--- title: How does the Stocks Challenge duration countdown work? description: Your Challenge duration countdown starts from the moment you successfully purchase your Challenge. --- [Skip to content](https://support.thetradingpit.com/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0#main-content) - [English](https://support.thetradingpit.com/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Bahasa Melayu (Malay)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/ms/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Deutsch (German)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/de/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Español (Spanish)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/es/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Italiano (Italian)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/it/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Português - Portugal (Portuguese - Portugal)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/pt-pt/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/vi/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Türkçe (Turkish)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/tr/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [العربية - مصر (Arabic - Egypt)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/ar-eg/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [日本語 (Japanese)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/ja/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/zh-cn/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) English Show submenu for translations [![logo-dark-4](https://support.thetradingpit.com/hubfs/logo-dark-4.svg)](https://www.thetradingpit.com/) - [Client Area](https://client-area.thetradingpit.com/) - [The Trading Pit Website](https://thetradingpit.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Client Area](https://client-area.thetradingpit.com/) - [The Trading Pit Website](https://thetradingpit.com/) - - [English](https://support.thetradingpit.com/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Bahasa Melayu (Malay)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/ms/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Deutsch (German)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/de/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Español (Spanish)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/es/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Italiano (Italian)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/it/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Português - Portugal (Portuguese - Portugal)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/pt-pt/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/vi/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [Türkçe (Turkish)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/tr/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [العربية - مصر (Arabic - Egypt)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/ar-eg/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [日本語 (Japanese)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/ja/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) - [简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)](https://support.thetradingpit.com/zh-cn/when-does-the-challenge-countdown-begin-0-0) English Show submenu for translations How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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