Earn2Trade
We would take itBoth disqualifiers removed. Earn2Trade is the only firm in the futures set that sells a genuinely fixed drawdown as an end state — "Traders who pass the TCP50 or TCP100 and reach the $400,000 funded trading account have their drawdown fixed at $388,000" — and everything below it freezes at the starting balance anyway. Evaluations and funded LiveSim accounts are end-of-day; only the Live account switches to intraday, and that switch is a choice you make, not one made for you.
It publishes the clearest taxonomy of any firm here, naming three drawdown types and stating which product uses which — the kind of documentation that makes a study like this possible. Note one exclusion in the fixed-drawdown offer: "the $200,000 funded trading account received after passing the Gauntlet Mini does not use a fixed drawdown." Trustpilot is 4.7 from 4,922 reviews with no warning.
Your account’s floor
The balance below which the firm closes the account. Each item with the firm’s own sentence. Read on the challenge: Trader Career Path® TCP25 — LiveSim®.
- Maximum total loss · funded accountstated
- 6%
“Starting Balance $25,000 Profit Target to Advance $1,750 EOD Drawdown $1,500 Daily Loss Limit $550”
read on 2026-07-26 · earn2trade.com - Maximum loss in one day · funded accountstated
- 2.2% · with your live balance
“Daily loss is based on your Profit & Loss, including both open (real-time/unrealized), closed trades and commissions. It’s calculated daily from 5:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Central Time). The PnL resets at the beginning of the trading day and is taken from the balance you start the day with. For example, if your trading day starts with an Account Balance of $25,000, and the Daily Loss is -$550.”
read on 2026-07-26 · help.earn2trade.com - When the floor moves · funded accountthey are silent
- we read that page and it does not sayread on 2026-09-05 · help.earn2trade.com · saved copy
- When it stops movingstated
- stops at your starting balance
“This continues until your Maximum Drawdown reaches the starting balance of your account, or in this case, $100,000, at which point it will no longer rise.”
read on 2026-07-26 · help.earn2trade.com - What a payout does to itthey are silent
- we read that page and it does not sayread on 2026-07-26 · help.earn2trade.com
Its challenges
Clears every disqualifier, scores high on the axes that cost you money, and we read every plan it sells. We would open the named account with our own money.
Scorecard
19Trails on daily closes only, then freezes at your starting balance
Clears through a named, registered FCM
Fixed cycle, no cap that binds in practice
Overstates size or speed, but costs you nothing
Years of operation, proven payouts, a published pass rate
Each axis is scored 0–5 against a published scale. The line under each bar is the rung this firm landed on — not our summary of it, the scale entry itself.
Plan by plan
4 of this firm’s challenges were read plan by plan, with a citation behind every answer. See them side by side →
Stays on end-of-day after you pass, freezing at the starting balance. Choosing this over the Live account keeps the gentler measurement permanently.
Real capital, but the measurement hardens: "All rules, including trailing, use closed and open equity intraday." It still stops at your starting balance.
The only genuinely fixed floor in the futures half of this study: $388,000, set once and never moved. Reaching it is the hard part.
Trustpilot
What this firm published
Everything below is quoted from a page we opened, on the date shown. The quotes are in the firm’s own language, exactly as published — never edited, never shortened, never swapped for a translation. On the Spanish edition our own rendering appears underneath each one, unquoted and marked as ours: the quotation marks on this site mean the words are the firm’s, and nothing we wrote ever wears them. Where we have not read enough to put a number on an axis, we say so instead of guessing.
2/5
Can you even pass?
Almost nobody who pays for an evaluation ever reaches a funded account, so this is the part of the product most customers actually buy. Every firm advertises its profit target; none of them advertises that target next to how much you are allowed to lose while chasing it.
0/5
Can you keep the money?
The drawdown takes the account away; the payout rules take the money. Answered by whichever of the two we can measure and is worse — they are two ways of losing the same thing, so a good half cannot pay for a bad one.
2/5
Is anyone behind it?
