Take Profit Trader vs The Trading Pit: prop firm rules compared

On Take Profit Trader and The Trading Pit the drawdown trails at end of day: the floor is recalculated once, from the closing balance, so open profit given back during the session does not raise it — but equity touching the floor during the session still counts. For example, at Take Profit Trader and The Trading Pit a $50,000 account starts with its floor at $48,000, $2,000 under the start.

On Take Profit Trader and The Trading Pit the trailing floor stops rising once it reaches breakeven and stays there.

A soft daily loss limit pauses the day instead of failing the account: reach it and open positions are flattened, trading stops until the next session, and the account stays open. The Trading Pit sets it at $1,000 on $50,000. Take Profit Trader has no daily loss limit, so a losing day is bounded only by the max drawdown.

Take Profit Trader and The Trading Pit start the trading day at the same moment, 5:00 PM ET (4:00 PM CT); a daily loss limit counts from that reset, not from midnight.

A consistency rule caps how much of the total profit one day may carry. Take Profit Trader caps any single day at 50% of total profit, so it takes at least 2 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,500 of a $3,000 target. The Trading Pit caps any single day at 40% of total profit, so it takes at least 3 profitable days to finish inside the rule. One day may then carry at most $1,200 of a $3,000 target.

Take Profit Trader requires at least 3 trading days before a pass; The Trading Pit requires at least 3 trading days before a pass.

The Trading Pit's evaluation runs for 30 days; a target not reached by then is not a pass.

On automated trading — a strategy or bot sending the orders — at Take Profit Trader it is not allowed in the evaluation or on a funded account; at The Trading Pit it is allowed in the evaluation and on a funded account. Written answers: Take Profit Trader (read Oct 21, 2026), The Trading Pit (read Oct 21, 2026).

Take Profit Trader and The Trading Pit differ on 2 of the evaluation rules compared here: daily loss limit and consistency rule. If one or two large days make up most of your profit, the consistency rule sets how fast you can finish: Take Profit Trader caps one day at 50% of total profit; The Trading Pit caps one day at 40% of total profit. If you keep trading after a losing morning, look at what the daily loss limit does: Take Profit Trader has no daily loss limit; The Trading Pit pauses the day at its daily loss limit.

Once funded, the profit split is 80/20 (PRO) · 90/10 (PRO+) at Take Profit Trader and 80/20 at The Trading Pit. Payout terms — Take Profit Trader: Daily (PRO, once the buffer is reached); The Trading Pit: Every 7 days (after 5 profitable days of $150+). Take Profit Trader sells one evaluation model; The Trading Pit sells one plan: Futures Prime. Each plan carries its own version of the rules above, which is why they are listed plan by plan. If a strategy or bot will send your orders, Take Profit Trader's written answer is not allowed in the evaluation or on a funded account, and The Trading Pit's written answer is allowed in the evaluation and on a funded account.

Read both rule sets against your own average day, then confirm the current terms on Take Profit Trader's site and The Trading Pit's site. PassTraq tracks challenges at both firms using the same rule presets shown here.