The Trading Pit vs Top One Trader at a glance

Heiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

30 North Gould Street, Ste R
City: Sheridan
State: Wyoming (WY)
Postal code: 82801

Daniela Egli

Matt Morris

Liechtenstein

United States

2022

2023

Challenge fee refunded after the first reward for accounts purchased before 29 April 2026, or after the third reward for accounts purchased from that date.

Only for 2-Step PRO v2, where the evaluation fee is refunded with the 4th payout. Accounts purchased before February 4, 2026 keep the old refund policy.

1%

2%

100%

14 days

• 1-Step FLASH: every 14 days (7 days with add-on)
• 1-Step NOVA: every 14 days (7 days with add-on)
• 2-Step PRO v2: every 14 days (weekly with add-on)
• Instant Funding: every 14 days (On Demand with add-on)
• Instant Prime: every 14 days
• X-DAILY: daily payout requests from the first funded trading day.

Weekend cryptocurrency trading is available on our platform, provided that positions are initiated after 8 PM EST on Friday

• Instant Earning Account: the lower of 50% of total realized profit or a cap of $2,500 ($5K, $10K, $20K), $3,500 ($50K) or $4,500 ($100K) per reward. Minimum payout $200, every 14 days. From the second reward onward, any profit above $0 since the last request qualifies.

$25,000 per rolling 30-day period, combined across all the trader's funded accounts.

• 2-Step PRO v2: additionally capped at 6% of the initial balance or $15,000 per payout cycle, whichever is lower.
• X-DAILY: per-request caps of $150 on $5K, $300 on $10K, $750 on $25K, $1,000 on $50K and $2,000 on $100K.

$100

2%

• X-DAILY: retain a profit buffer of 4% of the starting balance. At least 50% of each request must come from new profit earned since the previous payout.

100%

• 1-Step FLASH: 10:1
• 1-Step NOVA: 100:1 evaluation, 30:1 funded
• 2-Step PRO v2: 100:1 evaluation, 50:1 funded
• Instant Funding, Instant Prime: 50:1
• X-DAILY: 10:1

• 1-Step FLASH: 10:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
• 1-Step NOVA: 20:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
• 2-Step PRO v2: 20:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
• Instant Funding, Instant Prime: 10:1

• 1-Step FLASH: 10:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
• 1-Step NOVA: 20:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
• 2-Step PRO v2: 20:1 evaluation, 5:1 funded
• Instant Funding, Instant Prime: 10:1

• 1-Step FLASH: 2:1 evaluation, 0.3:1 funded
• 1-Step NOVA: 4:1 evaluation, 1:1 funded
• Instant Funding, Instant Prime: 1:1

• No Stop Loss (+10% on 1-Step and 2-Step, +15% on Instant Funding and Instant Prime)
• 90% Profit Split (+20% on 1-Step FLASH and 2-Step PRO v2)
• 100% Profit Split (+20% on 1-Step NOVA and Instant Prime)
• Weekly payouts (+20% on 1-Step FLASH and 1-Step NOVA; available on 2-Step PRO v2)
• Instant Payouts (+20% on 2-Step and Instant Funding)
• Weekend Holding (15% on Instant Funding)
• News Trading + Weekend Holding (20% on Instant Prime)
• Bundle All Add-ons (+35% on 1-Step, 2-Step and Instant Funding)

Balance increases by 25% after at least 2 active months, 2 rewards and total profit of at least 10% of the initial balance. Every fourth scale-up uses the new balance as its base.

Every quarter, you may request an account scaling if you meet the following conditions:

• You achieve a total profit of 25 percent.
• You generate at least an 8 percent gain in each individual month.

Once approved, Top One Trader will increase your capital by 25 percent of your original account balance, up to a maximum of 5 million dollars.

Static except for 1-Phase $100K/$200K and 2-Phase $100K accounts purchased from 29 April 2026: those trail on end-of-day balance until the starting balance.