A named company, a market, and rules you could read before paying. These three do not substitute for one another — a company you can sue does not stop existing because the account is a simulation — so this is the average of the ones we could measure, not the worst.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $1.22.40/8
“Virtual Starting Balance $25,000 Profit Goal $1,750 EOD Drawdown $1,500 Daily Loss Limit $550”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Trading days you must put inThey state there is none.2/2
“There is no minimum number of trading days required to pass.”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsa second attempt is discounted1/2
“The goal is to ensure that it’s always more affordable to reset an existing account than to purchase a new one.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target7%—
“Virtual Starting Balance $25,000 Profit Goal $1,750 EOD Drawdown $1,500 Daily Loss Limit $550”Days you have to finish
Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseThey do not say.no change0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.no change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limit2.2%, measured on live equity, open trades includedno change0.30/2
“Daily loss is based on your Profit & Loss, including both open (real-time/unrealized), closed trades and commissions. It’s calculated daily from 5:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Central Time). The PnL resets at the beginning of the trading day and is taken from the balance you start the day with. For example, if your trading day starts with an Account Balance of $25,000, and the Daily Loss is -$550.”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed6%no change0.50/1
“Virtual Starting Balance $25,000 Profit Goal $1,750 EOD Drawdown $1,500 Daily Loss Limit $550”“Starting Balance $25,000 Profit Target to Advance $1,750 EOD Drawdown $1,500 Daily Loss Limit $550”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance—
“This continues until your Maximum Drawdown reaches the starting balance of your account, or in this case, $100,000, at which point it will no longer rise.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsit delays the payoutThey state there is none.3/3
“If you profit more than $900 in a single day, that does not end your evaluation or make you fail the process. It just means that you need to trade more, until this single day equals less than 30% of your total profits.”“No Consistency Requirement : There is no consistency rule on funded accounts. Traders may withdraw regardless of how their profits are distributed across trading days.”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for moneyThey state there is none.2/2
“No Minimum Trading Days: There are no minimum trading days required to be able to withdraw.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountyes — a bigger account pays a bigger cheque2/2
“Account Size 50% Profit Split 80% Profit Split LiveSim Max Withdrawal TCP 25 Under $1,500 $1,500+ $1,750 TCP 50 Under $2,250 $2,250+ $3,000 TCP 100 Under $3,000 $3,000+ $6,000 TCP 150 Under $4,000 $4,000+ N/A TCP 200 Under $5,000 $5,000+ N/A TCP 400 Fixed 60/40 Split Fixed 60/40 Split N/A”Profit required before the first requestThey state there is none.1/1
“No Buffer Requirement : There is no buffer requirement (apart from the minimum withdrawal requirement of $100, and the necessary requirement to deduct the activation fee from the first withdrawal).”How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay you$500/1
“Rise $50 per withdrawal for non-US customers”What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
LeverageNo such thing in this plan.no change—
“Up to ten micro contracts (MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K, MGC, MCL, M6B, M6E, MHG) count as only one standard contract toward this limit.”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growprofit—
“Capital Progression Evaluation $25,000 LiveSim/Live $25,000 Live $50,000 Live $100,000 Live $200,000”How large it can get$200,000—
“Capital Progression Evaluation $25,000 LiveSim/Live $25,000 Live $50,000 Live $100,000 Live $200,000”Where the path endsat a real market—
“The LiveSim® is meant as an optional intermediary step for successful evaluation candidates, and is meant as a bridge between trading on a simulator and trading on a live account.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $1.22.40/8
“Virtual Starting Balance $25,000 Profit Goal $1,750 EOD Drawdown $1,500 Daily Loss Limit $550”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Trading days you must put inThey state there is none.2/2
“There is no minimum number of trading days required to pass.”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsa second attempt is discounted1/2
“The goal is to ensure that it’s always more affordable to reset an existing account than to purchase a new one.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target7%—
“Virtual Starting Balance $25,000 Profit Goal $1,750 EOD Drawdown $1,500 Daily Loss Limit $550”Days you have to finish
Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseThey do not say.no change0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.live equity, open trades included0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
“All rules, including trailing, use closed and open equity intraday.”Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limit2.2%, measured on live equity, open trades includedno change0.30/2
“Daily loss is based on your Profit & Loss, including both open (real-time/unrealized), closed trades and commissions. It’s calculated daily from 5:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Central Time). The PnL resets at the beginning of the trading day and is taken from the balance you start the day with. For example, if your trading day starts with an Account Balance of $25,000, and the Daily Loss is -$550.”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed6%no change0.50/1
“Virtual Starting Balance $25,000 Profit Goal $1,750 EOD Drawdown $1,500 Daily Loss Limit $550”“Starting Balance $25,000 Profit Target to Advance $1,750 Trailing Drawdown $1,500 Daily Loss Limit $550”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance—
“This continues until your Maximum Drawdown reaches the starting balance of your account, or in this case, $100,000, at which point it will no longer rise.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsit delays the payoutThey state there is none.3/3
