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Taurus Arena

Taurus Arena

Verified Firm
3.5/5 Editor Score1-Step (PRIME or FREES) or Instant Funded (DIRECT PRIME)FuturesUpdated September 7, 2026
30% OFF (No Code)
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Overview

Taurus Arena is a futures prop firm operated by Dalcia Ltd, selling simulated evaluations at $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000 across three routes: PRIME and FREES, both billed monthly, and DIRECT PRIME, a one-time payment that skips the evaluation. The evaluation rules are among the most permissive we have reviewed - no daily loss limit, no consistency rule on PRIME or FREES SAFETY, no minimum trading days, news trading allowed, and unlimited challenge accounts. The funded split is 85% from the very first payout with no scaling ladder, and platform and market-data fees are included rather than billed monthly on top. Trustpilot rates it 4.8 from 143 reviews, claimed since March 2025, with the company answering 100% of negative reviews - the strongest independent signal of any firm we have added this month. Two things temper that. The default drawdown mode is Trail Equity, an intraday trailing floor that follows live equity, and moving to the friendlier end-of-day mode is a paid add-on at $19. And the public site is unusually thin on the things that matter after you are funded: the 85% split appears only in the checkout summary rather than anywhere in the marketing, the terms and conditions are generic website terms that never mention payouts, no payout method or processing time is published anywhere, and Dalcia Ltd is named without a registration number, address or jurisdiction. There is no public discount code either - the standing promotion applies automatically, and the affiliate codes the promo page mentions have to be requested from support.

Key Features

How we score →
Max Drawdown
Intraday equity trailing (EOD is a $19 add-on)
Profit Split
85% to the trader from the first payout
Payout Speed
Payout cycle up to 8 days; processing time not published
USA Accepted
Yes

Trading Platforms

DeepChartDeepdomATASQuantower

Taurus Arena Rules

85% Split From The First Payout
No Daily Loss Limit
No Consistency Rule (PRIME & FREES SAFETY eval)
No Minimum Trading Days To Pass
Platform & Data Fees Included
News Trading Allowed
Unlimited Challenge Accounts
Intact 4.8 Trustpilot Rating
EOD Drawdown Included As Standard
One-Time Payment On Evaluations
Overnight & Weekend Holding
Published Payout Terms

Pricing Options

Account SizePriceDiscount
$25,000 (PRIME)$59/mo-
$50,000 (PRIME)$79/mo-
$100,000 (PRIME)$119/mo-
$25,000 (FREES)$99/mo-
$50,000 (FREES)$129/mo-
$100,000 (FREES)$229/mo-
$25,000 (DIRECT PRIME)$318-
$50,000 (DIRECT PRIME)$558-
$100,000 (DIRECT PRIME)$738-

These are the list prices shown in Taurus Arena's own checkout on 7 September 2026, before any promotion. PRIME and FREES bill monthly for the challenge phase only; DIRECT PRIME is a single one-time payment. The difference between PRIME and FREES is where the cost sits: PRIME is cheaper monthly but charges a $119 one-time activation fee when you pass, while FREES costs more per month and activates free. Every route includes the platform licence and dxFeed market data rather than billing them separately, which is a genuine saving against firms that add $50 to $100 a month for data. Costs to budget for beyond the sticker: an evaluation reset is $85, a funded-account reset is $229, $349 or $499 by size, the end-of-day drawdown add-on is $19, and loosening the funded consistency rule from 20% to 35% is a further $15. The site's headline "From $21 / From $28" figures are bundle prices that require buying at least three challenges at once through the quantity selector, not the price of a single account.

