Elite Trader Funding
Eight products sold from one contract, and the contract is where the money is decided. Every plan freezes its floor once you bank the drawdown plus $100, which is the good half. The other half is that five payouts, fifty active days or $25,000 converts you to LIVE ELITE, and "Upon conversion, all Elite Sim-Funded Accounts will be closed and no payouts from those accounts will be owed."
The conversion fires on success, not on misconduct, and the firm may pull it "at any time, before, during, or after a payout request". The split falls from up to 100% in simulation to 80% on the only stage where the capital is real. The news window, a ten-second minimum holding time and a rule voiding any account that gains 20% and then loses 35% are in the Terms and on none of the six product pages. Static Drawdown has no saved page here, so its figures are unread rather than unstated.
Not enough published data to simulate this firm’s floor.
Crossed one of the seven hard bars. Open the row and it names which one, with the mechanism spelled out. This is not a low grade — no quantity of virtue elsewhere buys it off, which is why it carries no rank at all.
Disqualified for
Deletes profit you earned
Money already earned is taken back under ordinary trading — the balance itself goes down. Where the line sits matters twice over: a disclosed, avoidable anti-abuse rule that bites tick scalpers and nobody else is a penalty on the scorecard, not this; and a payout that moves your drawdown without touching your balance is the bar above, which used to be filed here and was the wrong accusation.
What they published
“Upon conversion, all Elite Sim-Funded Accounts will be closed and no payouts from those accounts will be owed.”“Any trading activity that deviates from these established guidelines may lead to termination of our Services to you, Account closure, revocation of/voiding any profits the Trader would otherwise be entitled to, and voided Active Trading Days.”“ETF reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to convert a Trader to a LIVE ELITE Account at any time, before, during, or after a payout request.”Plan by plan
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The floor follows unrealised profit, so giving back an open winner can fail the account before the trade closes. It stops chasing once you bank the drawdown plus $100. Six per cent to make against 2.6% of room at the 250K size.
The cheapest entry and the most expensive retry: a breach cannot be reset for $47 like the rest of the line, it costs a whole new evaluation. Twenty per cent to make against 5% of room.
A $500 floor set on day one that never moves, which is the strongest thing a futures plan can say about its drawdown. It is also the plan with no resets and a 20% target on 5% of room.
Open profit never ratchets the floor, but open losses still break it: an intraday dip fails the account immediately. The daily cap is 2.2% at both sizes and a hard breach unless you buy the TradeShield add-on.
A fixed floor that never trails and no daily loss limit, from the two rows the firm publishes about it elsewhere. Its own page was never fetched here, so its target, its dollar floors and its contract caps are unread rather than hidden.
The only evaluation that lets a position live overnight and through the weekend, and the daily cap counts open losses while it does. A gap against you can fail the account at the next open before you can act.
No evaluation at all: the account is sim-funded from purchase. It is the only ETF plan where a micro does not buy ten times the headroom of a mini, so the priciest product allows the smallest position.
The same product name and page as the plan above with the opposite floor: $5,000 fixed. It also allows fewer contracts than the 50K, three minis against five, which is only visible with the cards side by side.
Trustpilot
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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.
3/5
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.
2/5
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.
3/5
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 $2.30/8
“50K 1 Step
Balance $50,000
Live trailing drawdown $2,000
Profit target $3,000”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.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.3/3
“There are no time limits, and payout requests are approved daily.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in5 days1.60/2
“Pass the evaluation after a minimum of 5 trading days plus reaching the profit target. The One Day to Pass add-on can lift the 5-day requirement.”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
“If you breach the drawdown, reset from your dashboard for $47 instead of buying a brand-new account. Unlimited resets allowed during the evaluation.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target6%—
“50K 1 Step
Balance $50,000
Live trailing drawdown $2,000
Profit target $3,000”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 riseit rises tick by tick, while you tradewe did not read this stage0.75/3
“The maximum allowed loss trails your highest unrealized profit during the day. If your open P&L spikes and then gives back, the floor can have moved against you, even before the trade closes.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingsomewhere above your starting balance1.50/3
“They all use the same safety net, too: bank your drawdown amount plus $100 in realized profit and the drawdown is removed for payout eligibility.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstlive equity, open trades includedwe did not read this stage1/2
“Drawdown Type Live Trailing, Open and Realized Profit”Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitnothing — the limit stays where it was2/2
“On any given payout, Trader will not be able to withdraw from their Safety Net and the Safety Net must remain at the level specified in corresponding Account size found here.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.They do not say.0/2
“You are governed only by the live trailing drawdown. There is no separate per-day cap forcing you to stop trading early.”we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed2.6%we did not read this stage0/1
“250K 1 Step
Balance $250,000
Live trailing drawdown $6,500
Profit target $15,000
Max position 24 minis or 240 micros”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account ends5 in total0.60/3
“Traders are limited to a maximum of five (5) payouts, fifty (50) Active Trading Days (ATD), or payouts from ETF totaling $25,000 per Trader, whichever occurs first, before being automatically considered for transition to LIVE ELITE.”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 changesthe account ends · the day count starts over0/3