“If you profit more than $900 in a single day, that does not end your evaluation or make you fail the process. It just means that you need to trade more, until this single day equals less than 30% of your total profits.”“No Consistency Requirement : There is no consistency rule on funded accounts. Traders may withdraw regardless of how their profits are distributed across trading days.”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for moneyThey state there is none.2/2
“No Minimum Trading Days: There are no minimum trading days required to be able to withdraw.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountNo such thing in this plan.—
“Account Size 50% Profit Split 80% Profit Split LiveSim Max Withdrawal TCP 25 Under $1,500 $1,500+ $1,750 TCP 50 Under $2,250 $2,250+ $3,000 TCP 100 Under $3,000 $3,000+ $6,000 TCP 150 Under $4,000 $4,000+ N/A TCP 200 Under $5,000 $5,000+ N/A TCP 400 Fixed 60/40 Split Fixed 60/40 Split N/A”Profit required before the first requestThey state there is none.1/1
“No Buffer Requirement : There is no buffer requirement (apart from the minimum withdrawal requirement of $100, and the necessary requirement to deduct the activation fee from the first withdrawal).”How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay you$500/1
“Rise $50 per withdrawal for non-US customers”What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
LeverageNo such thing in this plan.no change—
“Up to ten micro contracts (MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K, MGC, MCL, M6B, M6E, MHG) count as only one standard contract toward this limit.”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growprofit—
“Capital Progression Evaluation $25,000 LiveSim/Live $25,000 Live $50,000 Live $100,000 Live $200,000”How large it can get$200,000—
“Capital Progression Evaluation $25,000 LiveSim/Live $25,000 Live $50,000 Live $100,000 Live $200,000”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Once traders pass an Earn2Trade evaluation, they have the option of continuing to the prop firm and trading on a live account, or trading on a simulated trading account, the LiveSim®.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $1.52.40/8
“Virtual Starting Balance $50,000 Profit Goal $3,000 EOD Drawdown $2,000 Daily Loss Limit $1,100”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Trading days you must put inThey state there is none.2/2
“There is no minimum number of trading days required to pass.”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsa second attempt is discounted1/2
“The goal is to ensure that it’s always more affordable to reset an existing account than to purchase a new one.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target6%—
“Virtual Starting Balance $50,000 Profit Goal $3,000 EOD Drawdown $2,000 Daily Loss Limit $1,100”Days you have to finish
Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseThey do not say.no change0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.no change0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limit2.2%, measured on live equity, open trades includedno change0.30/2
“Daily loss is based on your Profit & Loss, including both open (real-time/unrealized), closed trades and commissions. It’s calculated daily from 5:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Central Time). The PnL resets at the beginning of the trading day and is taken from the balance you start the day with. For example, if your trading day starts with an Account Balance of $25,000, and the Daily Loss is -$550.”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed4%no change0.25/1
“Virtual Starting Balance $50,000 Profit Goal $3,000 EOD Drawdown $2,000 Daily Loss Limit $1,100”“Starting Balance $50,000 EOD Drawdown $2,000 Daily Loss Limit $1,100”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance—
“This continues until your Maximum Drawdown reaches the starting balance of your account, or in this case, $100,000, at which point it will no longer rise.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsit delays the payoutThey state there is none.3/3
“If you profit more than $900 in a single day, that does not end your evaluation or make you fail the process. It just means that you need to trade more, until this single day equals less than 30% of your total profits.”“No Consistency Requirement : There is no consistency rule on funded accounts. Traders may withdraw regardless of how their profits are distributed across trading days.”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for moneyThey state there is none.2/2
“No Minimum Trading Days: There are no minimum trading days required to be able to withdraw.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountno — it stays where it is0/2
“Gauntlet Mini™: Account Size 50% Profit Split 80% Profit Split LiveSim Max Withdrawal GM 50 Under $2,250 $2,250+ $5,000 GM 100 Under $3,000 $3,000+ $5,000 GM 150 Under $4,000 $4,000+ $5,000 GM 200 Under $5,000 $5,000+ $5,000”Profit required before the first requestThey state there is none.1/1
“No Buffer Requirement : There is no buffer requirement (apart from the minimum withdrawal requirement of $100, and the necessary requirement to deduct the activation fee from the first withdrawal).”How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay you$500/1
“Rise $50 per withdrawal for non-US customers”What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
LeverageNo such thing in this plan.no change—
“Up to ten micro contracts (MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K, MGC, MCL, M6B, M6E, MHG) count as only one standard contract toward this limit.”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How large it can getThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Where the path endsat a real market—
“The LiveSim® is meant as an optional intermediary step for successful evaluation candidates, and is meant as a bridge between trading on a simulator and trading on a live account.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
How hard the test is
Not the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
How much you must win to survivefor every $1 you are allowed to lose, you must make $1.52.40/8
“Virtual Starting Balance $50,000 Profit Goal $3,000 EOD Drawdown $2,000 Daily Loss Limit $1,100”A profit target only means something next to the room you are given to reach it. Ten per cent to make against ten to lose is a coin flip sold as an exam.