Taurus Arena Discount Code: What Is Actually Available

There is no public discount code for Taurus Arena and none is needed for the headline offer. The firm runs a standing promotion applied automatically at checkout: 30% off PRIME, FREES and DIRECT PRIME challenges, 50% off the end-of-day drawdown add-on, and cashback in Taurus Coins that can be redeemed against later orders. Buying three or more challenges at once via the quantity selector deepens it to 65% off PRIME and 45% off FREES and DIRECT PRIME, and those bundle rates are where the site's "From $21" and "From $28" headlines come from - they are not single-account prices. The promo page does mention affiliate coupon codes and tells traders without one to contact support, so codes exist privately, but nothing is published that we could verify. Two things to check before paying, both verified 7 September 2026: the checkout we loaded showed the full list monthly fee with an empty Coupon field rather than a discount already applied, and the promotions page was still headed "Massive June Discounts" while displaying a LIVE badge, so the page is stale even if the offer is not.

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • An 85% profit split applied from the very first payout, with no scaling ladder to climb
  • No daily loss limit on any account type
  • No consistency rule during the PRIME or FREES SAFETY evaluation
  • No minimum trading days - you pass as soon as you hit the target
  • Platform licence and dxFeed market data included rather than billed monthly on top
  • An intact Trustpilot rating of 4.8 from 143 reviews, claimed since March 2025
  • The firm replies to 100% of its negative Trustpilot reviews, typically within 48 hours
  • News trading is allowed with no restricted windows
  • Unlimited challenge accounts, and up to 5 funded accounts at once
  • Forgotten positions are auto-closed roughly 15 minutes before the close with no penalty
  • FREES accounts carry no activation fee at all when you pass
  • FREES MAX drops the funded consistency rule entirely in favour of a 5-day, $150 requirement
  • A standing promotion applies automatically at 30% off, with no code to hunt for
  • US traders are not on the restricted list, which covers only sanctioned jurisdictions

Cons

  • The default drawdown is Trail Equity - an intraday floor that follows live equity, the harshest mechanic
  • Getting the friendlier end-of-day drawdown costs an extra $19 per account
  • PRIME and FREES bill monthly, so a slow pass multiplies the cost
  • PRIME adds a $119 one-time activation fee on top when you pass
  • The funded consistency rule is 20% on PRIME and DIRECT - among the strictest in futures
  • Loosening that rule to 35% is a paid upgrade at $15 rather than a published option
  • Resetting a funded account costs $229 to $499 depending on size
  • The 85% split is published only inside the checkout summary, nowhere in the marketing
  • The terms and conditions are generic website terms that never mention payouts at all
  • No payout method and no payout processing time are published anywhere on the site
  • Dalcia Ltd is named with no registration number, no address and no stated jurisdiction
  • The promotions page was still headed "Massive June Discounts" when we checked in September
  • No overnight or weekend holds on any account
  • There is no public discount code - affiliate codes must be requested from support
  • Team trading is allowed during the challenge but banned outright once funded

Evaluation Process

Taurus Arena has a clear, multi-phase evaluation process. Here's what to expect:

1

PRIME - cheapest monthly, activation fee on passing

$59, $79 and $119 a month at $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000, billed for the challenge phase only. Profit targets of $1,500, $3,000 and $6,000 on a Trail Equity drawdown of $1,000, $2,000 and $3,000, with no daily loss limit, no consistency rule and no minimum trading days. Contract limits are 2, 4 and 6. An evaluation reset is $85. On passing, a one-time activation fee of $119 applies.

Profit Target:
6% ($1,500 to $6,000)
Drawdown Limit:
$1,000-$3,000 intraday equity trailing, no daily limit
2

FREES SAFETY / MAX - dearer monthly, free activation

$99, $129 and $229 a month with no activation fee when you pass. Same targets, drawdowns and contract limits as PRIME. SAFETY carries no evaluation consistency rule and a 35% funded rule with a higher safety net of $2,500 to $4,000; MAX applies a 50% consistency rule during the evaluation but then removes the funded consistency rule entirely, replacing it with 5 trading days at $150. Payout frequency on FREES is listed as 5 sessions rather than PRIME's 8 days.

