payout
Profit split80%
Payout rulesEvery 14 days for any amount above $200; each withdrawal capped at the lower of 50% of total realized profit or $2,500 ($5K-$20K) / $3,500 ($50K) / $4,500 ($100K); from the second payout onwards the balance must have grown by more than $0…
News tradingAllowed on all CFDs Instant account types
Weekend holdingAllowed except commodities, energies, metals and crypto, which are auto-closed 10 minutes before the Friday close
LeverageForex 1:30; metals, oils and indices 1:7.5; crypto and stocks 1:2
The Trading Pit CFDs Instant Earning Account price per account size
Account sizePrice
$5,000€112
$10,000€224
$20,000€440
$50,000€800
$100,000€1,440

The Trading Pit Futures Prime Futures rules

The Trading Pit Futures Prime Futures rules
Profit target$3,000 / $6,000 / $9,000 (6%)
Daily loss limitDaily Pause $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 - Challenge Phase only per the futures page, Challenge and Earning per the help centre; positions liquidated and trading paused until the next trading day (16:05 CT), not a breach
Max drawdown$2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500, trailing on End-of-Day balance until it reaches the starting balance, then fixed
Drawdown typeEOD trailing, freezes at starting balance
Min trading days3 unique trading days per phase
Consistency rule40% of the profit target (best day), Challenge only; going over raises the target, it does not breach
Profit split80%
Payout rulesAfter 5 profitable days of $150+ (accounts created from 14 July 2026), then at most one reward every 7 days; withdraw up to 50% of realized profit, capped at $2,500 / $3,500 / $5,000; each later reward needs the balance above the last…
EA and trading botsSelf-built EAs allowed; HFT and micro-scalping prohibited (flagged when over 50% of profit comes from trades held 15 seconds or less); hedging prohibited within one account, across accounts and via correlated instruments; copying across up…
News tradingAllowed in Challenge and Earning; a pattern of trading only around news that resembles gambling can be reviewed by the Risk Team
The Trading Pit Futures Prime Futures price per account size
Account sizePrice
$50,000€99
$100,000€189
$150,000€289

The Trading Pit Futures Instant Futures rules

The Trading Pit Futures Instant Futures rules
Profit targetNone - there is no challenge phase. A payout needs $3,000 ($50K) / $6,000 ($100K) profit, or more if the consistency rule requires it
Daily loss limitDynamic Daily Pause: starts at $1,200 ($50K) / $2,200 ($100K) and is recalculated daily as 60% of your best accumulated end-of-day profit; it only rises. Hitting it closes positions and pauses trading until the next day - not a breach
Max drawdown$2,000 / $3,500, trailing on End-of-Day balance until it reaches the starting balance, then fixed
Drawdown typeEOD trailing, freezes at starting balance
Min trading days5 trading days before the first reward
Consistency rule20% - your biggest profitable day must not exceed 20% of total profit since the last payout; blocks payouts, does not breach, resets after each payout
Profit split90%
Payout rulesEvery 5 days once eligible, minimum $500, all positions closed; fixed caps per reward: 1-3 up to $2,000 / $2,500, 4-5 up to $2,500 / $3,000, 6+ up to $3,000 / $3,500 ($50K / $100K); no percentage-of-profit cap
EA and trading botsCopy trading only between your own 2 Futures Instant accounts; hedging prohibited (same or correlated contracts, also across your two accounts); micro-scalping prohibited
News tradingAllowed, no window restriction; a pattern of trading only around news that resembles gambling can be reviewed by the Risk Team
Weekend holdingNot allowed - intraday only; positions still open at 15:55 CT are closed automatically
The Trading Pit Futures Instant Futures price per account size
Account sizePrice
$50,000€499
$100,000€699

Costs, payouts & platforms

What the account costs to run and how the money actually comes out — fees, payout timing and limits, scaling, and which platforms you can trade on.

Costs, payouts and platforms at The Trading Pit
Simultaneous accountsMax 8 active CFD earning accounts per trader, capped at $400,000 combined starting balance. Max 5 active futures earning accounts. Max 2 CFDs Instant accounts per user. Max 2 Futures Instant accounts.

Strengths & watch-outs

What works in your favour, and the quirks, fees, hidden rules and operational catches we found in The Trading Pit’s rules and FAQ. Always verify with the firm before purchase.

