Simulated CFD, futures and US stock challenges, plus an Instant CFD account; the site footer names a Liechtenstein-registered operator
Checked 8 October 2026
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The Trading Pit sells paid trading challenges in three product lines: CFDs, Futures and Stocks. Its CFDs page offers a 1-phase challenge, a 2-phase challenge and an “Instant Earning Account” that skips the challenge phase. Futures accounts run from $50,000 to $150,000. The Stocks challenge comes in $25,000 and $50,000 sizes.
All accounts are simulated. The site footer says all accounts “are demo accounts with virtual funds”. The Terms describe the firm as a provider of educational and training programmes in simulated securities trading. Payments to traders are called “Rewards”. The Terms also say the firm is not supervised or regulated by the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA) or any comparable authority in other countries.
According to the site footer, the website is owned and operated by The Trading Pit Challenge GmbH, registered in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. This review uses only The Trading Pit's own website and help centre.
Everything in this review comes from The Trading Pit's own web pages, saved on 7–9 October 2026. Rules and prices change, so check the firm's site before you buy.
| Highest profit split | Up to 80% 1 Firm's wording: “CFDs Rewards Policy Traders earn 80% of the profits they generate during the Earning Phase.” |
|---|---|
| Account types | 1-Step evaluation, 2-Step evaluation, Instant funding (no evaluation) 1 |
| Markets | Forex, Futures, Crypto, Stocks, Indices, Commodities, Metals 123 |
| Platforms | MetaTrader 5, NinjaTrader, ATAS, VolFix, Quantower, Rithmic, Tradovate, TradingView, cTrader 123 |
| Allowed / offered on at least one account type | Rules can differ between account types — check the linked page for the account you want. |
| Not allowed, or rules that apply (firm says so) |
The CFDs page lets you choose a 1-phase challenge (“Fast progress, Limited drawdowns”), a 2-phase challenge (“Steady progress, Extended drawdowns”) or the Instant Earning Account. The page lists balances from $2,500 to $200,000. Our saved copy shows only the page's default setup, a 1-phase $50,000 account. We cannot list prices or rules for the other balances or for the 2-phase challenge.
| CFD 1-phase, $50,000 (default setup) | Value shown |
|---|---|
| Profit target | 10% ($5,000) |
| Daily drawdown | 3% ($1,500) |
| Maximum drawdown | 6% ($3,000) |
| Minimum trading days | 3 |
| Profit share | 80% |
| Maximum allocation | 2 accounts |
| Weekend holding | Limited |
| Total price | $349 |
On this page the drawdown rows list several drawdown types next to one figure: equity based, balance based, trailing on highest balance, static, and trailing on end-of-day balance. The saved text does not show which type applies to this setup. The setup also shows “Scaling Plan 25%”; we could not see an explanation of this figure on the saved page. When we saved the site, the home page was advertising a promotional code “on selected accounts”, so the price at checkout may differ.
We could not see Instant account prices in our saved copy. The Instant payout rules refer to $5k, $10k, $20k, $50k and $100k accounts.
| Account | Price (one-time fee) | Contracts | Daily pause | Max drawdown | Profit target | Duration | Reset / Extend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $99 | 5 Standard / 50 Micros | $1,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | 30 days | $79 / $99 |
| $100,000 | $189 | 10 Standard / 100 Micros | $2,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 | 30 days | $149 / $189 |
| $150,000 | $289 | 15 Standard / 150 Micros | $3,000 | $4,500 | $9,000 | 30 days | $229 / $289 |
Each futures price is labelled “One Time Fee”. The profit share is 80% on all three. The activation-fee row on each card shows both “$129” and “$0”; the saved text does not say which applies. A Reset gives you a new account with the remaining challenge days. An Extend adds the initial number of challenge days to your account.
The firm's checkout page also lists a 40% consistency rule on each Futures Prime account. The Futures page does not show this rule. A help-centre article on a 40% futures consistency rule is labelled “Previous Policy”, so check with the firm which applies.
| Account | Price (one-time fee) | Daily pause | Max drawdown | Profit target | Min. trading days | Duration | Profit share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | $95 | $500 (2%) | $1,000 (4%) | $1,500 (6%) | 3 | Unlimited | 70/30 |
| $50,000 | $225 | $1,000 (2%) | $2,000 (4%) | $3,000 (6%) | 3 | Unlimited | 70/30 |
Both Stocks accounts also list a 40% consistency rule on the challenge and a 14-day inactivity limit.
The Terms say fees are in euros for users resident in the EU and in US dollars for everyone else. The fee is generally non-refundable once the product is activated, which happens when you open your first demo trade. Consumers have a 14-day right of withdrawal, but the Terms say it is lost once you open your first trade.