“Upon conversion, all Elite Sim-Funded Accounts will be closed and no payouts from those accounts will be owed.”“On standard Elite plans that is 8 for your first cycle and 10 for each one after; Direct to Funded varies by account size (5, 10, 15, or 20 per cycle).”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 costsThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
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 reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Because of this, it is the policy of ETF that, at the time of any withdrawal request, the total balance in the requesting traders’ Elite Account must not consist of an inordinate portion (the determination of which is at ETF’s sole discretion) of that balance being derived from a single trading day.”“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 money8 days2/2
“Min qualified days (1st payout) 8”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay you2.5% of the account, at worst0.50/2
“A $50K account, for instance, can request $100 to $1,250 in its first cycle and grows toward $2,000 in later cycles.”$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
“Each payout cycle has a $100 minimum and a maximum that scales with your account size and how many cycles you have completed.”Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
Profit required before the first request
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?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.you must be flat through it—
“Trading major economic events. ETF's policy is that at the time of only the major news or economic events listed here , all Elite Accounts must be flat 5 minutes before the event to 5 minutes after the event starts. Traders still in evaluation phase do not have this rule.”Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.we did not read this stage—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held10 secondswe did not read this stage—
“All trades executed by you on ETF’s platform shall have a minimum duration of ten (10) seconds—no exceptions”Forced close before the weekendnothing may stay open over the weekendwe did not read this stage—
“Diamond Hands is the only ETF evaluation that permits holding open futures positions across the overnight session and the weekend. Every other evaluation (1 Step, Static, EOD, Fast Track) requires you to flatten one minute before the instrument close on every trading day.”LeverageNo such thing in this plan.we did not read this stage—
“Elite Trader Funding is a futures prop firm that helps traders get funded to trade.”Limit on position size8 · 14 · 24we did not read this stage—
“Hard caps on contracts per account size: 8 minis at 50K, 14 at 100K, 24 at 250K. 1 mini equals 10 micros for position math. Going over the cap fails the account.”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 growpayouts taken—
“A $50K account, for instance, can request $100 to $1,250 in its first cycle and grows toward $2,000 in later cycles.”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Reach $25,000 in cumulative payouts and you move to LIVE ELITE: our own money in a live broker account, an 80/20 split, and daily payouts on business days.”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 $40/8
“10K Fast Track EOD
Balance $10,000
Drawdown $500 EOD trailing
Daily loss limit None
Profit target $2,000”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.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.3/3
“There are no time limits, and payout requests are approved daily.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in3 days2/2
“Pass after a minimum of 3 trading days plus reaching the $2,000 profit target. The One Day to Pass add-on is not available on Fast Track.”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 costsyou pay full price again0/2
“Fast Track evaluations cannot be reset. If you breach the drawdown, you purchase a new evaluation to try again.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target20%—
“10K Fast Track EOD
Balance $10,000
Drawdown $500 EOD trailing
Daily loss limit None
Profit target $2,000”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 riseit rises with the day's closing balancewe did not read this stage1.65/3
“Trails at session close, so only realized profit moves the floor.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingsomewhere above your starting balance1.50/3
“They all use the same safety net, too: bank your drawdown amount plus $100 in realized profit and the drawdown is removed for payout eligibility.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.we did not read this stage0/2
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 limitnothing — the limit stays where it was2/2
“On any given payout, Trader will not be able to withdraw from their Safety Net and the Safety Net must remain at the level specified in corresponding Account size found here.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.They do not say.0/2
“Fast Track does not impose a separate per-day cap. You are governed only by the drawdown style you picked.”we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed5%we did not read this stage0.25/1
“Balance $10,000
Drawdown $500 EOD trailing”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account ends5 in total0.60/3
“Traders are limited to a maximum of five (5) payouts, fifty (50) Active Trading Days (ATD), or payouts from ETF totaling $25,000 per Trader, whichever occurs first, before being automatically considered for transition to LIVE ELITE.”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 changesthe account ends · the day count starts over0/3
“Upon conversion, all Elite Sim-Funded Accounts will be closed and no payouts from those accounts will be owed.”“On standard Elite plans that is 8 for your first cycle and 10 for each one after; Direct to Funded varies by account size (5, 10, 15, or 20 per cycle).”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 costsThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
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 reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Because of this, it is the policy of ETF that, at the time of any withdrawal request, the total balance in the requesting traders’ Elite Account must not consist of an inordinate portion (the determination of which is at ETF’s sole discretion) of that balance being derived from a single trading day.”“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 money8 days2/2
“Min qualified days (1st payout) 8”How long your money is theirs.
