Overview
PropShopTrader accounts are governed by risk controls, benchmark rules, progression rules, and compliance standards.
Your account is not judged only by profit. It is also evaluated based on how that profit is achieved. PST looks at whether a trader is managing risk properly, following account rules, and trading in a way that reflects real and sustainable skill.
During the Gladiator phase, traders are evaluated mainly through:
Benchmarks
Qualifying trading days
Drawdown control
MAE control
Daily Loss Limit (Gladiator Forge accounts only)
Compliance with trading rules
Absence of prohibited behavior
Gladiator Sprint accounts follow a different structure. A Sprint account has two phases: the Sprint Evaluation phase, followed by the Sprint PTSA phase once the trader passes and signs the required contract. Sprint accounts are futures only, day-trading only, and use End-of-Day (EOD) drawdown only. During both Sprint phases, traders are evaluated through:
Max EOD drawdown control (hard fail)
50% MAE control (instant fail)
Daily Loss Limit (soft breach)
Qualifying trading days
Consistency (Sprint PTSA phase only)
Compliance with trading rules
Absence of prohibited behavior
For full Sprint account mechanics, pricing, and payout details, see How Gladiator Sprint Accounts Work.
Core rules that apply to all traders
Rule Area | What it means |
Benchmarks | Progress is measured through Benchmarks. For Gladiator Futures (Payout Accounts) - Light and Forge, payouts are released through the benchmark ladder. Gladiator Sprint accounts do not use a benchmark ladder. |
Qualifying Trading Days | Each Benchmark requires 5 qualifying trading days - (Not applicable for Swing account type). For Sprint accounts: the Sprint Evaluation requires a minimum of 1 qualifying trading day to pass. In the Sprint PTSA phase, 3 qualifying trading days are required before each payout request. |
Drawdown | Every account has a drawdown threshold that must not be breached. Sprint accounts use an End-of-Day (EOD) drawdown only, and this drawdown is a static limit (it does not trail intraday). Breaching the maximum EOD drawdown is an immediate hard fail. |
50% MAE Rule per position | Each account is subject to Maximum Adverse Excursion limits. On Gladiator Forge accounts, the MAE rule is instant fail: a single open or closed trade hitting the MAE threshold immediately fails the account. On Gladiator Light and Gladiator Stocks accounts, up to 3 MAE flags are allowed; the account fails upon receiving the third MAE flag. On Sprint accounts (both Evaluation and PTSA), the 50% MAE rule is instant fail: a single position reaching the configured 50% MAE amount immediately fails the account. |
Daily Loss Limit (Gladiator Forge and Sprint) | On Gladiator Forge accounts, the Daily Loss Limit is a soft breach: when net daily P&L (realized + unrealized) reaches the Daily Loss Limit, open positions are closed and the account is locked out until the next session (6:00 PM EST). It does not by itself fail the account. On Forge, the MAE Cap equals the Daily Loss Limit value. On Sprint accounts the Daily Loss Limit is a soft breach: reaching it closes open positions and locks the account from trading until the next session (6:00 PM EST). A Daily Loss Limit soft breach does not by itself fail the account, and on Sprint the Daily Loss Limit and the 50% MAE amount differ. |
Compliance | Traders must avoid prohibited practices such as hedging, coordinated trading, and rule manipulation |
Active Account Limits | Traders must stay within PST’s allowed Account Limits |
Identity Rules | Accounts must be used only by the registered trader or approved entity |
Overnight Holding (Sprint) | Sprint accounts are day-trading futures accounts only. Overnight holding is not allowed in either the Evaluation or PTSA phase. |
Is there a consistency rule or percentage?
No, PropShopTrader does not apply a consistency percentage rule to Gladiator (Light, Forge, or Stocks) or Swing accounts.
On these accounts, traders are evaluated based on:
Daily Loss Limit (Gladiator Forge only)
This means there is no fixed rule requiring profits to be distributed according to a consistency percentage on these account types. However, traders must still demonstrate sound risk management and avoid behavior that appears manipulative or unsustainable.
Sprint accounts are the exception. A 50% consistency rule applies to the Sprint PTSA phase only (it does not apply during the Sprint Evaluation phase). Under this rule, your highest profitable day in the current payout cycle cannot be more than 50% of your total profits in that cycle. If your highest day exceeds 50% of the cycle's total profits, you will not be eligible to request a payout until the consistency requirement is met. The consistency calculation resets after each approved payout.
Account-specific rules may differ
Some rules depend on the product or asset class.
For example:
Futures and Stocks have different trading environments and product details
Intraday and EOD drawdown accounts behave differently
Stocks have additional instrument restrictions, such as non-ETB and symbol eligibility rules
Gladiator Light and Gladiator Stocks accounts use a 3-flag MAE system (3 flags across the lifetime of the account = account failure).
Gladiator Forge accounts use an instant-fail model for MAE — a single MAE immediately fails the account. The Daily Loss Limit on Forge is a soft breach: reaching it closes open positions and locks the account until the next session (6:00 PM EST), and does not by itself fail the account. On Forge, the MAE Cap equals the Daily Loss Limit value.
Gladiator Sprint accounts are futures only, day trading only, and use EOD drawdown only. They use an instant-fail model — a single 50% MAE breach, OR a maximum EOD drawdown breach, immediately fails the account. On Sprint, the 50% MAE (instant fail) and the Daily Loss Limit (soft breach) differ in value, and both the MAE and Daily Loss Limits are static, not trailing.
Sprint accounts have two phases: Sprint Evaluation (passed in a minimum of 1 qualifying day) and Sprint PTSA (entered after passing the Evaluation and signing the required contract). Sprint Evaluation resets are available; Sprint PTSA accounts cannot be reset.
Account limits
Traders are allowed one registered profile (email). Inside that profile:
Futures accounts — maximum 10 total (Light + Forge + Sprint PTSA combined):
Gladiator Light & Forge: Up to 5 Intraday accounts (Intraday Trailing + EOD Trailing combined — day trading); up to 5 Swing accounts.
Gladiator Sprint (payout accounts): Up to 10 — day-trading only (EOD drawdown). Sprint is its own category and is NOT counted in the Light/Forge 5-Intraday limit.
Sprint Evaluation accounts: unlimited, not counted (passed evals beyond the cap wait in Reserve).
All Light + Forge + Sprint PTSA together cannot exceed 10 Futures.
Stock accounts — maximum 10 total: Up to 5 Intraday accounts (Intraday Trailing + EOD Trailing combined); up to 5 Swing accounts.
Maximum accounts per trader: 20 total accounts — up to 10 Futures + up to 10 Stock. Sprint Evaluation accounts are unlimited and excluded from the 20.
Signing Bonus
There is no Signing Bonus on any futures payout account (Gladiator Light, Forge, or Sprint). The Signing Bonus applies to Stock accounts only.
Important note
All traders are responsible for understanding the rules of the account they purchased before trading.
Breaking a rule may result in:
loss of qualifying days
flags
manual review
account restriction
account failure (immediate on Gladiator Forge and Sprint accounts if an MAE is triggered, or if the maximum drawdown is breached)
denied benchmark progression
denied Real Prop consideration where applicable