For the default setup, see the table above. The page lists leverage of 1:50 for forex, 1:10 for metals and energies, 1:15 for CFD cash indices and 1:2 for crypto and equities.
The daily pause applies on the challenge phase only. If your equity drops below the daily drawdown limit, open positions are closed and the account is paused until the next trading day (16:05 CT). A help-centre status update is titled “14 July 2026 – Daily Pause Removed from the Futures Prime Earning Phase”. The maximum drawdown trails your end-of-day (EOD) balance until it reaches your starting balance, then stays fixed at the starting balance. The challenge lasts 30 days. The checkout page also lists a 40% consistency rule, which the Futures page does not show (see above).
Stocks accounts use the same daily-pause and end-of-day trailing drawdown wording. You need 3 trading days, and there is no time limit. The page also says “No overnight positions”.
The help centre has rule articles for each product, for example on hedging, EAs, weekend holding and a micro-scalping policy. Our saved copy contains only the article titles, not the answers, so we do not summarise them here. One article title refers to a “no Scalping Rule”, so check the scalping rules for your product.
Schedule B of the Terms lists prohibited trading practices. It says they are prohibited whether carried out manually or by automated means, unless stated otherwise. The list includes:
The Terms also prohibit using a disproportionate part of the balance or equity to open positions. Only one client account is allowed per user, and third-party payments are not allowed. You must be at least 18.
The Stocks page says “News trading allowed”. The Terms' news-bracketing ban does not name a product. Our saved pages do not show how the two fit together for stock accounts, so check with the firm before trading around news.
The CFDs page says traders earn 80% of the profits they generate during the Earning Phase. Conditions depend on when the account was created:
Once these are met, payouts can be requested every 14 days for any amount above $100.
Traders earn 80% of profits in the Earning Phase. Each withdrawal is the lower of 50% of total realised profit or a cap: $2,500 for $5k, $10k and $20k accounts; $3,500 for $50k; $4,500 for $100k. Before a payout, your biggest profitable day cannot exceed 30% of total profit on $5k–$20k accounts, 25% on $50k and 20% on $100k. Payouts can be requested every 14 days for amounts above $200. After the first payout, you need any profit above $0 since the last request.
The CFDs page also describes a “Classic” earning phase. The balance moves up one level only when you reach the profit target, and your payout is made at the same time. The Classic payout policy says the profit share is between 50% and 80% depending on the account, with 5 minimum trading days. It says payout requests are evaluated within one working day and processed within 24 business hours. The page shows four 10-level tables. In them the daily drawdown is 4% and the maximum drawdown 7% (trailing on highest equity) at every level, with a 10% or 8% target. For example, one table starts at $10,000 with a 50% share and reaches $500,000 with 70% at Level 10. Another starts at $100,000 with 60% and reaches $5,000,000 with 80%. We could not tell from the saved page which current accounts these tables apply to.
Traders receive 80% of profits. To request a reward you need 5 profitable trading days with at least $150 profit each; they need not be consecutive. You can request a reward every 7 days. You can withdraw up to 50% of realised profits, capped at $2,500 ($50,000 account), $3,500 ($100,000) or $5,000 ($150,000), whichever is lower. Your balance must exceed your last post-payout balance before the next request. In the earning phase, the firm scales buying power by end-of-day profit. For example, a $50,000 account moves from 2 Standard / 20 Micros to 4 Standard / 40 Micros once profit is above $5,000.
The Stocks page says traders earn up to 70%. The first payout comes after 3 profitable trading days, each with $100+ profit, which need not be consecutive. Payouts can then be requested every 14 days for amounts above $200, and requests are evaluated within 1 working day.
Under the Terms, the firm decides in its “reasonable discretion” whether and how much Reward to grant. It bases this on how far your trading data meets its compliance criteria, which include consistency, risk management and following the Trading Rules. The reward rate “may range down to zero per cent (0%)”. Reward rates published on the website are described as “indicative only”. The first Reward is paid only after identity checks (KYC) are complete. Payment is due no later than 30 calendar days after the firm decides a Reward is payable.
The firm's All Rewards page is headed “Real Rewards Processed Within 24 Business Hours”. In its default view, the same page shows an average reward processing time of 55.2 hours and, in the firm's figures, total rewards of $18,249,439.