Strengths

  • +Generous max-drawdown buffer
  • +Static (not trailing) drawdown — equity gains stay banked
  • +EAs/automation officially allowed
  • +High payout split (80% (90% on Futures Instant))

Watch out for

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    Trailing drawdown — equity gains can shift the breach line
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    Tight daily drawdown (see at a glance) — verify your worst-day before committing
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    Consistency rule applies (see at a glance)
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    Trustpilot has suspended this firm's TrustScore for a breach of its guidelines (Trustpilot says it removed fake reviews for this company). No star rating is shown until Trustpilot reinstates it — 1,086 reviews remain on file.
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    CFDs Instant skips the challenge entirely - $5,000 / $10,000 / $20,000 / $50,000 / $100,000 at €112 / €224 / €440 / €800 / €1,440, no profit target and no daily drawdown, but a 6% max drawdown that trails your highest balance until it reaches the starting balance
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    Futures Instant (new October 2026) skips the challenge: $50,000 for €499 or $100,000 for €699, 90% split, but intraday only, a 20% consistency rule before every payout, fixed reward caps from $2,000 / $2,500, max 2 accounts, a breach after 14 days without a trade, and no resets - a breach only earns a 10% voucher valid for 10 days
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    CFDs Instant carries a 1% Max Position Loss rule the challenge products do not: total risk across all open positions on the same symbol must stay under 1% of the starting balance (0.5% on the $50K and $100K), measured on your stop-loss or on worst-case exposure if you set none.
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    The first two breaches only close the position; the third closes the account

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    CFDs Instant payouts need $200 minimum (not the $100 of CFD Prime) and each withdrawal is capped at the lower of 50% of realized profit or $2,500 ($5K-$20K) / $3,500 ($50K) / $4,500 ($100K), on top of a 30% / 25% / 20% consistency rule
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    CFDs Instant is capped at 2 accounts per user, and the fee is explicitly non-refundable; resets are sold at a 10% discount with 10 calendar days to use them
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    CFDs Instant weekend holding is allowed except on commodities, energies, metals and crypto, which are auto-closed 10 minutes before the Friday session close
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    Prices are charged in EUR, not USD — €349 for the $50,000 CFD Prime
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    Futures Prime challenges expire after 30 days; Extend (€99/€189/€289) and Reset (€79/€149/€229) are sold separately
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    Futures Prime: no activation fee on accounts bought from 26 March 2026 (was €129); existing and reset breached accounts may still be charged it
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    Futures Prime allows no overnight positions — force-closed before the daily close (15:55 CT per the trading-rules page, 14:55 CT per the help centre)
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    The Daily Pause on Futures Prime pauses the account instead of breaching it; the CFD Daily Drawdown does breach
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    CFD Prime max drawdown is static up to $50,000, but 1-Phase $100K/$200K and 2-Phase $100K accounts bought from 29 April 2026 trail on End-of-Day balance until it reaches the starting balance, then lock; Futures Prime trails on End-of-Day balance until it reaches your starting balance, then freezes
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    Futures reward needs 5 profitable days of $150+, and you can take out at most 50% of realized profit, capped at $2,500 / $3,500 / $5,000 by account size
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    CFD payouts are every 14 days for any amount above $100
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    Scale-up is +25% of balance once you are 2 months active, have taken 2 payouts and are +10% total profit on the initial balance - it is not gated on every 4th payout.
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    Every 4th scale-up is a rebase milestone: the first four are 25% of the original balance ($25,000 each on a $100K), and only from the 5th does the 25% recompute off the new balance ($50,000 each on $200K)

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    Max 8 active CFD earning accounts per trader with a $400,000 combined cap; max 5 futures earning accounts
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    Futures market data beyond Level 1 Chicago is billed monthly ($12 Level 1 comprehensive US, $16 Level 2 Chicago, $41 Level 2 comprehensive US, €25 European derivatives) and expires at the end of each calendar month
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    Hedging is prohibited on futures - long and short on the same instrument in one account, across two accounts, or via positively correlated instruments in different accounts
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    Gap trading: opening within 2 hours of a market close to catch the reopen gap terminates the account
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    No CFDs for residents of the USA, Canada or Russia
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    The Classic program is discontinued — its $5M scaling ladder and 50-80% split band no longer apply to anything you can buy
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    21 days without a trade closes a CFD account, with no refund, and breaches a Futures Prime account; on Futures Instant 14 days without a trade breaches it
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    10,000+ active monthly accounts; $18M+ in rewards distributed
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    Awards: Most Flexible Funding 2025, Best Multi-Asset Prop Firm 2025
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    Futures earning accounts start SMALLER than the challenge: the funded contract allowance is 2 standard / 20 micros on $50K, 3/30 on $100K and 5/50 on $150K, scaling to 3/30-4/40-7/70 above $2,500 profit and 4/40-5/50-10/100 above $5,000, adjusted daily at 16:00 CT.
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    The 5/50, 10/100 and 15/150 figures are the challenge allowance only

