⚠️ Transition Notice — effective August 18, 2026
PropShopTrader has entered a strategic partnership with PropAccount. From 2:00 AM EST on August 18, 2026, new account purchases and resets are no longer available on our current infrastructure, and a failed account will not be reset or replaced.
Any sections below describing account purchases, resets, or reset pricing no longer apply. They are retained for reference for accounts purchased before this date.
Existing active accounts continue trading as normal. New evaluation programs will launch on the new infrastructure — a launch date is being finalised.
Overview
Gladiator Sprint, Gladiator Forge, and Gladiator Light are all futures payout-account programs, but they do not follow the same structure. Light and Forge use the Gladiator Benchmark ladder with automatic simulated payouts. Sprint uses a separate Evaluation → PTSA structure where payouts are requested manually.
Side-by-side comparison
Feature | Gladiator Sprint | Gladiator Forge | Gladiator Light |
Structure | Evaluation → Payout Account (PTSA) | Payout Account (PTSA) | Payout Account (PTSA) |
Sizes | 25K, 50K | 25K, 50K | 25K, 50K |
Trading style | Day trading only | Day trading only | Day trading or Swing |
Drawdown | EOD only | Intraday or EOD | Intraday or EOD |
Payouts | Manual request, 90/10 split | Automatic, Benchmarks 2–6 | Automatic, Benchmarks 2–7 |
Qualifying days | 1 to pass Eval; 3 per payout | 5 per Benchmark | 5 per Benchmark |
Consistency rule | 50% (PTSA only) | None | None |
MAE | Instant fail, static ($500 / $1,000) | Instant fail (equals DLL value) | 3-warning system |
Daily Loss Limit | Soft breach ($625 / $1,250) | Soft breach (equals MAE value) | Not applicable |
Max payouts | 5 per PTSA account | Benchmarks 2–6 | Benchmarks 2–7 |
Reset | No longer available | No longer available | No longer available |
Move Live / Real Prop | After 5th payout — discretionary review | After Benchmark 7 — review | After Benchmark 8 — review |
Signing Bonus | None | None | None |
Gladiator Light & Forge Payout Benchmarks
Benchmark | Light 25K | Light 50K | Forge 25K | Forge 50K |
B1 | $0 (Compliance Review) | $0 (Compliance Review) | $0 (Compliance Review) | $0 (Compliance Review) |
B2 | $125 | $250 | $1,000 | $1,500 |
B3 | $250 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 |
B4 | $375 | $750 | $1,250 | $2,000 |
B5 | $625 | $1,250 | $1,500 | $3,500 |
B6 | $750 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $3,500 |
B7 | $875 | $1,750 | Real Prop Transition | Real Prop Transition |
B8 | Real Prop Transition | Real Prop Transition | N/A | N/A |
Cumulative Cap | $3,000 | $6,000 | $6,250 | $12,000 |
Sprint PTSA Payout Ladder
Note: Traders receive 90% of each payout amount.
Payout Event | 25K Sprint Payout Account | 50K Sprint Payout Account |
Payout 1 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
Payout 2 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
Payout 3 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
Payout 4 | $1,250 | $2,500 |
Payout 5 | $1,250 | $2,500 |
Maximum (Payouts 1-5) | $5,500 | $11,000 |
Key risk differences
Gladiator Light uses the 3-MAE-warning system — the account fails on the third warning. Gladiator Forge and Sprint are instant fail: a single MAE breach (open or closed trade) fails the account immediately, with no warnings.
On Forge, the MAE cap equals the Daily Loss Limit value. On Sprint, the two are different: the 50% MAE is an instant fail ($500 on 25K, $1,000 on 50K), while the Daily Loss Limit is a soft breach ($625 on 25K, $1,250 on 50K) that locks the account until the next session rather than failing it.
Sprint is the only one of the three with a 50% consistency rule, and it applies to Sprint PTSA payouts only (not the Sprint Evaluation).