Rank #8 of 16 · reviewed September 2026
Earn2Trade review
The trustworthy tortoise: 10 years old, honest pass-rate disclosure, weekly payouts
The verdict
This Earn2Trade review is based on the firm's current rulebook, payout policy and reputation record as of September 2026 — scored the same way we score all 16 firms we track.
The trustworthy tortoise: ~10 years operating, honest published pass rates (8.89% in 2025), EOD drawdown in eval, weekly payouts from $100 with no funded consistency rule, and a genuine path to real live capital. The split is no longer a straight 80/20: on evaluations bought from 2026-07-06 onward, 80/20 only applies to withdrawal requests at or above a size-based threshold, and anything below it pays 50/50. The hard daily loss limit, the LiveSim ceiling (the stage runs only to the first $5,000 of profit, $4,000 net) and slower scaling make it a diversifier or safe anchor, not a primary.
Trustpilot 4.7/5 (~4,800 reviews) — highest tier among futures firms; 10-year clean payout record, no rug-pull or mass-denial history; PropScorer 59/100 only on price-per-drawdown
What's good
- 10-year track record, cleanest reputation in the group
- EOD drawdown in eval; weekly payouts from $100
- No minimum trading days, no funded consistency rule
- Path to real live capital; honest published pass rates
What's not
- Expensive per unit of drawdown (the 150K package carries only $4,500 of drawdown)
- Hard daily loss limit can end the account in one bad day
- LiveSim stage ends at the first $5,000 of profit ($4,000 net) — withdrawals are capped until it converts
- Live accounts switch to intraday trailing and pay real data fees
- Accounts bought from 2026-07-06 pay 50/50 on any withdrawal below the size-based threshold, so small withdrawals cost half the profit
Who Earn2Trade is for
- Trust-first traders who'd rather pay a bit more for the industry's longest track record.
- First-eval traders — the rules are forgiving enough that a rookie mistake doesn't instantly torch the account.
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Every Earn2Trade plan and size, side by side
Pulled from Earn2Trade's official pricing and rules pages, re-verified 2026-09-30. Drawdown column shows eval → funded when the type changes after passing (⚠ = it does).
| Plan | Size | Price | Reset | Target | Min days | Drawdown | Consistency (eval) | PA fee | Buffer | Min days to payout | Min withdrawal | Consistency (funded) | Payouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gauntlet Mini | 50K | $68/mopromo ends 2026-09-30 | $60 | $3,000 | 0 | EOD → intraday ⚠ | 30% | $139 | $0 | 0 | $100 | — | Weekly. Firm wording: 'Withdrawals are processed weekly on Wednesdays via Rise or other platforms. Requests must be emailed to the proprietary firm by 2:00 PM CT on the preceding Friday.' Minimum net withdrawal $100. Withdrawal fees: Rise $50 non-US or 1.5% US, Deel $50, Bayzat $5 to $40, direct crypto 0.735%. |
| Gauntlet Mini | 100K | $126/mopromo ends 2026-09-30 | $100 | $6,000 | 0 | EOD → intraday ⚠ | 30% | $139 | $0 | 0 | $100 | — | Weekly, processed Wednesdays; requests due by 2:00 PM CT the preceding Friday. Minimum net withdrawal $100. Withdrawal fees: Rise $50 non-US or 1.5% US, Deel $50, Bayzat $5 to $40, direct crypto 0.735%. |
| Gauntlet Mini | 150K | $150/mopromo ends 2026-09-30 | $130 | $9,000 | 0 | EOD → intraday ⚠ | 30% | $139 | $0 | 0 | $100 | — | Weekly, processed Wednesdays; requests due by 2:00 PM CT the preceding Friday. Minimum net withdrawal $100. Withdrawal fees: Rise $50 non-US or 1.5% US, Deel $50, Bayzat $5 to $40, direct crypto 0.735%. |
| Gauntlet Mini | 200K | $220/mopromo ends 2026-09-30 | $155 | $11,000 | 0 | EOD → intraday ⚠ | 30% | $139 | $0 | 0 | $100 | — | Weekly, processed Wednesdays; requests due by 2:00 PM CT the preceding Friday. Minimum net withdrawal $100. Withdrawal fees: Rise $50 non-US or 1.5% US, Deel $50, Bayzat $5 to $40, direct crypto 0.735%. |
| Trader Career Path | 25K | $60/mopromo ends 2026-09-30 | $55 | $1,750 | 0 | EOD → intraday ⚠ | 30% | $139 | $0 | 0 | $100 | — | Weekly, processed Wednesdays; requests due by 2:00 PM CT the preceding Friday. Minimum net withdrawal $100. Withdrawal fees: Rise $50 non-US or 1.5% US, Deel $50, Bayzat $5 to $40, direct crypto 0.735%. |
| Trader Career Path | 50K | $76/mopromo ends 2026-09-30 | $65 | $3,000 | 0 | EOD → intraday ⚠ | 30% | $139 | $0 | 0 | $100 | — | Weekly, processed Wednesdays; requests due by 2:00 PM CT the preceding Friday. Minimum net withdrawal $100. Withdrawal fees: Rise $50 non-US or 1.5% US, Deel $50, Bayzat $5 to $40, direct crypto 0.735%. |
| Trader Career Path | 100K | $140/mopromo ends 2026-09-30 | $100 | $6,000 | 0 | EOD → intraday ⚠ | 30% | $139 | $0 | 0 | $100 | — | Weekly, processed Wednesdays; requests due by 2:00 PM CT the preceding Friday. Minimum net withdrawal $100. Withdrawal fees: Rise $50 non-US or 1.5% US, Deel $50, Bayzat $5 to $40, direct crypto 0.735%. |
