Benchmarks are the performance milestones used to measure trading consistency during the Gladiator Evaluation phase.

Instead of a single pass/fail profit target, traders build a verified track record by completing Benchmarks under the firm's active risk and compliance rules. Each Benchmark represents a defined profit milestone achieved through qualifying trading days while maintaining proper risk management.

Gladiator Futures (Payout Account) accounts use the full 8-step Benchmark ladder:
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• Benchmark 1: triggers a compliance and KYC review. No payout is issued.
• Benchmarks 2–7: each triggers an automatic simulated payout (see amounts below), processed within 72 hours of the Benchmark being recorded and compliance approval.
​• Benchmark 8: triggers an automatic transition to Real Prop under the Real Prop Trading Agreement.

(25K Intraday, 25K EOD, 12.5K Swing)

Cumulative cap: $3,000 per account.

(50K Intraday, 50K EOD, 25K Swing)

Cumulative cap: $6,000 per account.
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Gladiator Stocks accounts do not issue payouts on individual Benchmarks. Benchmarks are the progress indicator toward Real Prop consideration. When a trader completes the required Benchmark count on a single Stocks account and passes compliance review, they move to Real Prop and receive a Signing Bonus (25K → $3,000; 50K → $6,000) on execution of the Real Prop Trading Agreement.

To earn one Benchmark, a trader must:

• Complete the required number of qualifying trading days where each day meets or exceeds the daily profit target (5 qualifying days per Benchmark on Intraday and EOD accounts).
• Keep the account at or above the Benchmark Eligibility Threshold at the time the Benchmark is recorded.
• Pass end-of-day evaluation checks (drawdown intact, no MAE violations, no compliance flags).

A day does not count as a qualifying trading day if the daily target is not met. Any profit earned that day remains in the account balance and can count toward a future qualifying day or future Benchmark.

• Benchmarks must be earned on a single account.
• Benchmarks from multiple accounts do not combine.
• Qualifying trading days do not need to be consecutive.
• Progress is always subject to risk and compliance review.

First Benchmark Eligibility Threshold = Initial Account Balance + Max Trailing Drawdown + Benchmark Target

Example for a 25K EOD account:

Initial Balance ($25,000) + Max Trailing Drawdown ($1,125) + Benchmark Target ($500) = $26,625

The account must reach this balance while meeting the qualifying-day requirement in order to earn the first Benchmark.

After a Benchmark is earned, the next Benchmark threshold is not a fixed number. It depends on the account balance at the time the previous Benchmark is recorded.

The system calculates the next target by adding the Benchmark target amount to the account balance at the moment the previous Benchmark was completed. Because traders may exceed the Benchmark Eligibility Threshold when earning a Benchmark, the exact value of the next Benchmark target may differ slightly between accounts.

Example for a 25K account with a $500 Benchmark Target:

• If the first Benchmark is recorded at a balance of $26,750, the next Benchmark target becomes $26,750 + $500 = $27,250.

• If the first Benchmark is recorded at $26,900, the next Benchmark target becomes $26,900 + $500 = $27,400.

• Once a Benchmark is completed, the next Benchmark threshold updates automatically in the trader dashboard.
• The dashboard displays the trader's current Benchmark progress and next milestone.
• Traders should always refer to the dashboard for the exact next Benchmark target.

Swing accounts use a weekly Benchmark system. There is no daily profit target — instead, a trader earns one Benchmark by meeting the weekly profit target while remaining inside all risk and compliance rules.

To earn one weekly Benchmark, the trader must:

• Meet or exceed the weekly Benchmark target
• Remain within the account's trailing drawdown and MAE limits
• Pass end-of-week and compliance review checks

Only closed trades count toward Swing Benchmarks. Open profits do not count. Benchmarks are evaluated at Friday end of day. Traders do not need to trade every day.

• On a Gladiator Futures (Payout Account), the full ladder runs from Benchmark 1 (compliance) to Benchmark 8 (Real Prop transition). Benchmarks 2–7 pay out in cash.

• On a Gladiator Stocks account, traders typically work through the same number of Benchmarks on a single account before Real Prop consideration, with approval governed by compliance review.

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