The Trading Pit Futures - Futures Prop Firm Details

Futures Prime

• Challenge: Highest profit day must be no more than 40% of the profit target. If exceeded, the target increases to highest-day profit / 0.40; the account does not fail.
• Earning: No consistency rule.

Futures Instant

• Biggest profitable day must be no more than 20% of profit in the current payout cycle. Resets after each approved payout; exceeding it delays payout, not an account breach.

Copy-Trading

• Traders are allowed to copy trades manually or automatically in up to 5 of their accounts.
• Copying trades between Challenge & Earning accounts is prohibited.
• Traders are allowed to copy trades from a personal external account to TTP accounts.
• Copying trades from other traders or sources that are not your own is prohibited.

Expert Advisor (EA)

• Allowed to trade using your own Expert Advisor (EA), as long as it does not perform any prohibited trading activities outlined in the terms and conditions.

News Trading

• Futures Prime: News trading is allowed.

Martingale

• Martingale or similar high-risk trading strategies are not allowed.

Grid Trading

• Grid trading is not allowed.

Scalping

• Scalping is allowed in all futures accounts.

Micro-Scalping

• Micro‑scalping is defined as opening and closing trades within approximately 10–15 seconds with the primary intention of capturing very small, ultra‑short‑term price moves. Micro‑scalping is strictly prohibited under The Trading Pit's trading rules across all account types and trading instruments.

Gap Trading

• Gap trading is not allowed.

Overnight Holding

• Overnight holding rule: It is not allowed to keep positions open overnight in Futures Prime accounts

Auto-close

• Open positions force-closed at 14:55 CT.

High-Frequency Trading (HFT)

• High-Frequency Trading (HFT) is not permitted on any of our accounts.

Inactivity (Futures Prime)

• 21 consecutive days without an executed trade breaches the account. The countdown starts at purchase or account creation.

Gambling and Inconsistent Trading

• Traders must maintain consistent lot sizes in their trades, demonstrating disciplined and strategic trading practices.

Futures Instant

• News trading allowed. Copying is limited to your own two Instant accounts; copying other people and hedging are prohibited.
• No overnight or weekend holding. Positions still open at session end are closed automatically at 15:55 CT.
• 14 days without a trade breaches the account. No resets, extensions or scaling.

Temporary Futures Restrictions

• CL, NG, QG, GC, SI, HG and PL are restricted until further notice.
• MCL, MGC, SIL, MHG and MNG maximum open contracts: 50K 2; 100K 4; 150K 6.

Futures Prime:

• Traders will be paid an 80% profit share.

Payout requests:

• Every 7 days.

Minimum withdrawal:

• $100.

• For all payouts, 5 profitable days of $150 or more.

• For the second and all subsequent rewards, you must have a positive net profit since your last payout, with a minimum gain of $0.01.

Max per request will be 50% of generated profits or cap:

• 50K accounts: $2500
• 100K accounts: $3500
• 150K accounts: $5000

Futures Instant

• Profit share: 90%

• First payout: At least 5 trading days. Requests every 5 days once eligible, with all positions closed.

Minimum request:

• Above $500.

• Each cycle requires $3000 profit on 50K or $6000 on 100K, or more if needed for 20% consistency. The profit goal and consistency calculation reset after each approved payout.

• 50K caps: Payouts 1-3 $2000; 4-5 $2500; 6+ $3000.

• 100K caps: Payouts 1-3 $2500; 4-5 $3000; 6+ $3500.

• No percentage-of-profit withdrawal cap.