Does that cap rise with the accountyes — a bigger account pays a bigger cheque2/2
“Each payout cycle has a $100 minimum and a maximum that scales with your account size and how many cycles you have completed.”Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
Most one withdrawal can pay you · Profit required before the first request
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?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.you must be flat through it—
“Trading major economic events. ETF's policy is that at the time of only the major news or economic events listed here , all Elite Accounts must be flat 5 minutes before the event to 5 minutes after the event starts. Traders still in evaluation phase do not have this rule.”Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.we did not read this stage—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held10 secondswe did not read this stage—
“All trades executed by you on ETF’s platform shall have a minimum duration of ten (10) seconds—no exceptions”Forced close before the weekendnothing may stay open over the weekendwe did not read this stage—
“Diamond Hands is the only ETF evaluation that permits holding open futures positions across the overnight session and the weekend. Every other evaluation (1 Step, Static, EOD, Fast Track) requires you to flatten one minute before the instrument close on every trading day.”LeverageNo such thing in this plan.we did not read this stage—
“Elite Trader Funding is a futures prop firm that helps traders get funded to trade.”Limit on position size1we did not read this stage—
“10K Fast Track EOD
Balance $10,000
Drawdown $500 EOD trailing
Daily loss limit None
Profit target $2,000
Max position 1 mini or 10 micros”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 growpayouts taken—
“A $50K account, for instance, can request $100 to $1,250 in its first cycle and grows toward $2,000 in later cycles.”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Reach $25,000 in cumulative payouts and you move to LIVE ELITE: our own money in a live broker account, an 80/20 split, and daily payouts on business days.”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 $40/8
“10K Fast Track Static
Balance $10,000
Drawdown $500 fixed
Daily loss limit None
Profit target $2,000”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.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.3/3
“There are no time limits, and payout requests are approved daily.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in3 days2/2
“Pass after a minimum of 3 trading days plus reaching the $2,000 profit target. The One Day to Pass add-on is not available on Fast Track.”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 costsyou pay full price again0/2
“Fast Track evaluations cannot be reset. If you breach the drawdown, you purchase a new evaluation to try again.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target20%—
“10K Fast Track Static
Balance $10,000
Drawdown $500 fixed
Daily loss limit None
Profit target $2,000”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 riseit does not move at allwe did not read this stage3/3
“Fixed at $500 from day one. It never moves.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
What the limit is measured againstthe day's closing figurewe did not read this stage2/2
“Your account can never close at or below $9,500. That floor is set on day one and never moves, even if you grow the account to $11,500.”Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitnothing — the limit stays where it was2/2
“On any given payout, Trader will not be able to withdraw from their Safety Net and the Safety Net must remain at the level specified in corresponding Account size found here.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.They do not say.0/2
“Fast Track does not impose a separate per-day cap. You are governed only by the drawdown style you picked.”we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed5%we did not read this stage0.25/1
“Balance $10,000
Drawdown $500 fixed”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Where the limit stops rising
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account ends5 in total0.60/3
“Traders are limited to a maximum of five (5) payouts, fifty (50) Active Trading Days (ATD), or payouts from ETF totaling $25,000 per Trader, whichever occurs first, before being automatically considered for transition to LIVE ELITE.”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 changesthe account ends · the day count starts over0/3
“Upon conversion, all Elite Sim-Funded Accounts will be closed and no payouts from those accounts will be owed.”“On standard Elite plans that is 8 for your first cycle and 10 for each one after; Direct to Funded varies by account size (5, 10, 15, or 20 per cycle).”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 costsThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
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 reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Because of this, it is the policy of ETF that, at the time of any withdrawal request, the total balance in the requesting traders’ Elite Account must not consist of an inordinate portion (the determination of which is at ETF’s sole discretion) of that balance being derived from a single trading day.”“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 money8 days2/2
“Min qualified days (1st payout) 8”How long your money is theirs.
Does that cap rise with the accountyes — a bigger account pays a bigger cheque2/2
“Each payout cycle has a $100 minimum and a maximum that scales with your account size and how many cycles you have completed.”Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
Most one withdrawal can pay you · Profit required before the first request
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?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.you must be flat through it—
“Trading major economic events. ETF's policy is that at the time of only the major news or economic events listed here , all Elite Accounts must be flat 5 minutes before the event to 5 minutes after the event starts. Traders still in evaluation phase do not have this rule.”Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.we did not read this stage—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held10 secondswe did not read this stage—
“All trades executed by you on ETF’s platform shall have a minimum duration of ten (10) seconds—no exceptions”Forced close before the weekendnothing may stay open over the weekendwe did not read this stage—
“Diamond Hands is the only ETF evaluation that permits holding open futures positions across the overnight session and the weekend. Every other evaluation (1 Step, Static, EOD, Fast Track) requires you to flatten one minute before the instrument close on every trading day.”LeverageNo such thing in this plan.we did not read this stage—
“Elite Trader Funding is a futures prop firm that helps traders get funded to trade.”Limit on position size1we did not read this stage—
“10K Fast Track Static
Balance $10,000
Drawdown $500 fixed
Daily loss limit None
Profit target $2,000
