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The Trading Pit Futures
TradeDayHeiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2nd Floor, 412 S. Wells, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
Daniela Egli
James Thorpe
Liechtenstein
United States
2022
2020
Heiligkreuz 6, 9490, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2nd Floor, 412 S. Wells, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
Daniela Egli
James Thorpe
Liechtenstein
United States
2022
2020
No payout fee
- US Wire Transfer: Free
- International Wire Transfer: $15/withdrawal
- Crypto L1: $2.5/withdrawal + estimated gas fees
- Crypto L2: Free
Within 24 hours on business days
Up to 50% of the current profit buffer per reward, capped at $2,500 ($50K), $3,500 ($100K) or $5,000 ($150K).
Fast Pass Funded Sim maximum per request: $1,500 (50K), $1,875 (100K), $2,250 (150K).
$100
$250 minimum per payout request.
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.
Day-one payouts on Quick Pay (no buffer). Requests submitted before 17:30 CT processed within 24 hours on business days. No frequency limit.
No payout fee
- US Wire Transfer: Free
- International Wire Transfer: $15/withdrawal
- Crypto L1: $2.5/withdrawal + estimated gas fees
- Crypto L2: Free
Within 24 hours on business days
Up to 50% of the current profit buffer per reward, capped at $2,500 ($50K), $3,500 ($100K) or $5,000 ($150K).
Fast Pass Funded Sim maximum per request: $1,500 (50K), $1,875 (100K), $2,250 (150K).
$100
$250 minimum per payout request.
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.
Day-one payouts on Quick Pay (no buffer). Requests submitted before 17:30 CT processed within 24 hours on business days. No frequency limit.
Available for Futures Challenges with at least one trading day remaining; unavailable on Earning accounts.
Available on current plans. See challenges for reset price.
Trailing on end-of-day balance. It stops at the starting balance and never moves down.
Two drawdown types available, both Trailing Maximum Drawdown:
Intraday TMD
Calculated in real time from unrealized profits during the session.
End of Day TMD
Calculated from realized profits at end of day (16:00 CT close). Follows account growth until frozen at the initial balance.
Funded Sim drawdown type matches the evaluation type purchased.
80%
Quick Pay Funded Sim
- 80% trader / 20% TradeDay above $4,000 gross profit
- 50% trader / 50% TradeDay below $4,000 gross profit
- Split evaluated per account
Fast Pass Funded Sim
- 80% trader / 20% TradeDay
Funded Live
- 90% trader / 10% TradeDay
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.
Up to 10 Evaluation accounts and 5 Funded Sim accounts simultaneously per trader. Up to 5 active Funded Live accounts per trader. Multiple Funded Sim accounts allowed. Single-member US LLC allowed. Multi-member LLC, S-corps and C-corps not allowed.
30 days (includes weekends and holidays)
Unlimited
3 unique trading days to pass.
- Quick Pay: 5 trading days minimum (non-consecutive).
- Fast Pass: no minimum trading days.
No activation fee for new Futures Prime accounts purchased from 26 March 2026.
No activation fee on TradeDay 2.0.
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.
One-time fee; no subscription.
Monthly subscription. See challenges for current list prices and promotions for active discounts.
Fast Pass Funded Sim: 5 profitable days per payout; $150/$200/$250 minimum daily profit on 50K/100K/150K.
Available for Futures Challenges with at least one trading day remaining; unavailable on Earning accounts.
Available on current plans. See challenges for reset price.
Trailing on end-of-day balance. It stops at the starting balance and never moves down.
Two drawdown types available, both Trailing Maximum Drawdown:
Intraday TMD
Calculated in real time from unrealized profits during the session.
End of Day TMD
Calculated from realized profits at end of day (16:00 CT close). Follows account growth until frozen at the initial balance.
Funded Sim drawdown type matches the evaluation type purchased.
80%
Quick Pay Funded Sim
- 80% trader / 20% TradeDay above $4,000 gross profit
- 50% trader / 50% TradeDay below $4,000 gross profit
- Split evaluated per account
Fast Pass Funded Sim
- 80% trader / 20% TradeDay
Funded Live
- 90% trader / 10% TradeDay
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.
Up to 10 Evaluation accounts and 5 Funded Sim accounts simultaneously per trader. Up to 5 active Funded Live accounts per trader. Multiple Funded Sim accounts allowed. Single-member US LLC allowed. Multi-member LLC, S-corps and C-corps not allowed.
30 days (includes weekends and holidays)
Unlimited
3 unique trading days to pass.
- Quick Pay: 5 trading days minimum (non-consecutive).
- Fast Pass: no minimum trading days.
No activation fee for new Futures Prime accounts purchased from 26 March 2026.
No activation fee on TradeDay 2.0.
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.
One-time fee; no subscription.
Monthly subscription. See challenges for current list prices and promotions for active discounts.
Fast Pass Funded Sim: 5 profitable days per payout; $150/$200/$250 minimum daily profit on 50K/100K/150K.
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.
TradeDay does not charge inactivity fees. However, Tradovate archives the account after 1 month without login.
- 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
- Using bots/ATS purchased from third parties
- Systems generating >200 trades in a day
- Strategies trading in few seconds to capture only a few ticks
- Attempting to capture queue position advantage by playing with sim engine
- Spoofing and layering (per CME Group rules)
- Order splitting (multiple limit orders at same price simultaneously)
- Trading in illiquid markets to benefit from missed fills
- Exploiting lack of slippage in simulation (e.g., bracket orders in data releases)
- Trading outside best bid/offer
- Using external or slow data feed
- High-frequency trading or short-term trading
- Simultaneous opposite positions between accounts
- Multiple registrations with different names/emails
- Using VPN or VPS to mask location
- Hedging: Prohibited (trading long in one account and short in another for same product)
- Trading within 2% of price limit (Funded Live only, loss of account)
- Microscalping (positions held <5-10 seconds dominating profit)
- Trading Tier 1 news/data releases (2 min before/after, auto-liquidation)
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.
TradeDay does not charge inactivity fees. However, Tradovate archives the account after 1 month without login.
- 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
- Using bots/ATS purchased from third parties
- Systems generating >200 trades in a day
- Strategies trading in few seconds to capture only a few ticks
- Attempting to capture queue position advantage by playing with sim engine
- Spoofing and layering (per CME Group rules)
- Order splitting (multiple limit orders at same price simultaneously)
- Trading in illiquid markets to benefit from missed fills
- Exploiting lack of slippage in simulation (e.g., bracket orders in data releases)
- Trading outside best bid/offer
- Using external or slow data feed
- High-frequency trading or short-term trading
- Simultaneous opposite positions between accounts
- Multiple registrations with different names/emails
- Using VPN or VPS to mask location
- Hedging: Prohibited (trading long in one account and short in another for same product)
- Trading within 2% of price limit (Funded Live only, loss of account)
- Microscalping (positions held <5-10 seconds dominating profit)
- Trading Tier 1 news/data releases (2 min before/after, auto-liquidation)
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