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The Trading Pit

Prop Trading Firm

https://www.thetradingpit.com
Legal Company Name: The Trading Pit Challenge GmbH
Location: Heiligkreuz 6, 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Established: 2021 (5 years in business)
Leadership: CEO: Daniela Egli, Founder: Illimar Mattus
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Prop trading firm for Futures traders

Primary Market: Futures

Our Summary
Pros: Cons: They typically require a one-time activation fee (for example, around EUR 129 on certain futures paths), and their rule structure varies by instrument and can be complex. They are often better aligned for Forex/CFD participants, where activation fees are commonly not charged, than for futures participants. The Trading Pit offers multi-asset prop programs (including futures, forex, CFDs, and crypto). Internal tracking notes that futures prime paths commonly include a one-time activation fee, while many forex/CFD paths do not.
Trading Plans

Explore each plan's phases, price, payout timing, and requirements.

Allowed Trading Instruments

This firm cannot accept traders from the below countries due to regulatory restrictions and compliance requirements.

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These commission schedules show the per-side or round-trip trading costs, including exchange-style fees, used to mimic what trading the same futures contracts would cost in a regular cash brokerage account.
Commission schedules below reflect per-side trading costs, including exchange and regulatory components. Evaluation and activation charges are tracked separately and are not part of per-contract trading costs.
General Policies
Algorithm & EA Policy
Own Expert Advisors (EAs) are allowed, as long as they do not involve prohibited activities such as copy trading from others, scalping (below minimum hold-time rules on some accounts), HFT, latency/reverse/hedge/arbitrage, emulators, or trading near high-impact news. Third-party EAs may create issues when strategies are shared.
The Trading Pit allows traders to use their own Expert Advisors in futures, provided the automation does not copy signals that are not yours, perform latency/reverse/hedge/arbitrage or high-frequency trading, use emulators, or trade within the restricted 2-minute high-impact news window for Futures Classic accounts.
Copy Trading
Not allowed

Copy trading is allowed on up to 5 of your Futures Challenges or 5 Earning accounts. Copying from other traders is prohibited, and copying between your Futures Challenge and Futures Earning accounts is prohibited.

Microscalping Policy
Micro-scalping is prohibited; scalping may be allowed by account type, but HFT is not permitted.
Bots Policy

Not allowed.

DCA Policy

Allowed.

Allowed Trading Hours
Futures Prime accounts may not hold positions overnight. Open positions are force-closed 5 minutes before the new trading day at 15:55 CT.
Move to Live Criteria

After passing a Futures Prime Challenge, traders receive an Earning account and continue in The Trading Pit scaling plan, earning profit share and future upgrades.

Rule Enforcement Notes

Other: Copy trading, but only up to 5 accounts. They allow you to trade using your own Expert Advisor (EA) for both Challenges and Earning accounts, as long as it does not perform any of the following prohibited activities: Copy signals that are not yours, perform latency/reverse/hedge/arbitrage, or High Frequency Trading. Use emulators. Any accounts using these types of EAs will be denied any upgrade/payout, and the Challenge will not be refunded.

Refund Policy

Refund available within 14 days of purchase if no trading activity. Challenge fee refunded upon successful completion and first payout (does not apply to Futures Prime accounts, which have an activation fee; resets/extensions non-refundable). No refunds if services terminated prematurely, failed, or for inactivity (accounts close after 21 days without trades, no refund).

Activation Fee Policy

Activation fees vary by asset class and account type: Futures Prime commonly has a one-time activation fee (e.g., EUR 129), while many Forex/CFD accounts do not charge activation fees.

VPN Policy
Generally treated as VPN-permissive in public rule summaries, but use must not be for identity/location evasion or other prohibited activity.
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Help & Resources
Holiday Notes

Holiday trading availability depends on asset class and published holiday schedule.
Early closes are common for indices and commodities during holiday sessions.
Crypto markets are generally available 24/7.

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