Max position 1 mini or 10 micros”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 growpayouts taken—
“A $50K account, for instance, can request $100 to $1,250 in its first cycle and grows toward $2,000 in later cycles.”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Reach $25,000 in cumulative payouts and you move to LIVE ELITE: our own money in a live broker account, an 80/20 split, and daily payouts on business days.”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 $1.70.80/8
“50K End of Day
Balance $50,000
EOD trailing drawdown $2,000
Daily loss limit $1,100
Profit target $3,000”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.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.3/3
“There are no time limits, and payout requests are approved daily.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in5 days1.60/2
“Min trading days (eval) 5”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
“If you breach the drawdown or daily loss limit, reset from your dashboard for $47 instead of buying a brand-new account. Unlimited resets allowed during the evaluation.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target6%—
“50K End of Day
Balance $50,000
EOD trailing drawdown $2,000
Daily loss limit $1,100
Profit target $3,000”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 riseit rises with the day's closing balancewe did not read this stage1.65/3
“The maximum allowed loss trails your highest end-of-day realized balance. Open profit never moves the floor up; only a higher closed balance at session close does. Open losses still count: an intraday dip that touches the floor or the daily loss limit fails the account.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingsomewhere above your starting balance1.50/3
“They all use the same safety net, too: bank your drawdown amount plus $100 in realized profit and the drawdown is removed for payout eligibility.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstlive equity, open trades includedwe did not read this stage1/2
“The floor never moves up intraday: open profit does not ratchet it, only a higher realized balance at session close does. Open losses are different: an intraday dip that touches your trailing floor or your daily loss limit fails the account immediately, even on an open position.”Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitnothing — the limit stays where it was2/2
“On any given payout, Trader will not be able to withdraw from their Safety Net and the Safety Net must remain at the level specified in corresponding Account size found here.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limit2.2%, measured on live equity, open trades includedThey do not say.0/2
“Each size has a per-day loss cap ($1,100 at 50K, $2,200 at 100K). Touch it and the account is failed immediately, even if your trailing drawdown is fine.”we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed3.5%we did not read this stage0/1
“Balance $100,000
EOD trailing drawdown $3,500”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account ends5 in total0.60/3
“Traders are limited to a maximum of five (5) payouts, fifty (50) Active Trading Days (ATD), or payouts from ETF totaling $25,000 per Trader, whichever occurs first, before being automatically considered for transition to LIVE ELITE.”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 changesthe account ends · the day count starts over0/3
“Upon conversion, all Elite Sim-Funded Accounts will be closed and no payouts from those accounts will be owed.”“On standard Elite plans that is 8 for your first cycle and 10 for each one after; Direct to Funded varies by account size (5, 10, 15, or 20 per cycle).”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 costsThey state there is none.3/3
“You are not required to spread profits evenly across days. One strong session does not penalize the next one.”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 reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Because of this, it is the policy of ETF that, at the time of any withdrawal request, the total balance in the requesting traders’ Elite Account must not consist of an inordinate portion (the determination of which is at ETF’s sole discretion) of that balance being derived from a single trading day.”“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 money8 days2/2
“Min qualified days (1st payout) 8”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay you2.5% of the account, at worst0.50/2
“A $50K account, for instance, can request $100 to $1,250 in its first cycle and grows toward $2,000 in later cycles.”$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
“Each payout cycle has a $100 minimum and a maximum that scales with your account size and how many cycles you have completed.”Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
Profit required before the first request
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?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.you must be flat through it—
“Trading major economic events. ETF's policy is that at the time of only the major news or economic events listed here , all Elite Accounts must be flat 5 minutes before the event to 5 minutes after the event starts. Traders still in evaluation phase do not have this rule.”Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.we did not read this stage—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held10 secondswe did not read this stage—
“All trades executed by you on ETF’s platform shall have a minimum duration of ten (10) seconds—no exceptions”Forced close before the weekendnothing may stay open over the weekendwe did not read this stage—
“All trades must be closed one minute before market close on the instrument you are trading. EOD plans do not allow overnight positions. For that, see Diamond Hands.”LeverageNo such thing in this plan.we did not read this stage—
“Elite Trader Funding is a futures prop firm that helps traders get funded to trade.”Limit on position size8 · 14we did not read this stage—
“50K End of Day
Balance $50,000
EOD trailing drawdown $2,000
Daily loss limit $1,100
Profit target $3,000
Max position 8 minis or 80 micros
100K End of Day
Balance $100,000
EOD trailing drawdown $3,500
Daily loss limit $2,200
Profit target $6,000
Max position 14 minis or 140 micros”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 growpayouts taken—
“A $50K account, for instance, can request $100 to $1,250 in its first cycle and grows toward $2,000 in later cycles.”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Reach $25,000 in cumulative payouts and you move to LIVE ELITE: our own money in a live broker account, an 80/20 split, and daily payouts on business days.”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
we did not read enough to sayNot the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.3/3
“There are no time limits, and payout requests are approved daily.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Below 60% read we publish no number at all, because a grade computed from two facts out of six is not a lenient grade — it is a different measurement wearing the same label.