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    Futures Prime copy trading is limited to 5 of your own Challenges or 5 of your own Earning accounts; the help centre now allows copying between Challenge and Earning accounts, but the trading-rules page still prohibits it
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    Futures rewards after the first need your balance to exceed the last post-payout balance by at least $0.01 AND 5 new profitable days of $150+ before you can request the next one
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    A published 'gambling and inconsistent trading' rule sits alongside the consistency rule on every program - large lot sizes on the first qualifying days followed by token trades is named as a breach
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    CFD Prime 1-Phase $100K and $200K carry a 1.5% Risk Per Trade Idea cap: the potential loss across all positions in the same trade idea (based on your stop-losses, or worst-case exposure without them) must stay within 1.5% of the initial balance - the first violation force-closes the positions, the second breaches the account
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    CFD Prime rewards carry a 1% fee, deducted from your reward share; the Challenge fee is refunded only after your 3rd payout on accounts bought from 29 April 2026 (after the 1st on older accounts)
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    Futures Prime names account rolling as a breach: an all-in early trade or day that makes more than 60% of net profit, followed by minimum-size trades to tick off the profitable days, can mean removed trades, a denied payout and closed accounts
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    Temporary futures restriction (help centre, 30 Oct 2026, citing the geopolitical situation): CL, NG, QG, GC, SI, HG and PL are listed as restricted, and micro commodities (MCL, MGC, SIL, MHG, MNG) are capped at 2 / 4 / 6 open contracts on $50K / $100K / $150K, on Futures Prime and Futures Instant

How to play The Trading Pit

Model-specific observations about their rules and mechanics. Educational only — not trading or investment advice.

At $50,000 the 1-Phase and 2-Phase Prime cost the SAME - €349 - but the 2-Phase gives you 8% max drawdown and 4% daily against the 1-Phase's 6% and 3%. Same price, a third more room; take the 2-Phase unless you need to be funded in one pass.

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Cheapest real entry is the $2,500 account at €29. Note where the drawdown type flips: at $100K and above the configurator marks max drawdown as trailing on End-of-Day balance instead of static, so the big accounts are not the same product as the small ones.

Self-built EAs are explicitly allowed and scalping is allowed on Prime CFD (HFT is not).

Watch the futures side: Futures Prime challenges expire after 30 days, every position is force-closed before the daily close, and the funded account starts on a smaller contract allowance than the challenge.

Recommended pick
$50k CFD Prime: €349 (1-Phase or 2-Phase)

The Trading Pit — frequently asked questions

Does The Trading Pit have a discount code?

No public discount code is listed for The Trading Pit at the moment.

Is The Trading Pit legit and safe?

Trustpilot has suspended The Trading Pit's score for a breach of its guidelines and removed a number of fake reviews, so no star rating is shown at all; 1,086 reviews remain on file. PropFirmMatch scored it 4.0/5 across 40 reviews at our last snapshot. That is a reason to read the rules closely, not proof of fraud - we re-verified The Trading Pit's published rules and pricing on 2026-11-05. As with any prop firm, read the current rules and payout terms before buying, and start with a smaller account size.

Does The Trading Pit have a consistency rule?

Futures Prime: 40% of the profit target, measured against your best day, Challenge only - going over raises the target instead of failing you.

What is The Trading Pit's profit split?

The Trading Pit's profit split is 80% (90% on Futures Instant).

Does The Trading Pit allow EAs or trading bots?

EAs you built yourself are allowed; software or EAs aimed at manipulating or misusing the system end the account. Scalping allowed on Prime CFD; HFT prohibited everywhere; micro-scalping (trades held seconds) prohibited on Futures Prime and Futures Instant.

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Trading involves risk of capital loss. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This is not financial advice — verify firm rules before purchase.