Gauntlet Mini: what changes when you pass
What changes from evaluation to funded: (1) DRAWDOWN MODE: the evaluation uses EOD drawdown ($2,000) and the funded LiveSim keeps EOD drawdown ($2,000), but the funded LIVE account switches to a Trailing Drawdown of $2,000, i.e. intraday rather than end of day. Earn2Trade's product comparison chart states the mode per stage as 'Trader Career Path (evaluation): EOD / Gauntlet Mini (evaluation): EOD / LiveSim: EOD / Live: Trailing'. (2) CONSISTENCY: the 30% Maintain Consistency rule applies during the evaluation phase only; both funded cards state 'No Consistency Requirement', and help article 3849975 confirms 'The Maintain Consistency rule does not apply on the LiveSim and/or Live accounts.' (3) SUBSCRIPTION: both funded cards state 'No Monthly Subscription' / 'No Subscription Fee', so the monthly evaluation subscription stops. (4) ACTIVATION FEE: the funded card advertises 'No Upfront Activation Fee', but help articles 2280137 and 8320643 state that a non-professional LiveSim account carries a one-time activation fee of $139.00 covering all four CME exchanges, 'deducted only from the trader's first profitable withdrawal. If a trader does not make a withdrawal, they will not be expected to pay this fee.' It is deferred, not absent. (5) BUFFER: 'No Buffer Requirement'. (6) DATA FEES APPEAR ON LIVE: data fees are covered in the evaluation price for non-professionals, but a funded Live account pays $140/month per exchange on Rithmic or $156/month per exchange on NinjaTrader Live, charged per calendar month and not prorated. Professionals pay $140/month per exchange at every stage. (7) PROFIT SPLIT APPEARS: for evaluations purchased on or after 2026-07-06 the split is set by the size of the single withdrawal request, not by accumulated profit, so 50/50 on any withdrawal under $2,250 and 80/20 from $2,250 upward. (8) MAX CONCURRENT ACCOUNTS drops from 5 evaluations to 3 funded accounts (the page cards show 3 on LiveSim and 1 on Live; help article 5660666 phrases the same limit as '3 livesims, or 2 livesims and 1 live account'). (9) LIVESIM WITHDRAWAL CAP: LiveSim Max Withdrawal is $5,000. (10) Daily loss limit ($1,100), the 6 contract progression ladder cap and 'No Minimum Trading Days' carry over unchanged. (11) PROGRESSION LADDER PENALTY: exceeding the position limit during an evaluation fails the evaluation and requires a reset; in the funded phase it costs the funded account outright.
Trader Career Path: what changes when you pass
What changes from evaluation to funded: (1) DRAWDOWN MODE: the $25,000 evaluation uses EOD drawdown ($1,500); the funded step is labelled 'Drawdown: $1,500 (LiveSim EOD / Live Trailing)', so LiveSim keeps EOD and the Live account switches to a trailing (intraday) drawdown. (2) CONSISTENCY: the 30% Maintain Consistency rule applies during the evaluation phase only and is dropped once funded. (3) SUBSCRIPTION: the recurring monthly evaluation subscription stops once funded. (4) ACTIVATION FEE APPEARS: a non-professional LiveSim account carries a one-time $139.00 activation fee covering all four CME exchanges, deducted only from the first profitable withdrawal. (5) BUFFER: the funded LiveSim and Live cards both carry 'No Buffer Requirement'. (6) DATA FEES APPEAR ON LIVE: a funded Live account pays $140/month per exchange on Rithmic or $156/month per exchange on NinjaTrader Live. (7) PROFIT SPLIT APPEARS: for evaluations purchased on or after 2026-07-06 the split is set per single withdrawal, not on accumulated profit, so 50/50 under $1,500 and 80/20 from $1,500 upward. (8) GROWTH PLAN OBLIGATION: the trader must achieve the step's profit goal AND withdraw the profit share to be promoted. TCP25 ladder: $25,000 (goal $1,750, EOD or trailing DD $1,500, DLL $550, 3 contracts) to $50,000 (goal $3,000, trailing DD $2,000, DLL $1,100, 6 contracts) to $100,000 (goal $6,000, trailing DD $3,500, DLL $2,200, 12 contracts) to $200,000 (goal $11,000, DLL $4,400, 16 contracts, drawdown FIXED to a $194,000 minimum balance). TCP25 tops out at $200,000. (9) THRESHOLD MOVES WITH THE LADDER: 'For Trader Career Path accounts, the threshold updates with every progression to a larger account size', so the 80/20 cut off rises to $2,250 at $50K, $3,000 at $100K and $5,000 at $200K. (10) LIVESIM WITHDRAWAL CAP: TCP 25 LiveSim Max Withdrawal is $1,750. (11) MAX CONCURRENT ACCOUNTS drops from 5 evaluations to 3 funded accounts. (12) PROGRESSION LADDER PENALTY: exceeding the position limit in an evaluation fails it and requires a reset; on a funded account it costs the account outright. (13) Daily loss limit and 'No Minimum Trading Days' carry over unchanged.