How much you must win to survive · Profit target · Trading days you must put in · A second attempt costs
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 riseit does not move at allwe did not read this stage3/3
“Static: a fixed dollar floor set on day one that never trails, so every dollar of profit becomes permanent cushion. Used on Static Drawdown and the 100K Direct to Funded.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
What taking a payout does to the limitnothing — the limit stays where it was2/2
“On any given payout, Trader will not be able to withdraw from their Safety Net and the Safety Net must remain at the level specified in corresponding Account size found here.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.They do not say.0/2
“Static Drawdown Static (fixed) None 10K, 25K, 50K”we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
What the limit is measured against · Where the limit stops rising · Total loss allowed
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account ends5 in total0.60/3
“Traders are limited to a maximum of five (5) payouts, fifty (50) Active Trading Days (ATD), or payouts from ETF totaling $25,000 per Trader, whichever occurs first, before being automatically considered for transition to LIVE ELITE.”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 changesthe account ends · the day count starts over0/3
“Upon conversion, all Elite Sim-Funded Accounts will be closed and no payouts from those accounts will be owed.”“On standard Elite plans that is 8 for your first cycle and 10 for each one after; Direct to Funded varies by account size (5, 10, 15, or 20 per cycle).”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 costsThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
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 reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Because of this, it is the policy of ETF that, at the time of any withdrawal request, the total balance in the requesting traders’ Elite Account must not consist of an inordinate portion (the determination of which is at ETF’s sole discretion) of that balance being derived from a single trading day.”“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.
Does that cap rise with the accountyes — a bigger account pays a bigger cheque2/2
“Each payout cycle has a $100 minimum and a maximum that scales with your account size and how many cycles you have completed.”Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
Days before you can ask for money · Most one withdrawal can pay you · Profit required before the first request
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?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.you must be flat through it—
“Trading major economic events. ETF's policy is that at the time of only the major news or economic events listed here , all Elite Accounts must be flat 5 minutes before the event to 5 minutes after the event starts. Traders still in evaluation phase do not have this rule.”Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.we did not read this stage—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held10 secondswe did not read this stage—
“All trades executed by you on ETF’s platform shall have a minimum duration of ten (10) seconds—no exceptions”Forced close before the weekendnothing may stay open over the weekendwe did not read this stage—
“Diamond Hands is the only ETF evaluation that permits holding open futures positions across the overnight session and the weekend. Every other evaluation (1 Step, Static, EOD, Fast Track) requires you to flatten one minute before the instrument close on every trading day.”LeverageNo such thing in this plan.we did not read this stage—
“Elite Trader Funding is a futures prop firm that helps traders get funded to trade.”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 growpayouts taken—
“A $50K account, for instance, can request $100 to $1,250 in its first cycle and grows toward $2,000 in later cycles.”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Reach $25,000 in cumulative payouts and you move to LIVE ELITE: our own money in a live broker account, an 80/20 split, and daily payouts on business days.”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 $1.42.40/8
“100K Diamond Hands
Balance $100,000
EOD trailing drawdown $3,500
Daily loss limit $1,500
Profit target $5,000
Max position 2 minis or 20 micros”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.
Days you have to finishThey state there is none.3/3
“There are no time limits, and payout requests are approved daily.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put in5 days1.60/2
“Pass the evaluation after a minimum of 5 trading days plus reaching the $5,000 profit target.”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
“If you breach the drawdown or daily loss limit, reset from your dashboard for $47 instead of buying a brand-new account. Unlimited resets allowed during the evaluation.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit target5%—
“100K Diamond Hands
Balance $100,000
EOD trailing drawdown $3,500
Daily loss limit $1,500
Profit target $5,000
Max position 2 minis or 20 micros”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 riseit rises with the day's closing balancewe did not read this stage1.65/3
“Drawdown style EOD trailing The floor only moves at session close, on realized P&L. While you hold an overnight position the floor does not chase you; when you close, the realized P&L updates it as normal.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingsomewhere above your starting balance1.50/3
“They all use the same safety net, too: bank your drawdown amount plus $100 in realized profit and the drawdown is removed for payout eligibility.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstlive equity, open trades includedwe did not read this stage1/2
“The maximum allowed loss trails your highest end-of-day realized balance. Open profit never moves the floor up. Only a higher closed balance at session close does. Open losses still count: an intraday dip that touches the floor or the daily loss limit fails the account, even on a position held overnight.”Decides whether a trade that dips and recovers can close an account that ended the day green.
What taking a payout does to the limitnothing — the limit stays where it was2/2
“On any given payout, Trader will not be able to withdraw from their Safety Net and the Safety Net must remain at the level specified in corresponding Account size found here.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limit1.5%, measured on live equity, open trades includedThey do not say.0/2
“Your starting balance is $100,000, your EOD trailing drawdown is $3,500, your daily loss limit is $1,500, and your profit target is $5,000.
Starting balance $100,000
EOD drawdown $3,500 End-of-day trailing floor.
Daily loss limit $1,500 Hard breach, counts open losses intraday.”we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed3.5%we did not read this stage0/1
“Your starting balance is $100,000, your EOD trailing drawdown is $3,500, your daily loss limit is $1,500, and your profit target is $5,000.
Starting balance $100,000
EOD drawdown $3,500 End-of-day trailing floor.
Daily loss limit $1,500 Hard breach, counts open losses intraday.”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account ends5 in total0.60/3
“Traders are limited to a maximum of five (5) payouts, fifty (50) Active Trading Days (ATD), or payouts from ETF totaling $25,000 per Trader, whichever occurs first, before being automatically considered for transition to LIVE ELITE.”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 changesthe account ends · the day count starts over0/3
“Upon conversion, all Elite Sim-Funded Accounts will be closed and no payouts from those accounts will be owed.”“On standard Elite plans that is 8 for your first cycle and 10 for each one after; Direct to Funded varies by account size (5, 10, 15, or 20 per cycle).”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 costsThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
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 reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Because of this, it is the policy of ETF that, at the time of any withdrawal request, the total balance in the requesting traders’ Elite Account must not consist of an inordinate portion (the determination of which is at ETF’s sole discretion) of that balance being derived from a single trading day.”“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 money8 days2/2
“Min qualified days (1st payout) 8”How long your money is theirs.