• Instant Earning Account: trailing on the highest balance. The limit stops moving once it reaches the starting balance.

• 1-Step FLASH: 7% trailing. Locks at the starting balance once you reach a 7% gain or after a payout.
• 1-Step NOVA: 6% trailing on evaluation, 5% on funded. Locks at the starting balance after a payout.
• 2-Step PRO v2: 9% static
• Instant Funding: 6% trailing. Locks at the starting balance after a payout.
• Instant Prime: 5% trailing. Locks at the starting balance after a payout.
• X-DAILY: EOD trailing in evaluation and funded stages, based on the highest closing balance. Locks at the starting balance after a 5% gain or the first funded payout.

80%

• 1-Step FLASH: 80% (90% with add-on)
• 1-Step NOVA: 90% (100% with add-on)
• 2-Step PRO v2: 85% (up to 100% with add-on)
• Instant Funding: Initial at 60%, increasing by 10% per payout, up to 90%
• Instant Prime: 1st payout 80%, 2nd 90%, 3rd onwards 100% (100% from the first payout with add-on)

Calculated from the previous day's closing balance and updated daily at 16:15 CT.

Measured from the higher of balance or equity at 5PM EST.

• 1-Step FLASH: 4% (hard breach)
• 1-Step NOVA: none
• 2-Step PRO v2: 4% (hard breach)
• Instant Funding: 3% (hard breach)
• Instant Prime: 2.5% (hard breach)

3 profitable days of at least 0.5% of the initial balance each; applies to Challenge and Earning.

• Instant Earning Account: 5 trading days minimum, with no profitable-day requirement.

• 1-Step FLASH: 3 profitable trading days with 0.5% profit of initial balance
• 1-Step NOVA: none
• 2-Step PRO v2: 3 profitable trading days with 0.5% profit of initial balance
• Instant Funding, Instant Prime: none
• X-DAILY: none

• 1-Step NOVA: unlimited free resets during the evaluation. Funded accounts reset at a discounted fee.
• 1-Step FLASH, 2-Step PRO v2: paid resets available on both the challenge and the funded stage.

Allows traders who breach or want a fresh start to continue without purchasing a new account.

• X-DAILY: no minimum trading days.

Purchases, passed challenges and payouts earn XP in the Top One Loyalty Program. XP unlocks five levels:

• Level 1 — Beginner: free $5K Instant account, store voucher and Discord rank.
• Level 2 — Amateur: +2% profit share and a free $10K Instant account.
• Level 3 — Experienced: +3% profit share, a free $25K Instant account and 5 giveaway entries.
• Level 4 — Expert: +5% profit share, a free $50K Instant account and 10 giveaway entries.
• Level 5 — Master: +7% profit share, +50% scaling boost, a free $100K Instant account and 15 giveaway entries.

Each level also provides lower profit targets, larger loss buffers and higher monthly payout caps. The announcement does not specify the XP thresholds or the exact rule values for each level; those are shown in the trader rewards dashboard.

• 1-Step NOVA: allowed on both the evaluation and the funded account.
• 1-Step FLASH, 2-Step PRO v2: allowed during the evaluation only, using your own unique EA.
• Instant Funding, Instant Prime: not allowed.
• X-DAILY: allowed during evaluation, not allowed on the funded account.

• Requirement: An active Stop Loss (SL) is mandatory for every trade from the moment of execution.
• Immediate Action: You must set your SL while opening the position; adding it later is not permitted.
• Soft Breach: Any trade opened without a valid SL will be closed automatically by our system.

There is a No Stop Loss add-on available for purchase, which allows you to bypass this requirement.

Allowed on CFD Prime, including trades under one minute. High-frequency trading is prohibited.

A minimum holding time of 5 minutes is mandatory for any trade closed in profit. This rule encompasses every closing scenario, such as manual exits, partial liquidations, and hitting pre-set Take Profit or Stop Loss levels in a profitable state.

