What You’re Here to Prove

The Gladiator Phase is where you demonstrate that your trading can hold up under professional standards.

To progress, traders must show they can:

• Hit defined profit targets and benchmarks through controlled, repeatable execution
• Protect drawdown under either an Intraday or End-of-Day model
• Trade within fixed contract limits without impulsive size escalation
• Maintain consistency over time, not just on a few strong days
• Operate cleanly within firm risk and compliance controls
• Minimum Trading Days: The first payout requires 6 active trading days (non-consecutive), with at least 3 of those days falling in the same week the payout is requested. After your first or any payout, you must complete a minimum of 3 active trading days before Thursday end of day (EOD) each week to qualify for Friday processing.
  If these requirements are not met, the payout will be automatically rejected and funds will only be returned to the trading account if it remains active and in good standing.
  • Example (first payout): You traded 6 different days since account activation — you’re eligible.
  • Example (weekly payout): You traded Monday, Wednesday, and Friday — you’re eligible for that week.
  • Example (not eligible): You only traded Tuesday and Thursday — you cannot request a payout that week.
• Consistency Rule:

  We enforce a Consistency Rule on all accounts:

  • For accounts purchased or reset on or after December 5, 2025:
    20% max single-day profit for the first payout
    25% max single-day profit for all future payouts
    
  • For accounts purchased before December 5, 2025:
    A 30% consistency limit continues to apply unless the account fails and is repurchased or reset.

  This percentage resets at the start of each week if a payout was taken.

• Account Limit: We allow a maximum of 5 active accounts in total, across all account types (Warrior, Gladiator, Instant Gladiator), and across both Intraday and End-of-Day drawdown models.
• Account Resets: You can reset each account up to a maximum of 10 times during its lifetime.
  
  • Reset Window: You’ll have 48 hours from the time the end-of-day report marks your account as failed to reset it. If you do not reset within this window, the reset option will be permanently removed for that account, and you’ll need to purchase a new one.
• Minimum Payout Amount: The minimum payout amount is $800 per PTSA. Traders must meet this threshold to request any payout during the Gladiator Phase.
• Weekly Payout Caps (by account size and model): 
  • For 25K Gladiator accounts: Intraday drawdown account payout cap is $1,000. End-of-Day drawdown account payout cap is $800.
  • For 50K Gladiator accounts: Intraday drawdown account payout cap is $1,250. End-of-Day drawdown account payout cap is $1,000.
  • For 100K Gladiator accounts: Intraday drawdown account payout cap is $1,500. End-of-Day drawdown account payout cap is $1,200.
  • For 250K Gladiator accounts: Intraday drawdown account payout cap is $1,875. (Not available in End-of-Day.)
• You may only withdraw the amount above your Payout Eligibility Threshold (PET), which equals your account’s trailing drawdown stop.
  • For example, if your PET is $52,600 and your balance is $53,600, you can request up to $1,000 — staying above PET is required.
  • If your account falls below the PET by Thursday end of day (EOD), your payout will be automatically rejected.
    Funds will only be returned to your trading account if it remains active and in good standing at the time of review.
• Payout Request Window
  Request Days: Traders can request payouts between 1 AM EST on Saturday until 5 PM EST on Sunday.
  Request Limit: Only one payout request per account is allowed each week. Any additional requests within the same week will not be accepted and must wait until the following payout window if you are eligible.
  Payout Processing: Once approved, payouts are processed every Friday.
• Contract Options: You can trade micros or full-size contracts—the choice is yours.
• Contract Size Limits: Each account has a different maximum contract size for micros and full-size contracts.
• Trailing Drawdown: Accounts may operate under one of two models – 
  Intraday Trailing Drawdown or End-of-Day (EOD) Drawdown. Intraday drawdown trails intraday equity highs and End-of-Day drawdown stays fixed during the trading day and updates once after market close and both locks at Initial Balance + $100
• Drawdown Limits: Each account size has a different drawdown limit.
• Optional Drawdown Protection: Optional Drawdown Protection (Level 1 and Level 2) is available only on Intraday accounts. EOD accounts do not offer Drawdown Protection upgrades.
• Fixed Account Settings: Account size and drawdown settings are fixed once purchased with their respective drawdown values and cannot be changed afterward.
• Platform Benefits: PropShopTrader provides a free license to the TICKBLAZE Trading Platform, as well as real-time market data with RITHMIC, as part of your account selection.
• Third-Party Platform Use: If you want to use other 3rd party RITHMIC supported platforms, you will need to have an active license for that platform. – See supported platforms here 
• Market Availability: Here is a list of allowable Futures Markets available to trade with PropShopTrader.  CLICK HERE