What Phidias actually requires across its 2 programs (2026)
Answer
Phidias runs 2 programs (6 rule sets) on file — on the flagship $25K Express to Live, the binding limit is 2% max drawdown (varies by program: 2% / 5%). The corpus was re-checked 2026-08-16: the cited wording was no longer found — the rule may have changed; check the source link.
Current rule snapshot
| Program | Account size | Drawdown | Daily loss | Consistency cap | Profit split | Payout cycle | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Express to Live | $25K | Static — a fixed floor set from the starting balance — 2% | none imposed by the firm | not recorded | not recorded | not recorded | 16 July 2026 |
| Express to Live | $50K | Static — a fixed floor set from the starting balance — 1.3% | none imposed by the firm | not recorded | not recorded | not recorded | 16 July 2026 |
| Express to Live | $100K | Static — a fixed floor set from the starting balance — 0.8% | none imposed by the firm | not recorded | not recorded | not recorded | 16 July 2026 |
| Express to Live | $150K | Static — a fixed floor set from the starting balance — 0.6667% | none imposed by the firm | not recorded | not recorded | not recorded | 16 July 2026 |
| Fundamental | $50K | Trailing, end-of-day — the floor moves once per day at the close — 5% | none imposed by the firm | not recorded | 80% | not recorded | 16 July 2026 |
| Fundamental | $100K | Trailing, end-of-day — the floor moves once per day at the close — 3% | none imposed by the firm | not recorded | 80% | not recorded | 16 July 2026 |
Every cell above resolves to a sourced field in PropSurvival’s maintained rule corpus or is printed as "not recorded" — nothing shown here is estimated.
What it means for a trader
Phidias' 2 programs are not interchangeable: Express to Live models a 2% static drawdown floor, while Fundamental models a 5% trailing, end-of-day drawdown floor (moves once per day at the close).
Worked example: on the $25K Express to Live account, the drawdown floor sits at a hard $500 — read straight off this program’s own rule file for this size. (see the freshness note above)
Run the numbers
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Evidence
54 sourced fields across 6 rows, dated to the least-recently-checked program.
Compare
No side-by-side simulation is published between Phidias’s own programs yet.
Research
Related reading: static vs. trailing drawdown, explained, the full prop-firm rules atlas, payout-clause coverage across the corpus.
Frequently asked
- Does Phidias have a consistency rule?
- Not recorded in the corpus for the flagship program. (see the freshness note above)
- What programs does Phidias offer?
- Express to Live, Fundamental.
- What is Phidias’s daily loss limit?
- No daily loss limit applies to this program — the firm’s own rules impose none. (see the freshness note above)
- Is Phidias’s drawdown trailing or static?
- Static — a fixed floor set from the starting balance. (see the freshness note above)
- What is Phidias’s profit split?
- not recorded on the flagship program. (see the freshness note above)
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- phidiaspropfirm.com — source page (Express to Live, retrieved 16 July 2026)
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