Profit Target:
6% ($1,500 to $6,000)
Drawdown Limit:
$1,000-$3,000 intraday equity trailing, no daily limit
3

DIRECT PRIME - instant funded, one-time payment

$318, $558 and $738 as a single payment, with no evaluation and no monthly billing. You start directly on a funded account running PRIME's terms: 85% split, Trail Equity drawdown of $1,000 to $3,000, a safety net of $1,600, $2,600 or $3,100 before a payout can be requested, 5 qualifying sessions of $150, a 20% consistency rule and payout frequency of up to 8 sessions. The end-of-day drawdown add-on at $19 is available here too.

Profit Target:
None - safety net applies before the first payout
Drawdown Limit:
$1,000-$3,000 intraday equity trailing, no daily limit
4

Sim Profit Account (funded stage)

An 85% split from the first payout with no scaling ladder. Before requesting you must clear a minimum-profit safety net, log 5 qualifying sessions each closing at $150 or more, and satisfy the consistency rule for your route - 20% on PRIME and DIRECT PRIME, 35% on FREES SAFETY, none on FREES MAX. Payout frequency is up to 8 days on PRIME and DIRECT PRIME and 5 sessions on FREES. Up to 5 funded accounts per trader. A funded reset costs $229, $349 or $499 by size. Team trading and copy trading are prohibited at this stage.

Profit Target:
Safety net of $1,600-$4,000 by route and size
Drawdown Limit:
Same trailing floor as the evaluation

Company Background

Taurus Arena is operated by Dalcia Ltd, which appears in the site footer, the terms and conditions and the privacy policy - but nowhere on the site is a company registration number, registered address or jurisdiction published, and the only contact given is support@taurusarena.com. The privacy policy describes Dalcia Ltd as providing a proprietary trading platform where users create accounts to participate in simulated trading. The firm is futures-only, running on dxFeed market data across DeepChart and Deepdom, which include platform licences, plus ATAS and Quantower, which do not. Its Trustpilot profile was claimed in March 2025 and rates it 4.8 from 143 reviews, with 100% of negative reviews answered, typically inside 48 hours; the site itself displays 4.7. The customer base is visibly international - testimonials on the homepage appear in English, Spanish and French - and the site is published in English, Spanish and French versions. Alongside the three account programmes the firm runs a rewards scheme it calls Taurus Coins, earned on every purchase and redeemable against future orders, and advertises daily trading competitions.

Is Taurus Arena Legit?

Taurus Arena has the best independent review record of any firm we have added in this run and the weakest published paperwork, which is an unusual combination. The review record first: an intact Trustpilot profile at 4.8 from 143 reviews, claimed since March 2025, with the company answering every single negative review, usually within 48 hours. The reviews are multilingual and specific - traders describing accounts created within minutes of payment, several withdrawals processed smoothly, and one experienced trader who runs accounts at five different prop firms calling Taurus the fastest payer of the group. That is a stronger and longer signal than a brand-new firm can manufacture easily. Now the paperwork. Dalcia Ltd is named as the operator but no registration number, address or jurisdiction is given anywhere on the site. The terms and conditions run to generic website clauses about account registration, intellectual property and age limits, and say nothing whatsoever about profit splits, payout eligibility, payout methods or what happens to your funded account in a dispute. The 85% split is stated only inside the checkout summary. No payout processing time is published. And the promotions page was still headed "Massive June Discounts" three months later. None of that indicates bad faith - the trader experience being described is a good one - but it does mean the commercial terms governing your money are not written down where you can hold anyone to them, and that is a materially different risk profile from a firm that publishes its cap tables and restricted-country lists in full.

Taurus Arena Payout Proof: How Traders Actually Get Paid

Taurus Arena publishes no aggregate payout total, no payout method and no processing-time commitment, so there is nothing on the firm's own site to audit beyond the eligibility rules in its checkout. Those rules are specific: a minimum-profit safety net of $1,600, $2,600 or $3,100 on PRIME and DIRECT PRIME and $2,500 to $4,000 on FREES SAFETY, five qualifying sessions each closing at $150 or more, an 85% split applied from the first payout, and a payout frequency listed as up to 8 days on PRIME and DIRECT PRIME or 5 sessions on FREES. The evidence that money actually moves is external and comes from Trustpilot, where the profile is intact at 4.8 from 143 reviews and the payout stage is what reviewers single out - one describes receiving a first payout with no problems, no extra fees and a short delay, another reports several withdrawals all processed quickly, and a trader active at five prop firms names Taurus as the fastest-paying of them. The firm answers 100% of its negative reviews. Weigh that as genuine but informal corroboration: it is trader testimony rather than a published policy or an audited figure, and the terms and conditions you actually agree to do not mention payouts at all.