After payout: Withdrawing the step's profit share is what promotes the account to the next size, and the drawdown is re-based to the new step. At the top of the TCP25 ladder the firm's own wording is 'Drawdown fixed to: $194,000' on the $200,000 account, i.e. a static $6,000 minimum balance floor with no further trailing. No published rule locks or shrinks the drawdown at any earlier step purely as a result of a payout.
The rules that matter
- Eval cost
- Monthly subscription by package (official): TCP25 $150, GAU50 $170, TCP50 $190, GAU100 $315, TCP100 $350, GAU150 $375, GAU200 $550.
- Activation fee
- $139 one-time (LiveSim), deducted from first withdrawal
- Account sizes
- 25K, 50K, 100K, 150K, 200K
- Max accounts
- 3
- Drawdown
- mixed
- Consistency rule
- 30% in eval only; explicitly none on LiveSim/Live
- Profit split
- Depends on when the evaluation was bought. Bought before 2026-07-06: flat 80/20 in favor of the trader. Bought on/after 2026-07-06 the split is set by the size of the SINGLE withdrawal request, not by accumulated profit: 50/50 below the threshold, 80/20 at or above it. Thresholds by starting funded balance are $1,500 on 25K, $2,250 on 50K, $3,000 on 100K, $4,000 on 150K and $5,000 on 200K. $400K Trader Career Path accounts are a fixed 60/40. The firm's share is deducted monthly or at each withdrawal.
- Payouts
- Weekly: request by 2:00 PM CT the preceding Friday, processed Wednesdays, minimum net $100. LiveSim maximum withdrawal is $5,000 on every Gauntlet Mini size, $1,750 on TCP25, $3,000 on TCP50 and $6,000 on TCP100. Live has no cap. Withdrawal fees: Rise $50 per withdrawal for non-US customers and 1.5% for US customers; Deel $50 per withdrawal; Bayzat $5 to $40; direct crypto 0.735%. Rise does not support payouts for traders in Iowa, Minnesota, South Carolina, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands or Haiti.
- Platforms
- NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, Finamark, R|Trader, BlackArrow One
- Data feed
- multiple (Rithmic/Helix/Finamark); free in eval and LiveSim for non-professional CME status. Professional status pays $140/month per exchange, or $156/month per exchange on NinjaTrader.
- Typical discount
- Code 60PLUSRESET takes 60% off all subscriptions for your first 90 days and adds one free reset with every evaluation, through 30 September 2026. That puts a TCP25 at $60 and a Gauntlet Mini 100K at $126. The promo also cuts reset prices to $55 on TCP25, $65 on TCP50 and $60 on GAU50, while resets on the 100K to 200K accounts stay at their fixed rates. The earlier 50% code still works, so check that the 60% code is the one applied at checkout.
Earn2Trade FAQ
Is Earn2Trade legit?
Trustpilot 4.7/5 (~4,800 reviews) — highest tier among futures firms; 10-year clean payout record, no rug-pull or mass-denial history; PropScorer 59/100 only on price-per-drawdown
What drawdown does Earn2Trade use?
Earn2Trade uses a mixed drawdown. Check the firm's current rules page for exact mechanics.
How do payouts work at Earn2Trade?
Weekly: request by 2:00 PM CT the preceding Friday, processed Wednesdays, minimum net $100. LiveSim maximum withdrawal is $5,000 on every Gauntlet Mini size, $1,750 on TCP25, $3,000 on TCP50 and $6,000 on TCP100. Live has no cap. Withdrawal fees: Rise $50 per withdrawal for non-US customers and 1.5% for US customers; Deel $50 per withdrawal; Bayzat $5 to $40; direct crypto 0.735%. Rise does not support payouts for traders in Iowa, Minnesota, South Carolina, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands or Haiti.
Is there a Earn2Trade discount code?
Discounts of 30–90% are evergreen across the industry. Code 60PLUSRESET takes 60% off all subscriptions for your first 90 days and adds one free reset with every evaluation, through 30 September 2026. That puts a TCP25 at $60 and a Gauntlet Mini 100K at $126. The promo also cuts reset prices to $55 on TCP25, $65 on TCP50 and $60 on GAU50, while resets on the 100K to 200K accounts stay at their fixed rates. The earlier 50% code still works, so check that the 60% code is the one applied at checkout. Never pay list price.