Does that cap rise with the accountyes — a bigger account pays a bigger cheque2/2
“Each payout cycle has a $100 minimum and a maximum that scales with your account size and how many cycles you have completed.”Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
Most one withdrawal can pay you · Profit required before the first request
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?
Restriction around the newsThey state there is none.you must be flat through it—
“Trading major economic events. ETF's policy is that at the time of only the major news or economic events listed here , all Elite Accounts must be flat 5 minutes before the event to 5 minutes after the event starts. Traders still in evaluation phase do not have this rule.”Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.we did not read this stage—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held10 secondswe did not read this stage—
“All trades executed by you on ETF’s platform shall have a minimum duration of ten (10) seconds—no exceptions”Forced close before the weekendThey state there is none.we did not read this stage—
“Open positions can also stay live across the weekend. Plan accordingly, because gap risk is yours.”LeverageNo such thing in this plan.we did not read this stage—
“Elite Trader Funding is a futures prop firm that helps traders get funded to trade.”Limit on position size2we did not read this stage—
“100K Diamond Hands
Balance $100,000
EOD trailing drawdown $3,500
Daily loss limit $1,500
Profit target $5,000
Max position 2 minis or 20 micros”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 growpayouts taken—
“A $50K account, for instance, can request $100 to $1,250 in its first cycle and grows toward $2,000 in later cycles.”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Reach $25,000 in cumulative payouts and you move to LIVE ELITE: our own money in a live broker account, an 80/20 split, and daily payouts on business days.”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
we did not read enough to sayNot the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
Days you have to finishNo such thing in this plan.—
“There is no evaluation to pass. You pay once at purchase and start trading immediately in the same sim-funded environment a passing evaluation would have unlocked.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put inNo such thing in this plan.—
“Min trading days (eval) None (skip phase)”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 costsNo such thing in this plan.—
“Evaluation phase None. Start trading immediately in a sim-funded account.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit targetNo such thing in this plan.—
“DTF starts in a sim-funded account. There is no Phase 1 and no profit target to unlock activation. The activation is immediate at purchase.”Below 60% read we publish no number at all, because a grade computed from two facts out of six is not a lenient grade — it is a different measurement wearing the same label.
How much you must win to survive
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 riseit rises with the day's closing balancewe did not read this stage1.65/3
“You are governed only by the drawdown style for the size you bought. The 10K Mini Inferno and 50K use an end-of-day trailing drawdown; 100K uses a $5,000 fixed drawdown.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
Where the limit stops risingsomewhere above your starting balance1.50/3
“They all use the same safety net, too: bank your drawdown amount plus $100 in realized profit and the drawdown is removed for payout eligibility.”The difference between a danger with an end date and one that never ends.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.we did not read this stage0/2
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 limitnothing — the limit stays where it was2/2
“On any given payout, Trader will not be able to withdraw from their Safety Net and the Safety Net must remain at the level specified in corresponding Account size found here.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.They do not say.0/2
“You are governed only by the drawdown style for the size you bought. The 10K Mini Inferno and 50K use an end-of-day trailing drawdown; 100K uses a $5,000 fixed drawdown.”we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed10%we did not read this stage1/1
“Balance $50,000
Drawdown $5,000 EOD trailing”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account ends5 in total0.60/3
“Traders are limited to a maximum of five (5) payouts, fifty (50) Active Trading Days (ATD), or payouts from ETF totaling $25,000 per Trader, whichever occurs first, before being automatically considered for transition to LIVE ELITE.”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 changesthe account ends · the day count starts over0/3
“Upon conversion, all Elite Sim-Funded Accounts will be closed and no payouts from those accounts will be owed.”“On standard Elite plans that is 8 for your first cycle and 10 for each one after; Direct to Funded varies by account size (5, 10, 15, or 20 per cycle).”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 costsThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
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 reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Because of this, it is the policy of ETF that, at the time of any withdrawal request, the total balance in the requesting traders’ Elite Account must not consist of an inordinate portion (the determination of which is at ETF’s sole discretion) of that balance being derived from a single trading day.”“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 money5 days2/2
“The 10K Mini Inferno is the quickest path to a payout in the DTF lineup: just 5 Active Trade Days and a $1,600 safety net, versus 15 on the 50K and 20 on the 100K. Your starting balance is $10,000, your EOD trailing drawdown is $1,500, and your safety net to first payout is $1,600.”How long your money is theirs.