How to Pass Taurus Arena's Challenge

Decide two things before you buy, because both cost money to change later. First, add the end-of-day drawdown for $19 - currently $9.50 on the promotion. The default Trail Equity mode follows your live equity including open positions, so a winner that round-trips can hit your floor before the profit is ever booked; the end-of-day version only moves at the session close and removes that entire failure mode for less than the price of a reset. Second, pick your route by how your profits arrive rather than by monthly price. If you win evenly, PRIME is the cheapest path and its 20% funded consistency rule will not bind. If you win in bursts, buy FREES MAX, which is the only route with no funded consistency rule at all, or budget the $15 to lift PRIME's rule to 35%. The evaluation itself is the easy half: 6% with no daily loss limit, no consistency rule on PRIME and no minimum trading days means one clean session can finish it, and the only real constraints are the trailing floor and the 4:15-style close. Because billing is monthly, time-to-pass is your biggest cost lever - size to clear the target rather than to survive indefinitely. The funded stage is where planning matters. You need to clear the safety net first - $2,600 on a $50,000 PRIME account - then log five sessions each closing at $150 or better, then satisfy consistency. Trade small and evenly across those five days rather than swinging for one big number, because a single outsized session both fails the 20% rule and delays the payout you were trying to accelerate.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Treating the $19 EOD drawdown as optional. The default trails your live equity intraday and is the harshest mode.
  • Reading "From $21" or "From $28" as a single-account price. Those are 3-account bundle rates.
  • Budgeting only the monthly fee on PRIME. A $119 activation fee lands when you pass.
  • Assuming no consistency rule once funded. PRIME and DIRECT PRIME both apply 20%.
  • Buying PRIME when you win in bursts. FREES MAX is the only route with no funded consistency rule.
  • Expecting the promo to apply automatically at checkout. The page we loaded showed full list price.
  • Looking for the profit split on the marketing pages. 85% appears only in the checkout summary.
  • Assuming the terms cover payouts. They are generic website terms and never mention them.
  • Closing a session at $140. A qualifying session needs $150 or more, so it does not count.
  • Forgetting the safety net. You must clear a minimum profit before any payout can be requested.
  • Planning to hold overnight. Positions are auto-closed about 15 minutes before the close.
  • Copy trading on a funded account. It is allowed during the challenge but banned once funded.

How Taurus Arena Compares

Taurus Arena vs Shark Futures: the closest comparison, since both are newer futures firms with permissive evaluations. Shark pays 90% against Taurus's 85%, its end-of-day drawdown is standard rather than a paid add-on and it locks at the starting balance, and it publishes a Lithuanian registration number and a full restricted-country list - but Shark's payout cycle makes you re-hit the full profit target every time, and its Trustpilot is 3.9 from 43 reviews against Taurus's 4.8 from 143. Taurus Arena vs Topstep: Topstep also bills monthly and pays 90%, with a far longer record, though Taurus's evaluation is markedly more permissive with no consistency rule and no minimum days. Taurus vs Funded Futures Family: FFF pays 90% flat, has no consistency rule and costs less as a one-time payment, and its payout record is far better documented. Taurus vs Phoenix Trader Funding: both bill monthly and both have intact Trustpilot ratings; Phoenix pays 80% but publishes its cap tables and processing times in full, where Taurus publishes neither. Taurus vs Traders Launch: Traders Launch freezes its end-of-day floor at the starting balance and pays in about 24 hours, but only splits 55% or 80%. The summary: Taurus has the best review record and among the most permissive evaluations in this group, and the least published detail about what happens to your money afterwards.