Trading days you must put inThey state there is none.2/2
“There is no minimum number of trading days required to pass.”Cuts both ways: it costs you time, and it also stops an account passing on one lucky afternoon you could never repeat.
A second attempt costsa second attempt is discounted1/2
“The goal is to ensure that it’s always more affordable to reset an existing account than to purchase a new one.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target6%—
“Virtual Starting Balance $50,000 Profit Goal $3,000 EOD Drawdown $2,000 Daily Loss Limit $1,100”Days you have to finish
Maximum loss
The loss limit that closes your account. Does it sit still, or does it climb behind you as you win?
What makes the loss limit riseThey do not say.no change0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.live equity, open trades included0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
“All rules, including trailing, use closed and open equity intraday.”Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limit2.2%, measured on live equity, open trades includedno change0.30/2
“Daily loss is based on your Profit & Loss, including both open (real-time/unrealized), closed trades and commissions. It’s calculated daily from 5:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Central Time). The PnL resets at the beginning of the trading day and is taken from the balance you start the day with. For example, if your trading day starts with an Account Balance of $25,000, and the Daily Loss is -$550.”A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed4%no change0.25/1
“Virtual Starting Balance $50,000 Profit Goal $3,000 EOD Drawdown $2,000 Daily Loss Limit $1,100”“Starting Balance $50,000 Trailing Drawdown $2,000 Daily Loss Limit $1,100”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Where the limit stops risingat your starting balance—
“This continues until your Maximum Drawdown reaches the starting balance of your account, or in this case, $100,000, at which point it will no longer rise.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account endsThey publish no ceiling.3/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The cap per withdrawal times how many they allow is the real size of the account. One plan here is sold on a $200,000 banner and closes after five withdrawals of $2,100.
What else a payout changesThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
The floor is not the only thing a withdrawal moves, and the rest of it is never on the same page. Position size, the consistency rule and the share you are paid all reset or shift at some firms, and a trader who checked only the drawdown finds out afterwards.
What breaking the consistency rule costsit delays the payoutThey state there is none.3/3
“If you profit more than $900 in a single day, that does not end your evaluation or make you fail the process. It just means that you need to trade more, until this single day equals less than 30% of your total profits.”“No Consistency Requirement : There is no consistency rule on funded accounts. Traders may withdraw regardless of how their profits are distributed across trading days.”Weighted by what it costs, not by existing: reading plan by plan, no consistency rule ever closed an account — they postponed the withdrawal.
Can it refuse without giving a reasonThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
“We may decline for any reason” is not a rule, it is the absence of one — it makes every other number on this axis conditional on goodwill.
Days before you can ask for moneyThey state there is none.2/2
“No Minimum Trading Days: There are no minimum trading days required to be able to withdraw.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay youThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
$2,000 is generous on a $25K account and a joke on a $200K one, so it is measured as a share and at the worst size sold.
Does that cap rise with the accountNo such thing in this plan.—
“Gauntlet Mini™: Account Size 50% Profit Split 80% Profit Split LiveSim Max Withdrawal GM 50 Under $2,250 $2,250+ $5,000 GM 100 Under $3,000 $3,000+ $5,000 GM 150 Under $4,000 $4,000+ $5,000 GM 200 Under $5,000 $5,000+ $5,000”Profit required before the first requestThey state there is none.1/1
“No Buffer Requirement : There is no buffer requirement (apart from the minimum withdrawal requirement of $100, and the necessary requirement to deduct the activation fee from the first withdrawal).”How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay you$500/1
“Rise $50 per withdrawal for non-US customers”What they charge you to pay you.
How you may trade
Can you trade the way you actually trade — around the news, over the weekend, at the size and speed you use?
Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be heldThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
LeverageNo such thing in this plan.no change—
“Up to ten micro contracts (MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K, MGC, MCL, M6B, M6E, MHG) count as only one standard contract toward this limit.”Limit on position sizeThey do not say.no change—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
No score here, on purpose. The six axes above ask whether the firm can take your money or refuse to pay it. These rules ask something else — whether you can trade your way — and the right weight depends on who is reading: a minimum holding time decides the account for a scalper and is invisible to anyone else, while the weekend rule is the reverse. A single number would be wrong for half of you, and would look decided. The firm’s own sentences are here; the judgement is yours.
How it grows
What makes the account get bigger, how big it can get, and whether the path ends at a real market or at a larger simulation.
What makes the account growThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
How large it can getThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Where the path endsat a real market—
“Once traders pass an Earn2Trade evaluation, they have the option of continuing to the prop firm and trading on a live account, or trading on a simulated trading account, the LiveSim®.”One of these questions is scored and it is not here. “Does the cap rise with the account” sits on the cash axis, next to the cap itself, because it has a right answer: a bigger account that pays the same cheque has handed you a larger number and the same money. The three below are different. A two-million ceiling is the whole point of the product for one reader and irrelevant to someone who wants one clean payout, so the firm’s sentences are here and the weight is yours.
The rules in writing
Could you read the rule before paying, and can they change it afterwards?
Where the rule that binds you is publishedin a help-centre article the contract never mentions1.20/4
“Both the Trader Career Path® and Gauntlet Mini™ require traders to adhere to a strict set of rules. Any deviation results in an evaluation failure, requiring a reset to continue.”If the rule that binds you lives in a help article your contract never mentions, you did not sign it.
Can it change the rules without noticeyes, and it says so0.60/3
“E2T reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this Agreement or its policies relating to the Service at any time, effective upon posting of an updated version of this Agreement on the Service.”The clause that makes every dated verdict perishable, including ours. Near-universal, so not fatal.
Is the binding document datedThey do not say.0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Without a date you cannot tell whether the rule you read is the rule they apply.
We compared their own pages against each other and found nothing that contradicts.
The company behind it
If it goes wrong, which company do you claim against, and under whose laws?
The company you contract withEarn2Trade LLCThey do not say.no change0/4
“Registered Office Earn2Trade LLC 30 N Gould St STE 4000, Sheridan, WY 82801”we read the page that should answer this and it does not
With no named company there is nobody to sue.
Where it is registeredWyoming, United StatesThey do not say.we did not read this stage0/2
“This Agreement shall be governed by Wyoming law and controlling United States federal law”we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A claim in the Czech Republic and a claim in St Vincent are not the same claim.
Its registration numberThey do not say.we did not read this stagewe did not read this stage0/2
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What turns a name into something checkable in a public register.
That company owns the brandno — the brand sits elsewhere0.40/2
“Upon successfully completing an evaluation, Earn2Trade verifies the results and forwards them to a proprietary trading partner (such as Helios Trading Partners or Appius Trading Limited).”Signing with a company other than the brand’s owner separates who sold to you from who answers to you.
The people behind it are namedyes2/2
“László Szarvadi CFO Robert Szalóki CTO”Named people can be looked up. A company on its own cannot always be.
Almost no firm here has a financial regulator, because selling simulated evaluations is not a regulated activity anywhere. Of the 114 firms we scored by hand, 96 sat in the bottom two rungs of backing for this reason. So we do not count it against anyone — it only adds when a firm genuinely has one.
The market
Do your orders reach a market, or is all of it a simulation?
What the funded account issimulated, with a published route to a live stage2/4
“Once traders pass an Earn2Trade evaluation, they have the option of continuing to the prop firm and trading on a live account, or trading on a simulated trading account, the LiveSim®.”The question that separates a firm that earns when you lose from one that earns when you last.
The broker or clearer namedDorman Trading3/3
“Depending on the proprietary trading firm which will onboard you, your Live accounts may be housed by the following entities: EdgeClear: https://edgeclear.com/ Dorman Trading:”Almost nobody names one, because almost no account reaches a market. It adds when present.
Conditions to reach a real marketpublished2/2
“$50,000 Starting Capital LIVE ACCOUNT Profit Goal : $3,000 Trailing Drawdown : $2,000 Daily Loss Limit : $1,100 Max Contracts : 6”Promising a route to a real market without publishing the conditions is promising nothing.
We read the rules of every plan it sells and issued a verdict on each one.