Most one withdrawal can pay you12.0% of the account, at worst2/2
“You have cleared the $1,600 safety net (your $1,500 max drawdown + $100) with the minimum qualifying days satisfied, so you are eligible for your first payout, up to $1,200 per cycle on the 10K.”$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
“Each payout cycle has a $100 minimum and a maximum that scales with your account size and how many cycles you have completed.”Profit required before the first request16%0/1
“The 10K Mini Inferno is the quickest path to a payout in the DTF lineup: just 5 Active Trade Days and a $1,600 safety net, versus 15 on the 50K and 20 on the 100K. Your starting balance is $10,000, your EOD trailing drawdown is $1,500, and your safety net to first payout is $1,600.”How much you have to make before you can touch anything.
Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
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?
Restriction around the newsyou must be flat through it—
“Trading major economic events. ETF's policy is that at the time of only the major news or economic events listed here , all Elite Accounts must be flat 5 minutes before the event to 5 minutes after the event starts. Traders still in evaluation phase do not have this rule.”Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held10 seconds—
“All trades executed by you on ETF’s platform shall have a minimum duration of ten (10) seconds—no exceptions”Forced close before the weekendThey state there is none.—
“DTF permits swing trading, so you can carry open positions across the overnight session and the weekend, with no flatten-before-close requirement.”LeverageNo such thing in this plan.—
“Elite Trader Funding is a futures prop firm that helps traders get funded to trade.”Limit on position size2 · 5—
“10K Mini Inferno
Balance $10,000
Drawdown $1,500 EOD trailing
Profit target $1,600
Max position 2 minis or 2 micros
50K Direct to Funded
Balance $50,000
Drawdown $5,000 EOD trailing
Profit target $5,100
Max position 5 minis or 5 micros”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 growpayouts taken—
“A $50K account, for instance, can request $100 to $1,250 in its first cycle and grows toward $2,000 in later cycles.”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Reach $25,000 in cumulative payouts and you move to LIVE ELITE: our own money in a live broker account, an 80/20 split, and daily payouts on business days.”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
we did not read enough to sayNot the profit target on the sales page — that target measured against the room you are given to reach it.
Days you have to finishNo such thing in this plan.—
“There is no evaluation to pass. You pay once at purchase and start trading immediately in the same sim-funded environment a passing evaluation would have unlocked.”A deadline turns a test of skill into a test of whether the market happened to move during your month.
Trading days you must put inNo such thing in this plan.—
“Min trading days (eval) None (skip phase)”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 costsNo such thing in this plan.—
“Evaluation phase None. Start trading immediately in a sim-funded account.”A free second attempt turns one bad week into a delay instead of another invoice.
Profit targetNo such thing in this plan.—
“DTF starts in a sim-funded account. There is no Phase 1 and no profit target to unlock activation. The activation is immediate at purchase.”Below 60% read we publish no number at all, because a grade computed from two facts out of six is not a lenient grade — it is a different measurement wearing the same label.
How much you must win to survive
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 riseit does not move at allwe did not read this stage3/3
“Static: a fixed dollar floor set on day one that never trails, so every dollar of profit becomes permanent cushion. Used on Static Drawdown and the 100K Direct to Funded.”A limit that climbs takes back the cushion you already earned.
What the limit is measured againstThey do not say.we did not read this stage0/2
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 limitnothing — the limit stays where it was2/2
“On any given payout, Trader will not be able to withdraw from their Safety Net and the Safety Net must remain at the level specified in corresponding Account size found here.”Taking your money out should not leave you closer to losing the account.
Daily limitThey state there is none.They do not say.0/2
“You are governed only by the drawdown style for the size you bought. The 10K Mini Inferno and 50K use an end-of-day trailing drawdown; 100K uses a $5,000 fixed drawdown.”we read the page that should answer this and it does not
A generous percentage measured on live equity is not generous — it is the same number with a trapdoor under it.
Total loss allowed5%we did not read this stage0.25/1
“Balance $100,000
Drawdown $5,000 fixed”How much room you have. Worth little, because almost every firm offers the same.
Where the limit stops rising
Withdrawing
How much can leave the account, how soon, how often — and whether they can say no.
Withdrawals before the account ends5 in total0.60/3
“Traders are limited to a maximum of five (5) payouts, fifty (50) Active Trading Days (ATD), or payouts from ETF totaling $25,000 per Trader, whichever occurs first, before being automatically considered for transition to LIVE ELITE.”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 changesthe account ends · the day count starts over0/3
“Upon conversion, all Elite Sim-Funded Accounts will be closed and no payouts from those accounts will be owed.”“On standard Elite plans that is 8 for your first cycle and 10 for each one after; Direct to Funded varies by account size (5, 10, 15, or 20 per cycle).”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 costsThey do not say.0/3
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
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 reasonyes — it reserves that right in writing0/3
“Because of this, it is the policy of ETF that, at the time of any withdrawal request, the total balance in the requesting traders’ Elite Account must not consist of an inordinate portion (the determination of which is at ETF’s sole discretion) of that balance being derived from a single trading day.”“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 money20 days1.60/2
“The 10K Mini Inferno is the quickest path to a payout in the DTF lineup: just 5 Active Trade Days and a $1,600 safety net, versus 15 on the 50K and 20 on the 100K. Your starting balance is $10,000, your EOD trailing drawdown is $1,500, and your safety net to first payout is $1,600.”How long your money is theirs.