Maximum of 3 positions on the same pair and direction

Risk per trade idea is capped at 1.5% of initial balance on 1-Phase $100K/$200K. Where the margin rule applies, margin used per trade idea is capped at 40% of initial balance.

• Instant Earning Account: total risk from all open positions on the same symbol may not exceed 1% ($5K, $10K, $20K) or 0.5% ($50K, $100K) of the starting balance.

Maximum Lot Size per Pair: (Account Balance × Leverage) ÷ (Instrument Price × Contract Size) = Max Lot Size

Maximum Lot Size per Account (only funded accounts). 20% open lot size limit based on the account size, up to a maximum of 20 open lots:

• $5k account = Max 1 lot
• $10k account = Max 2 lots
• $25k account = Max 5 lots
• $50k account = Max 10 lots
• $100k account = Max 20 lots
• $200k account = Max 20 lots
• X-DAILY: the lot limits above apply in both evaluation and funded stages for its $5K to $100K accounts.

Allowed only between accounts owned by the same trader, including an external account you own. Third-party copying and shared trading are prohibited.

Only allowed on challenge phases

News trading is allowed except for the $100,000 and $200,000 accounts, in which case it is not allowed to open traders within 2 minutes before or after high-impact news releases

• 1-Step FLASH, 1-Step NOVA: allowed during the evaluation, not allowed on the funded account.
• 2-Step PRO v2: allowed during the evaluation, not allowed on the funded account.
• Instant Funding: not allowed.
• Instant Prime: allowed with add-on.

When not allowed, it is prohibited to execute or close any trade within the window of 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after a high-impact news event.

• X-DAILY: allowed during evaluation, not allowed on the funded account; the high-impact news window above applies.

21 consecutive days without placing a trade.

30 days

For 1-Phase $100K/$200K accounts created from 6 July 2026, the best day may not exceed 50% of positive-days profit. It applies in Challenge and Earning; exceeding it requires more profit, not a breach.

• Instant Earning Account: the best day may not exceed 30% ($5K, $10K, $20K), 25% ($50K) or 20% ($100K) of total profit before requesting a payout.

• 1-Step FLASH: no consistency rule. Funded accounts have a 3% maximum daily profit cap; once reached the account pauses until the next trading day and the excess is voided (not a breach).
• 1-Step NOVA: 20% ESS required to request a payout.
• 2-Step PRO v2: no consistency rule. Funded accounts cap profit at $3,000 per day.
• Instant Funding: consistency score must stay at 15% or below.
• Instant Prime: 20% ESS required to request a payout.
• X-DAILY: evaluation only, the largest winning day must not exceed 40% of total profit. Exceeding this threshold requires further trading, not an account breach. No funded consistency rule.

ESS = [ Largest Winning Day + Largest Losing Day |Absolute value| ] ÷ Total Profit × 100

Instant Earning Account: positions can be held over the weekend on most instruments, but gold, oil and crypto must be closed before the weekend break.

• 1-Step FLASH, 1-Step NOVA: Allowed
• 2-Step PRO v2: Allowed
• Instant Funding, Instant Prime: Allowed with add-on
• X-DAILY: without add-ons, all positions must close on Friday before the market closes.

• Grid, martingale and similar high-risk strategies
• High-frequency, latency, reverse, hedging-arbitrage or arbitrage trading
• Gap trading
• Overleveraging, overexposure, one-sided bets and hyperactivity

• High-Frequency Trading (HFT) & Tick Scalping
• Latency Arbitrage & Data Manipulation
• External Copy Trading & Signal Grouping
• Cross-Account Hedging Patterns
• High-Impact News Trading Restrictions
• Grid Trading Strategies
• Martingale Risk Management
• Third-Party Account Management ("Pass Your Challenge")
• Unauthorized Expert Advisor (EA) Masking
• Gambling & Excessive Leverage (YOLO Trading)
• IP Address & Proxy Violations
• Account Churning & Evaluation Rolling