CFDs. The CFDs page says you can trade forex, commodities, indices, crypto and stock CFDs. Its instrument list covers forex, metals, energy futures, CFD cash indices, CFD futures, crypto and equities. The table lists a commission of $5.00 on forex pairs such as EURUSD and 0.20% on crypto such as BTCUSD. The help centre has a “How to connect to cTrader” article for CFDs, and status updates mention crypto trading on “MT5 & cTrader”.
Futures. The Futures page says you trade on major futures exchanges. The firm says it covers Level 1 (top of book) data from the Chicago-based futures exchange. Other data is charged monthly: $12 for the Level 1 comprehensive US package, $16 for Level 2 depth on the main Chicago-based exchange, $41 for the Level 2 comprehensive US package and €25 for the European derivatives exchange. These add-ons expire at the end of each calendar month. The help centre has setup articles for NinjaTrader, Tradovate (including TradingView), Quantower, ATAS, Rithmic R/Trader Pro and VolFix.
Stocks. The Stocks page lists 9,000+ U.S. stocks, IPOs and ETFs, with charting “powered by DeepCharts”.
Paying for a challenge. The home page lists credit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, crypto and BinancePay, with online bank transfers in some regions.
The site footer says the website is owned and operated by The Trading Pit Challenge GmbH, registration number FL-0002.693.417-1, of Heiligkreuz 6, 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein. It names three other group companies: The Trading Pit AG, the group's holding company; The Trading Pit Champions GmbH, which provides platform services; and The Trading Pit Limited, which provides business and administration services. The contact page says The Trading Pit Ltd is registered in Cyprus, with an address in Limassol.
The firm's Company page says The Trading Pit is majority-owned by Pinorena Capital, a private equity firm founded by Illimar Mattus. Its Management page names Illimar Mattus as founder and Daniela Egli as CEO.
Key points from the Terms:
The footer says the firm does not offer CFDs to residents of certain jurisdictions, including the USA, Canada and Russia. It points to the help-centre FAQs for the full list of restricted countries, which we did not capture.
The Trading Pit may suit traders who want CFDs, futures or US stocks from one firm and are comfortable with simulated accounts. Futures challenges have a 30-day limit. The Stocks challenge has no time limit but does not allow overnight positions. Before buying, read Schedule A of the Terms, under which Rewards are set in the firm's reasonable discretion based on its compliance criteria. Also check the prohibited-practices list, especially the news and gap rules.
MyPropGenius Rating:
The rating measures how openly The Trading Pit discloses its rules, pricing, payouts and ownership (our Transparency Index methodology). It does not measure how likely you are to pass or be paid.
The footer names the operating company with registration number and Liechtenstein address, lists each group company and its role with registration numbers, and states that all accounts are demo accounts with virtual funds. The Terms have an 'Exclusion of Refunds' clause (fee non-refundable once activated) and a consumer 14-day withdrawal right before activation with refund within 14 days; the rewards FAQ adds a fee refund after the first payout (not for Futures Prime, resets or extensions). The firm's All Rewards page is a payout dashboard with all-time and last-30-day totals, average processing time and a dated 'Recent rewards' list, with entries dated 2026-10-07, within 30 days of our check on 10 Oct 2026.
Its Transparency Index score is 71/100 (Good). We do not verify payouts or test accounts; this is what the firm’s own pages show.
Check the current rules and prices on the firm's own website before you buy.
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The Trading Pit publishes detailed prices and rules for its Futures Prime and Stocks challenges. It states plainly that all accounts are simulated and that it is not regulated. Its Terms make Rewards discretionary, Futures Prime and CFD Instant withdrawals are capped, and our saved copy showed only one CFD setup, so check the CFD and Instant terms on the site before you buy.
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No. Its Terms say it is neither supervised nor regulated by the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA) or any comparable authority in other countries, so users get no regulatory protection.
Simulated. The site footer says all accounts are demo accounts with virtual funds, and the Terms say balances are fictitious and have no monetary value.
80% on CFDs Prime, CFDs Instant and Futures Prime, and up to 70% on Stocks. The Classic programme ranges from 50% to 80% depending on the account. The Terms say the firm sets the actual reward rate in its reasonable discretion, based on whether trading meets its compliance criteria, and it can be lower.
Futures Prime costs $99, $189 or $289 (one-time fee) for $50,000, $100,000 or $150,000. Stocks costs $95 for $25,000 or $225 for $50,000. The CFDs page's default 1-phase $50,000 setup showed a total of $349 while a promotion was running.
Futures Prime challenges last 30 days, and resets and extensions are sold separately. The Stocks challenge duration is listed as “Unlimited”.
No. The site footer says the firm does not offer CFDs to residents of certain jurisdictions, including the USA, Canada and Russia. It refers to its FAQs for the full list of restricted countries.