The Trading Pit vs Hola Prime

CFD Prime: balance based, recalculated at 16:15 CT from the previous day's closing balance, commissions included; the account is breached if equity falls below the limit. 3% on one phase, 5% on two phase up to $20K, 4% on two phase $50K and $100K. CFDs Instant: no daily drawdown.

Calculated on the previous day's closing balance (initial balance on day one): 3% on 1 Step Prime and Direct, 5% on 2 Step Prime and 2 Step Pro (4% at $200K).

CFD Prime: static from the starting balance on most sizes; on one phase $100K and $200K and two phase $100K accounts bought from 29 April 2026 it trails the end of day closed balance until it reaches the starting balance, then stays fixed. CFDs Instant: 6% trailing on the highest balance until it reaches the starting balance, then fixed.

Static on 1 Step Prime (6%), 2 Step Prime and 2 Step Pro (10%, or 8% at $200K), measured on balance or equity from the initial balance. Direct Account uses a 7% trailing drawdown.

CFD Prime challenge builder lists 3 minimum trading days for $5K to $200K accounts and 3 minimum profitable days (each at least 0.5% of initial balance) for $2.5K accounts. Earning phase: 3 trading days on one phase $100K and $200K accounts created from 6 July 2026; older help articles cite 3 profitable days or 5 trading days depending on purchase date.

1 Step Prime: 2 days. 2 Step Prime: 3 days per phase. 2 Step Pro: 2 days per phase. Payouts: 3 profitable days (0.5%) in 14 days on the fortnightly cycle, 7 in 30 days on the monthly cycle.

Allowed on CFD Prime accounts up to $50K and on all CFDs Instant accounts. On Prime $100K and $200K accounts, opening trades or having pending orders triggered within 2 minutes before or after high impact news is prohibited in both challenge and earning phases; positions opened earlier may be closed.

Allowed without restriction on 1 Step Prime and 2 Step Prime (challenge and funded) and on 2 Step Pro challenges. Funded 2 Step Pro and Direct accounts cannot open or close trades on affected instruments from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after high impact news, including SL and TP fills.

Overnight and weekend holding allowed on CFD Prime accounts. CFDs Instant allows weekend holding except commodities, energies, metals and crypto, which are closed automatically 10 minutes before the Friday close.

Overnight holding allowed on all accounts. Weekend holding allowed on Prime accounts and 2 Step Pro challenges, not on funded 2 Step Pro or Direct accounts.

Own EAs allowed provided they do not copy signals that are not the trader's own, use latency, reverse or hedge arbitrage, HFT or emulators, or trade the news window on Prime $100K and $200K accounts. Copy trading allowed only between CFD accounts owned by the same user (including from the trader's own external master account); copying between different clients or from third party signals is prohibited. Hedging across accounts prohibited.

EAs and bots allowed only on MT5 with the paid EA add on, not on cTrader, Match Trader, TradeLocker or Direct accounts; the EA strategy must be declared and identical EA setups may be grouped for allocation. Copy trading only between your own Hola Prime funded accounts.

CFD Prime: 50% Best Day rule (best day no more than 50% of positive days' profit) on one phase $100K and $200K accounts created from 6 July 2026, in challenge and earning phases; exceeding it is not a breach, the trader keeps trading. CFDs Instant: best day may not exceed 30% ($5K to $20K), 25% ($50K) or 20% ($100K) of total profit before a payout.

On demand payout option: 40% consistency and 2% minimum total profit. Direct Account: 20% (largest winning day cannot exceed 20% of total profit). None on the fortnightly or monthly cycles.

CFD Prime: first reward can be requested 14 days after receiving the earning account once minimum day and consistency requirements are met; requests are reviewed within one working day and processed within 24 hours on business days. CFDs Instant: each reward capped at the lower of 50% of realised profit or $2,500 ($5K to $20K), $3,500 ($50K) or $4,500 ($100K). KYC must be completed before the first reward, and a 1% fee is deducted from each reward.

Once the selected cycle's conditions, KYC, agreement and a mandatory KYC interview are complete; compliance review up to 24 business hours, then processed within 1 hour. A 2.5% fee applies (minimum $25 wire and Rise, $5 crypto).

CFD Prime on the TTP platform and cTrader: forex 1:50, indices 1:15, commodities 1:10, stocks 1:2, crypto 1:2 (partner broker accounts: indices 1:10). CFDs Instant: forex 1:30, metals, oils and indices 1:7.5, crypto and stocks 1:2.

Pro: forex 1:100, exotics 1:10, indices 1:20, metals 1:20, commodities 1:5, crypto 1:2. Prime: forex 1:50, exotics 1:5, indices 1:10, metals 1:10, commodities 1:2, crypto 1:1. Direct: forex 1:50, exotics 1:5, indices 1:5, metals 1:10, commodities 1:2, crypto 1:1.

CFD Prime: account balance increases by 25% once the earning account has been active at least two months, has received at least two payouts and has made at least 10% total profit; every fourth scale up resets the base for the next 25% steps. Active Prime earning accounts are limited to eight with a combined initial balance of $400,000. No scaling plan is listed for CFDs Instant, and each user may hold at most two Instant accounts.

After a minimum 4 month cycle with 10% net profit, at least 2 profitable months, 2 payouts and a positive balance: +25% of initial balance, then +40% (Alpha Prime), then +50% per subsequent scaling, up to $4,000,000.