Who Is Taurus Arena Perfect For?

Traders Who Want The Full Split Immediately

85% applies from the very first payout with no scaling period, where several competitors start you lower and improve it over time.

Fast Evaluation Passers

No minimum trading days, no daily loss limit and no consistency rule on PRIME means one clean session can finish the challenge.

Burst Traders (on FREES MAX)

FREES MAX is the only route that removes the funded consistency rule entirely, replacing it with 5 trading days at $150.

Traders Tired Of Data Fees

The platform licence and dxFeed market data are bundled into the challenge fee rather than billed monthly on top.

Reviewers-First Buyers

A 4.8 Trustpilot rating across 143 reviews since March 2025, with 100% of negative reviews answered.

Is Taurus Arena Right for You?

✓ Best For

Taurus Arena suits traders who want permissive evaluation rules and are willing to accept informal payout terms in exchange. The evaluation is close to unconstrained on the PRIME route - no daily loss limit, no consistency rule, no minimum trading days, news trading allowed and unlimited challenge accounts - so a competent trader can clear it fast and cheaply. It suits traders who dislike watching a split climb a ladder, since 85% applies from payout one with no scaling period. It suits anyone tired of paying separately for platforms and market data, both of which are bundled into the fee here. It suits burst traders specifically on the FREES MAX route, which is the only one that removes the funded consistency rule outright. And it suits traders who weigh independent reviews heavily, because a 4.8 across 143 reviews with 100% of negatives answered is the strongest such signal among the newer firms we track.

✗ Not Best For

Skip Taurus Arena if you need the commercial terms in writing before you commit. The profit split appears only in the checkout, the terms and conditions never mention payouts, and no payout method or processing time is published - if that would bother you in a dispute, it should bother you now. Skip it if you trade the way an intraday trailing drawdown punishes, holding winners for extended moves, unless you buy the $19 end-of-day add-on, which we would treat as mandatory rather than optional. Skip it if your profit arrives in a few strong sessions and you are buying PRIME or DIRECT PRIME, because the 20% funded consistency rule is among the strictest in futures and the fix costs $15. Swing traders are excluded outright by the overnight and weekend ban. Anyone who expects a slow pass should price the monthly billing carefully, since PRIME and FREES recur and PRIME adds $119 on top when you pass. And traders who want a named, registered entity behind their account will find only "Dalcia Ltd" and a support email.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Taurus Arena legit?

The trader-side evidence is strong and the corporate-side evidence is thin, and it is worth separating the two. On the strong side: Taurus Arena's Trustpilot profile is intact and rates it 4.8 from 143 reviews, claimed since March 2025, and the company has replied to 100% of its negative reviews, typically inside 48 hours. That is the best review signal of any firm we have added recently, and the reviews themselves - written in English, Spanish and French - repeatedly describe payouts arriving quickly and accounts being created within minutes of payment. On the thin side: the site names Dalcia Ltd as the operator but publishes no company registration number, no registered address and no jurisdiction, where a comparable new firm like Shark Futures publishes all three. Its terms and conditions are generic website terms covering account registration and intellectual property, and never mention payouts, profit splits or funded-account policy at all. The 85% split appears nowhere in the marketing and only surfaces in the checkout summary. And no payout method or processing time is stated anywhere. None of that is evidence of wrongdoing, and the review record suggests traders are being paid - but it means the terms you are agreeing to about your money are not written down publicly, which is worth knowing before you buy.

What is Taurus Arena's profit split?

85% to the trader, 15% to Taurus, applied from your very first payout with no scaling period and no ladder to climb. That figure is consistent across all three routes - PRIME, FREES and DIRECT PRIME - and every account size. Eighty-five percent sits between the 80% common at firms like Phoenix Trader Funding and the 90% paid by Lucid Trading, Tradeify and Funded Futures Family, and the fact that it applies immediately rather than starting lower and improving is genuinely trader-friendly; several competitors advertise 90% but start you at 60% or 80% until you have taken several payouts. The oddity is where the number lives. It is not on the homepage, not on the plans page, not in the FAQ and not in the terms and conditions - the only place Taurus Arena states its own profit split is the order summary panel inside the checkout, which you have to open a purchase flow to see.

