Platforms and execution: Phidias Propfirm and The Trading Pit Futures

Suite 4.3.02, Block 4, Eurotowers, Gibraltar, GX11 1AA

Heiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Gibraltar

Liechtenstein

2023

2022

Daniela Egli

Express to Live converts the CASH account to LIVE after reaching its CASH target and requesting the first payout through “Switch to Live”. Phidias states that the full path from signup to first payout and LIVE conversion can be completed in 48 hours on every E2L size. Fundamental and Premium may transition to LIVE after 5 payouts or $100,000 in cumulative profits, subject to the risk team’s discretion.

Fundamental: every 10 qualifying trading days. Premium: every 5 qualifying days. LIVE from Express to Live: daily.

Phidias states that 90% of payouts are processed in under 30 minutes and all payouts within 24 hours.

Within 24 hours on business days

Fundamental and Premium: up to $2,000 per cycle on 50K, $2,500 on 100K, and $2,750 on 150K. LIVE accounts originating from Express to Live have no maximum daily limit.

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

$500.

$100

Fundamental and Premium apply a 30% consistency rule on CASH accounts. A qualifying day must generate at least $150 on 50K, $200 on 100K, or $250 on 150K. Express to Live uses a separate bonus and automatic LIVE conversion system.

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.

No payout fee

Fundamental and Premium allow unlimited evaluation resets. A failed subscription also resets with the next 30-day renewal. Express to Live does not allow resets. Premium CASH permits one funded-account reset.

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

Market-depth data and additional exchanges can be purchased from the member area.

Optional Level 2 market data is available. Challenge Extend costs $99 / $189 / $289 by account size.

LIVE accounts may advance to ELITE after 60 days and a $125,000 balance, or MASTER after 120 days and $250,000. Transition remains subject to risk review.

Buying power scales from end-of-day profit and is adjusted daily at 16:00 CT.

After passing the Challenge the account moves through a level ladder. Each level has its own profit target and drawdown limit; reaching the target unlocks a payout and promotes the account to the next level, with more capital, more drawdown flexibility and a higher profit share. Smaller accounts run through around 10 levels.

Express to Live uses a static drawdown that never moves. Fundamental and Premium use trailing drawdown calculated at the end of the day; the limit remains fixed during the session.

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

Express to Live and Fundamental: 80%. Premium: 75% on the first payout, 80% on the second, 85% on the third, 90% on the fourth, and 100% from the fifth onward.

80%

There is no daily loss limit on Express to Live, Fundamental, or Premium.

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.

A minimum threshold applies when requesting a payout, but withdrawals may reduce the balance to $50,100, $100,100, or $150,100. Phidias does not treat this as a locked buffer.

Unlimited evaluation accounts. A trader may operate a LIVE account while pursuing a new evaluation. Simultaneous maximum: 5 Fundamental CASH, 5 Premium CASH, and 5 Express to Live CASH/LIVE accounts. The 10K Drawdown Summer Edition allows unlimited simultaneous entries, with only the trader’s best account counting on the leaderboard. Fundamental and Premium 150K accounts count as two slots in their category.

Evaluation: 0 days on Express to Live, 3 on Fundamental, and 1 on Premium. CASH: 0 days for the Express to Live bonus, 10 qualifying days between payouts on Fundamental, and 5 on Premium.

3 unique trading days to pass.

Phidias Wallet centralizes account subscriptions, bank or cryptocurrency withdrawals, purchases, activations, and LIVE-account funding directly from earnings. Phidias Points are an internal unit that cannot be transferred outside the ecosystem.

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.

On Fundamental and Premium CASH accounts, a qualifying day must close with at least $150 on 50K, $200 on 100K, or $250 on 150K.

On LIVE accounts, traders may request a contract-limit increase in writing. The risk team may approve, reject, or adjust the limit.

The contract limit grows with each level of the ladder. An account that starts at 10 micros can reach 50 micros; larger accounts scale up to 50 standard contracts.

30 days (includes weekends and holidays)

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

One-time fee; no subscription.

Robots, fully automated algorithms, and HFT are prohibited. Semi-automated software is allowed when the trader actively monitors and manually adjusts every trade.

VPN is allowed for individual traders, provided it is not used to mask shared access or coordinated activity between accounts. Multiple accounts accessed from the same IP / network is prohibited.

Hedging is prohibited on the same underlying within one account (including ES vs MES), between CASH accounts, and through coordinated opposite trades between traders; violations can close all involved accounts and lead to a ban. Multiple assets may be traded simultaneously, but the contract cap applies across all symbols; bypassing it can close the account without refund.

Hedging within the same account is allowed for risk-management purposes, provided no Hedging Arbitrage is involved. Hedging between two accounts (BUY on one + SELL on the other) is prohibited.

DCA is allowed to smooth entry points, provided consistent risk management is maintained.

Phidias requires consistent position sizing and risk management. Lottery-style trading, excessive margin usage, or non-replicable patterns may lead to reduced contracts or account closure.

Allowed within the maximum account limits. Identical strategies exceeding the authorized allocation may result in account suspension.

Copy trading is allowed up to 5 accounts (manual or automated). If you copy the same strategy to more than 5 accounts, we reserve the right to deny upgrades of additional accounts. You may only copy from external accounts that are yours (not from other traders). Copying between your Futures Challenges and Futures Earning accounts is prohibited.

There is no consistency rule during evaluation or on Express to Live. On Fundamental and Premium CASH accounts, no single day may represent more than 30% of total profit. It is calculated over at least 4 days.

40% Consistency Rule (Futures Prime Challenge only). Single-day profit may not exceed 40% of the profit target. Any excess is added to the new profit target. The rule does not apply to Earning accounts.

Allowed only on Premium. Fundamental and Express to Live must close before the end of the session.

Robots and fully automated trading; HFT; lottery-style or full-margin trades during high-volatility news; old or illiquid contracts; spreads between expirations; one-tick Treasury-bond arbitrage; exploitation of technical or market errors.

• 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

Allowed only on Premium. Fundamental and Express to Live must close before the end of the session.

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.