Phidias
Phidias offers 4 evaluation plans, starting at $277. The fees, targets, drawdown, and payout terms come from phidiaspropfirm.com.
- Biggest account size
- $150,000
- Share of profits
- 80%
- Payout frequency
- Once every 10 days
At list price, $277 covers the fee and activation for Phidias’s funded 25K account on one try, ranking #12 among 13 futures firms. Each firm's own site provides its cheapest 25K plan; Phidias was last read 4 Nov 2026.
- Lowest cost for one attempt
- $27725K Express to Live: $277 one-time, no activation fee
- Drawdown limit
- $500static
Plans and pricing from Phidias
| Plan | Account | Fee | Funded on a first passfee + activation | Profit target | Max drawdown | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Express to Live | 25K | $277one-time | $277 | $1,500 | $500Static | 80% |
| Express to Live | 50K | $723one-time | $723 | $2,500 | $650Static | 80% |
| Express to Live | 100K | $900one-time | $900 | $3,500 | $800Static | 80% |
| Express to Live | 150K | $1,125one-time | $1,125 | $4,500 | $1,000Static | 80% |
The code TREAT90 published by Phidias gives you 90% off your first month.
Comparing Phidias with lower-cost options at 25K
| Firm and plan | Account | Fee | Funded on a first passfee + activation | Profit target | Max drawdown | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OneUp TraderEvaluation | 25K | $65a month | $65one month | $1,500 | $1,500Intraday | 90% |
| DayTraders.comEOD | 25K | $80one-time | $85incl. $5 activation | $1,500 | $1,000End of day, daily $800 | 100% |
| Alpha FuturesZero | 25K | $89a month | $89one month | $1,500 | $1,000End of day, daily $500 | 90% |
| TradeifyGrowth Evaluation | 25K | $99one-time | $99 | $1,500 | $1,000End of day, daily $600 | 90% |
| TradeDayQuick Pay Intraday Evaluation | 25K | $100a month | $100one month | $1,500 | $1,000Intraday | 50% to 90% |
| Lucid TradingLucidPro | 25K | $108one-time | $108 | $1,250 | $1,000End of day, daily $600 | 90% |
Rules for Phidias
- Drawdown
- On Express to Live the drawdown is fixed and static, so it never trails. Fundamental and Premium use an end-of-day trailing drawdown calculated at 10 PM UTC; there is no daily loss limit on Express to Live.
- Consistency requirement
- Only Fundamental and Premium CASH accounts follow a 30% consistency rule: a single day's profit may not exceed 30% of the total profit. There's no consistency rule for Express to Live.
- Trading on news
- Every account type may trade news.
- HFT and scalping
- HFT and fully automated trading are banned, though scalping, intraday, and swing styles are permitted.
- EAs and bots
- Fully automated algorithms and robots are not permitted; you may use semi-automated tools only with active manual monitoring.
- Account limits
- Your funded account total may reach 15, including 5 Fundamental, 5 Swing and 5 Static, along with the 10K Drawdown challenge account Across all sizes, Express to Live is limited to 5 accounts.
- Overnight and weekend trading
- Only Premium accounts may hold positions overnight or over the weekend. Before the trading day ends, you must close all positions on Fundamental and Express to Live accounts
Payout terms from Phidias
- Initial payout
- Once you reach the CASH target, a fixed bonus is paid through Express to Live at the Switch to Live step. Fundamental requires 10 qualifying trading days, and Premium 5, with a minimum balance threshold also required.
- Payout frequency
- Fundamental: every 10 trading days; Premium: every 5; LIVE: every day
- Time needed for processing
- It takes under 30 minutes to process 90% of payouts. Every payout takes no more than 24 hours.
- Lowest payout amount
- $500
- Maximum payout
- Each period, Fundamental account limits are $2,000 for 50K, $2,500 for 100K and $2,750 for 150K The Express to Live bonus is set at a fixed $1,000 (25K), $2,000 (50K), $3,000 (100K) or $4,500 (150K).
- Share of profits
- 80%
- Ways to get paid
- Phidias Wallet, Rise (RISEWORKS.io)
- Firm-reported payout total
- More than $15,000,000 paid out
Phidias questions
What does Phidias cost?
At $277, the 25K Express to Live is the least expensive Phidias plan.
What’s Phidias’s profit split?
Phidias states a profit split of 80%.
When is your first payout available from Phidias?
Phidias says that, after you reach the CASH target, a fixed bonus is paid through Express to Live at the Switch to Live step. Fundamental requires 10 qualifying trading days, and Premium 5, with a minimum balance threshold also required.
Can you trade news on Phidias?
Every account type allows news trading.