How does Taurus Arena's drawdown work?

By default it is Trail Equity, which the checkout states for every product on both the evaluation and the funded account. That is an intraday trailing drawdown measured against your live account equity, so the floor rises in real time as an open position moves in your favour and does not fall back - the least forgiving of the common futures mechanics, because giving back an open trade's unrealised profit can reach the floor before that profit is ever booked. The amounts are $1,000, $2,000 and $3,000 at $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000. The important detail is that Taurus sells the friendlier version as an add-on: for $19 per account you can switch to an end-of-day drawdown that only moves at the session close, and the promotion currently halves that to $9.50. It is a small amount of money for a meaningful change in risk, and we would treat it as part of the price rather than an optional extra. The genuine upside on either mode is that there is no daily loss limit at all, so the trailing floor is the only loss rule on the account.

What is the difference between PRIME, FREES and DIRECT PRIME?

PRIME and FREES are both monthly-billed evaluations with identical drawdowns, profit targets and contract limits; they differ in where the cost falls and how strict the funded account is. PRIME is cheaper per month at $59, $79 and $119, carries no consistency rule during the evaluation, and then charges a $119 one-time activation fee when you pass, after which the funded account runs a 20% consistency rule. FREES costs more per month at $99, $129 and $229 but activates free, and comes in two flavours: SAFETY, which has no evaluation consistency rule and a 35% funded rule with a higher minimum-profit safety net, and MAX, which applies a 50% consistency rule during the evaluation but then drops the funded consistency rule entirely in favour of a plain 5 trading days at $150 requirement. DIRECT PRIME skips the evaluation altogether for a single one-time payment of $318, $558 or $738 and puts you straight onto a funded account on PRIME's terms, including the 20% consistency rule.

How do Taurus Arena payouts work?

The requirements are published in the checkout summary; the mechanics of actually receiving the money are not published anywhere. To request a payout you need three things: a minimum profit figure Taurus calls the safety net, which is $1,600, $2,600 or $3,100 by account size on PRIME and DIRECT PRIME and higher on FREES SAFETY at $2,500 to $4,000; five qualifying sessions each closing at $150 or more; and compliance with the consistency rule, which is 20% on PRIME and DIRECT PRIME, 35% on FREES SAFETY and none on FREES MAX. The payout frequency is listed as up to 8 days on PRIME and DIRECT PRIME and 5 sessions on FREES. What the site never states is how you get paid or how long it takes - there is no payment-method list, no processing-time commitment, and the terms and conditions do not cover payouts at all. Trustpilot reviewers describe payouts arriving quickly and one calls Taurus the fastest-paying firm among five they trade with, but that is trader testimony rather than a published policy you could hold the firm to.

What is Taurus Arena's consistency rule?

There is none during the evaluation on PRIME or FREES SAFETY, which is one of the firm's genuine selling points - FREES MAX is the exception at 50%. Once funded the picture reverses. PRIME and DIRECT PRIME both apply a 20% consistency rule, meaning no single day may account for more than a fifth of your profit. That is among the strictest funded consistency requirements in futures, matching Upcomers and Shark Futures' Instant PRO line and far tighter than the 50% allowed by Topstep or Apex. Taurus then sells the fix: for $15 per account you can raise your own limit from 20% to 35% at checkout. FREES SAFETY comes with 35% as standard, and FREES MAX has no funded consistency rule at all, replacing it with a requirement of 5 trading days at $150 each. If you win in bursts rather than evenly, the route you buy matters more than the price you pay.

Does Taurus Arena have a discount code?

