The real cost of The Trading Pit Futures and TradeDay

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

Funded Live Access
Up to 5 active Funded Live accounts per trader.
90% profit split on Funded Live.
Clear position scaling rules and structured account transition.

No Activation Fee
TradeDay 2.0 removes the activation fee that existed in the previous model.

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).

• Futures Instant: by reward number, up to $2,000 / $2,500 / $3,000 on $50K and $2,500 / $3,000 / $3,500 on $100K (rewards 1-3, 4-5 and 6+).

Fast Pass Funded Sim maximum per request: $1,500 (50K), $1,875 (100K), $2,250 (150K).

$100

$250 minimum per payout request.

Futures Prime: 5 profitable days of at least $150 each (not consecutive), one request every 7 days, and a balance at least $0.01 above the last post-payout balance.

• Futures Instant: one request every 5 days for amounts above $500, after meeting the cycle's minimum profit goal ($3,000 on $50K, $6,000 on $100K), which resets after each payout.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Fast Pass Funded Sim starts at 2/3/4 contracts for 50K/100K/150K, then adds one contract per $2,000 of EOD profit. Quick Pay limits are fixed by account size.

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.

Allowed if using supported platforms: NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Tradingview, Jigsaw, Quantower. TradeDay does NOT expose Tradovate API. Own systems allowed (NOT purchased from third parties). If multiple users make same trades: All accounts closed.

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 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.

Scalping allowed EXCEPT: High-frequency ATS, >200 trades per day, trades in few seconds for 1-2 ticks, playing with sim matching engine.

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.

• Futures Instant: allowed between 2 accounts.

Allowed from a trader's own account into their TradeDay account, and between two of the trader's own TradeDay Funded Sim accounts. NOT allowed between Funded Live and Funded Sim, and NOT allowed between two different users. Compatible third-party tools: Tradesyncer (TDTC), Flowbots (tradeday), Expert Trading Programmers (TradeDay25OFF).

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.

• Futures Instant: 14 days without trading.

TradeDay does not charge inactivity fees. However, Tradovate archives the account after 1 month without login.

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.

• Futures Instant: the biggest profitable day may not exceed 20% of total profit before a payout.

Quick Pay: 30% consistency in evaluation. Fast Pass: 45% consistency in evaluation and Funded Sim. Funded Live has no consistency rule.

• 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)