Does that cap rise with the accountyes — a bigger account pays a bigger cheque2/2
“Each payout cycle has a $100 minimum and a maximum that scales with your account size and how many cycles you have completed.”Fee charged to pay youThey do not say.0/1
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
What they charge you to pay you.
Most one withdrawal can pay you · Profit required before the first request
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?
Restriction around the newsyou must be flat through it—
“Trading major economic events. ETF's policy is that at the time of only the major news or economic events listed here , all Elite Accounts must be flat 5 minutes before the event to 5 minutes after the event starts. Traders still in evaluation phase do not have this rule.”Mandatory stop-lossThey do not say.—
we read the page that should answer this and it does not
Minimum time a trade must be held10 seconds—
“All trades executed by you on ETF’s platform shall have a minimum duration of ten (10) seconds—no exceptions”Forced close before the weekendThey state there is none.—
“DTF permits swing trading, so you can carry open positions across the overnight session and the weekend, with no flatten-before-close requirement.”LeverageNo such thing in this plan.—
“Elite Trader Funding is a futures prop firm that helps traders get funded to trade.”Limit on position size3—
“100K Direct to Funded
Balance $100,000
Drawdown $5,000 fixed
Profit target $5,100
Max position 3 minis or 3 micros”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 growpayouts taken—
“A $50K account, for instance, can request $100 to $1,250 in its first cycle and grows toward $2,000 in later cycles.”Where the path endsat a real market—
“Reach $25,000 in cumulative payouts and you move to LIVE ELITE: our own money in a live broker account, an 80/20 split, and daily payouts on business days.”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 the document its own contract points at4/4
“These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) are a binding contract between you and Elite Trader Funding LLC. (“Elite Trader Funding”, “ETF”, “we” and “us”).”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
“ETF reserves the right at any time to limit access to, modify, change or discontinue any aspect of the Services, Terms, or Agreement, with or without notice to you and we shall not be liable in any manner to you for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services.”The clause that makes every dated verdict perishable, including ours. Near-universal, so not fatal.
Is the binding document datedyes2/2
“Last updated: July 13, 2026”Without a date you cannot tell whether the rule you read is the rule they apply.
Two official pages that disagree
the payout terms · costs money
“Hit it and you transition to LIVE ELITE, where you trade real capital on an 80/20 split with uncapped payouts, daily withdrawals on business days, a $250 minimum, and our 48-hour payout approval guarantee.”“Traders may only request payouts from reserve amounts held in a LIVE ELITE Account thirty (30) ATDs after the Trader’s previous payout, and ETF shall only honor such payout requests if that Trader’s Account is in the positive and above the amounts initially allocated to that Account.”the payout terms · costs money
“Max withdrawal / payout cycle Up to $3,000”“A $50K account, for instance, can request $100 to $1,250 in its first cycle and grows toward $2,000 in later cycles.”whether the account reaches a real market · costs money
“Elite Trader Funding is a futures prop firm that helps traders get funded to trade. Choose from six trading evaluations, prove your strategy, and earn a funded trading account with real capital from $10,000 to $150,000.”“Providing traders with an opportunity to earn live funding based on their trading performance in simulated accounts.”the account size or the speed · costs credibility
“Get Funded to Trade Futures with Accounts up to $150K”“Choose the evaluation that fits your style, on an account from 10K to 250K.”the account size or the speed · costs credibility
“An end-of-day trailing drawdown that only moves on realized profit, plus a hard-breach daily loss limit. 50K and 100K sizes, no consistency rule.”“End of Day End-of-day trailing Yes ($1,100 to $2,200 by size) 50K, 100K, 150K”The company behind it
If it goes wrong, which company do you claim against, and under whose laws?
The company you contract withElite Trader Funding LLCwe did not read this stageElite Trader Funding LLC4/4
“These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) are a binding contract between you and Elite Trader Funding LLC. (“Elite Trader Funding”, “ETF”, “we” and “us”).”“All LIVE ELITE Accounts are established, funded, and owned by ETF as well as any capital ETF contributed to such Accounts.”With no named company there is nobody to sue.
Where it is registeredwe did not read this stageDelawarewe did not read this stage1/2
“THESE TERMS ARE GOVERNED BY AND WILL BE CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, UNITED STATES, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF.”A claim in the Czech Republic and a claim in St Vincent are not the same claim.
Its registration numberwe did not read this stageThey do not say.we 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 brandyes2/2
“ETF grants no license to the use of its intellectual property unless otherwise agreed to in writing by ETF.”Signing with a company other than the brand’s owner separates who sold to you from who answers to you.
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 people behind it are named
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
“Providing traders with an opportunity to earn live funding based on their trading performance in simulated accounts.”The question that separates a firm that earns when you lose from one that earns when you last.
Conditions to reach a real marketpublished2/2
“Traders are limited to a maximum of five (5) payouts, fifty (50) Active Trading Days (ATD), or payouts from ETF totaling $25,000 per Trader, whichever occurs first, before being automatically considered for transition to LIVE ELITE.”Promising a route to a real market without publishing the conditions is promising nothing.
Almost none names a broker or a clearing house either, and that follows from the account being a simulation rather than being a second, separate failing. Charging for both would count one fact twice.
We read the rules of every plan it sells and issued a verdict on each one.