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The Trading Pit Futures logoThe Trading Pit Futures
Headquarters

Algaroud Center, 2nd Floor, Office 101-05, Dubai, UAE

Heiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

CEO

Sean Bainton

Daniela Egli

Country

United Arab Emirates

Liechtenstein

Foundation

2021

2022

Banned Countries
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Crimea, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Kosovo, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Mali, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
Afghanistan, Albania, Antarctica, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Palestinian Territory, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Yemen
Assets
Equity Indexes, Currencies, Agricultural, Energy, Metals, Interest Rates, Crypto
Refund
Payout Fee

2% processing fee on all withdrawals (Riseworks).

No payout fee

Platforms
Tradovate, ProjectX, Volsys, DeepCharts
ATAS, Quantower, Volsys, RTrader Pro, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, Sierra Chart, MotiveWave, Jigsaw, Volfix
Demo Account
Unknown
Payout Methods
Transfer, Crypto
Transfer, Crypto, Rise
Live Account
Payment Methods
Card, Crypto, ApplePay, GooglePay
Card, Crypto, Bank Transfer
Payout Frequency
  • Standard: every 3 days, from 3 days after the first trade
  • Reserve: instant payout once eligible (5 winning days)
  • Express: daily payouts
  • Direct: instant payout from day one
Payout Guarantee

Payouts processed within 24 business hours. If Blue Guardian misses that window through a delay on their end, you receive an extra 10% profit share on that payout. Does not apply on weekends or bank holidays, nor to delays from compliance or risk reviews, Rise onboarding or a pending trader response.

Within 24 hours on business days

Minimum Withdrawal

$500 across all account types.

$100

Brokers
Rithmic, dxFeed, Tradovate
Maximum Withdrawal

Up to 50% of the current profit buffer per reward, capped at $2,500 ($50K), $3,500 ($100K) or $5,000 ($150K).

Other Payout Requirements

First reward: 5 winning days of at least $200 each. Later rewards: at least $0.01 net profit since the previous reward and 5 new $200 winning days.

Account Reset

Available for Futures Challenges with at least one trading day remaining; unavailable on Earning accounts.

Add-ons
Instant
One Step
Account scaling
Two Steps
Max Drawdown

Trailing end-of-day (EOD) on all plans. Values per plan and size:

  • Standard $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $5,000
  • Reserve $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000 / $4,500
  • Express $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,500
  • Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,500 / $2,000 / $3,500 / $4,500

Once the trailing drawdown reaches the starting balance, it locks and stops trailing.

On Direct the drawdown becomes static after the account exceeds the initial trail balance or after the first payout request. After any approved payout the drawdown floor locks at starting balance + $100 on every plan.

Trailing on end-of-day balance. It stops at the starting balance and never moves down.

Profit Split

90% on all funded accounts and plans.

A payout delayed beyond the 24-business-hour guarantee adds an extra 10% profit share on that payout.

80%

dailyDrawdown

Soft breach on every plan: open trades are closed automatically and the account is disabled for the rest of the day, then reinstated the next trading day.

  • Standard $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $2,000 / $3,000
  • Reserve: configurable at checkout. Traders can choose no daily loss limit or a soft DLL of $600 / $1,200 / $1,700 / $3,000 on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. The price varies depending on the selected option
  • Express challenge $25K: none. $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
  • Express funded $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $500 / $1,000 / $1,250 / $1,750
  • Direct $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K: $1,000 / $1,250 / $2,500 / $3,000

Daily Pause is recalculated from the previous day's closing balance at 16:15 CT. It closes positions and pauses trading until the next day.

Three Steps
Max Allocation
150,000
5
mandatoryBuffer
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Minimum Trading Days
  • No minimum trading days on evaluation. Standard can be passed in as little as one trading day
  • Express with the optional 50% consistency add-on can qualify after 2 green days
  • Funded: one trade every 7 days to keep the account active

3 unique trading days to pass.

Funded Phase Pricing Model

No activation

No activation fee for new Futures Prime accounts purchased from 26 March 2026.

Minimum Profitable Days
  • Standard: no minimum. First payout 3 days after the first trade
  • Reserve: 5 winning days before each payout, with a minimum of $100 / $150 / $200 / $250 profit per day on $25K / $50K / $100K / $150K. Winning days reset after every payout
  • Express: no minimum
  • Direct: no minimum
Position size scaling
Evaluation Phase Pricing Model

One-time fee

One-time fee; no subscription.

Free Trial
Merge Accounts
Maximum Trading Days

30 days (includes weekends and holidays)

Points Reward Program

Respect Points Program (Affiliate)
10% commission on each referred trader turns into points for the original trader. Points accumulate per challenge purchased via your affiliate link.

Expert Advisor (EA)
VPN
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Hedging
~
Requires Stop Loss
Scalping
Stacking / Layering (DCA)
allowsMartingale
Maximum Risk Limit
Copy Trading
~
News Trading
hasInactivityRule

At least one trade every 7 days on funded accounts.

21 consecutive days without placing a single trade → the account is considered inactive and breached. Holding an overnight position or having an unexecuted pending order does NOT count as activity. The countdown starts when the account is purchased/created.

Consistency Rule
Hold Weekend
Prohibited Strategies
  • Automated scalping systems exceeding 200 trades per day.
  • AI, bots and fully automated trading mechanisms (all account types).
  • Hands-off, continuous day-and-night trading or complete automation.
  • Placing multiple limit orders at the same price to manipulate fills.
  • Strategies aimed at exploiting isolated fills in low-liquidity or gapped markets.
  • Using tight brackets or absence of slippage in the simulated market for favorable fills.
  • Trading during tier 1 economic data releases.
  • Coordinated trading across unconnected accounts (identical or opposing strategies).
  • Microscalping (trades held seconds with minimal margins).
  • Trading within 2% of a CME price limit.
  • Trading without a stop loss, relying on the trailing threshold to close trades.
  • High-frequency, latency, reverse, hedge-arbitrage or arbitrage trading
  • Grid, martingale, gambling or account rolling
  • Gap trading before extended market closures
  • Copying between Challenge and Earning accounts
  • Emulators, unauthorized feeds or exploiting fills
Overnight positions

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