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The Trading Pit

Futures Prop Firm
https://www.thetradingpit.com
Established: 2021 (5 years in business)
Legal Company Name: The Trading Pit Challenge GmbH
Location: Liechtenstein
Leadership: CEO: Daniela Egli, Founder: Illimar Mattus
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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
Temporary futures restrictions published March 5, 2026 remain in effect until further notice. Restricted products: CL, NG, QG, GC, SI, HG, PL. Micro commodity position limits also apply to MCL, MGC, SIL, MHG, and MNG by account size.

The Trading Pit cannot provide services to certain sanctioned jurisdictions and says futures trading is not supported for residents of a longer restricted-country list that includes Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Iran, Jordan, Libya, North Korea, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Yemen, and others. The firm also notes that challenge availability can vary by country and market-data provider.

Afghanistan
Albania
Antarctica
Belarus
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Chad
Cuba
Djibouti
East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Guinea-Bissau
Iran
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lesotho
Libya
Malawi
North Korea
Palestinian Territories
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Yemen
Countries and Jurisdictions With Different Handling
None.
Execution-related costs such as commissions, per-contract fees, data fees, spreads, swaps, and other trading costs; plan purchase fees and activation fees are shown separately.
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 are allowed in futures accounts, provided they do not copy signals that are not your own, perform latency/reverse/hedge/arbitrage or high-frequency trading, use emulators, or—on Futures Classic accounts—open trades or leave pending orders within 2 minutes before or after high-impact news releases.
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

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.

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

Automated trading is allowed only within the firm's published EA rules; prohibited automated behaviors include copied third-party signals, latency/reverse/hedge/arbitrage, high-frequency trading, and emulators.

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.
Weekend Holding Policy

Not allowed. This seems standard for futures-oriented prop firms.

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

Accounts using prohibited EA behavior may be denied upgrade or payout and the challenge will not be refunded. For futures copy trading, The Trading Pit allows copying across up to 5 accounts, but says it may deny upgrades if the same strategy is used to pass more than 5 accounts, and copying between Futures Challenges and Futures Earning accounts is prohibited.

Refund Policy

Futures Prime challenge fees are not refunded. By contrast, the published comparison article says Futures Classic challenge fees are refunded with the first payout request.

Activation Fee Policy

Current Futures Prime accounts created from March 26, 2026 onward do not carry an activation fee, while older existing accounts and reset breached accounts may still have the legacy $129 activation fee applied.

VPN Policy
Changing IP occasionally due to travel is not an issue, but IP addresses that change multiple times within the same day can raise suspicion for forbidden account sharing.
Payment Methods
American Express Apple Pay Bank Transfer Binance Pay Crypto Diners Club International Discover Google Pay Maestro Mastercard Neteller PayPal Skrill Visa
Payout Methods

The Trading Pit publishes different payout structures for Futures Prime and Futures Classic. Futures Prime advertises faster reward cycles with an 80% profit share in the Earning Phase, while Futures Classic uses level-based scaling where hitting each target unlocks a payout and progression to the next funded demo tier.

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Change Log
Current News / Promotions
Reviews
No Trustpilot profile is linked for this firm yet.
Execution Platforms

The Trading Pit supports futures trading through Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Quantower, ATAS, and Rithmic / R|Trader Pro. Support materials also confirm VolFix connectivity and note that TradingView connects through Tradovate rather than NinjaTrader.

Languages Supported
0 languages
Help & Resources
[email protected]
Address: Landstrasse 63, 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein
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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