Not a public one. The firm runs a standing promotion that it applies without a code - 30% off PRIME, FREES and DIRECT PRIME challenges, 50% off the end-of-day drawdown add-on, and cashback in what it calls Taurus Coins, which can be redeemed against future orders. Buying three or more challenges at once through the quantity selector deepens the discount to 65% on PRIME and 45% on FREES and DIRECT PRIME, which is where the site's "From $21" and "From $28" headline prices come from. The promo page also mentions affiliate coupon codes and says that if you do not have one you should contact support and they will help you get one, so a code exists but is not published. Two caveats. The checkout we loaded on 7 September 2026 displayed the full list monthly fee with an empty Coupon field rather than a pre-applied discount, so confirm the reduction appears before paying. And the promotions page was still headed "Massive June Discounts" in September, so the page is not being kept current.

What platforms and markets does Taurus Arena support?

Four platforms, all on dxFeed market data. DeepChart is the default and comes with the licence included, in both web and desktop versions, and Deepdom also includes its licence. ATAS and Quantower are supported but Taurus does not provide licences for them, so you would need your own. The important cost point is that the platform licence and the market-data feed are bundled into the challenge fee rather than billed monthly on top, which is a real saving against firms that add a separate data charge. Markets are futures only: equity index contracts including NQ, ES, YM and RTY, commodities including GC, SI, CL and NG, currency futures including 6E, 6B, 6J and 6A, plus agricultural futures, metals, energy products and the micro contracts across those groups. Contract limits are 2, 4 and 6 at $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000, and they do not shrink when you move to a funded account - unlike several competitors that cut funded size sharply.

Does Taurus Arena accept US traders?

It appears to, though the firm words this loosely rather than confirming it outright. Its FAQ on restricted countries says only that Taurus cannot provide services in certain jurisdictions and gives North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Russia and Belarus as examples, adding "and other countries subject to international sanctions or restrictions." The United States is not named, and neither is any non-sanctioned country, so on the published list a US trader is eligible - but "examples include" is not the same as a complete list, and unlike Shark Futures, which publishes all 55 of its restricted countries by name, Taurus never enumerates its own. Traders in South East Asia, Africa and South Asia should note that the same vagueness cuts the other way: nothing on the site excludes them either. If your eligibility is borderline, ask support in writing before paying rather than relying on the FAQ.

Can I hold trades overnight at Taurus Arena?

No. Overnight and weekend positions are not permitted on any Taurus Arena account, so this is a day-trading product only and swing traders should look elsewhere. The firm handles the rule better than most, though. Rather than failing an account for a forgotten position, Taurus automatically closes all open positions roughly 15 minutes before the market closes, and states explicitly that no penalty applies when the system closes a position as intended. That removes the single most common accidental breach in futures prop trading, where a trader steps away and returns to a failed account. It also allows team trading during the challenge phase - traders may collaborate, share ideas and join trading groups while completing the evaluation - though once you reach a funded account, trading must be done by the account owner alone, with account sharing, third-party management and copy trading from another person all prohibited.

Verdict

Genuinely good trading rules and a genuinely good review record, wrapped in the thinnest public paperwork of any firm we currently list. What Taurus Arena does well is real: an 85% split from the first payout with no ladder, no daily loss limit, no consistency rule during the PRIME evaluation, no minimum trading days, news trading allowed, platform and data fees included rather than billed on top, forgotten positions auto-closed without penalty, and a 4.8 Trustpilot rating from 143 reviews with every negative one answered. That last point carries real weight after a run of firms with suspended or absent ratings. What gives us pause is not the trading but the terms. The default drawdown is intraday equity trailing and the friendlier end-of-day version is a $19 add-on. The funded consistency rule is 20% and loosening it to 35% is another $15. Monthly billing on PRIME and FREES means a slow pass compounds, and PRIME adds $119 on passing. Above all, the 85% split lives only in the checkout, the terms and conditions never mention payouts, no payout method or processing time is published, and Dalcia Ltd is named without a registration number or address. Buy it for the rules and the review record, budget the two add-ons in from the start, and go in knowing the money side is documented by reputation rather than by contract.

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