Elite Trader Funding review

1-Step: what changes when you pass

The live trailing drawdown carries into the Elite Sim-Funded account unchanged and keeps following the highest UNREALIZED profit, then stops permanently once realized profit reaches max drawdown + $100 ($2,100 safety net); from that point the minimum balance is starting balance + $100. No consistency rule in either stage, but the funded stage adds the Active Trade Day rule (a day counts only if it books at least $200 realized profit AND at least 23% of your best ATD's profit), a mandatory one-trade-per-week and 30-day login policy, and a new post-growth loss limit: once the account is up 20%, giving back more than 35% of accumulated profit removes it from Elite Sim-Funded and disqualifies it from LIVE ELITE. The 5-trading-day pass minimum is replaced by an 8-ATD requirement for payout cycle 1 (10 ATDs for cycles 2 to 4). Minimum withdrawal becomes $250 and the safety net is never withdrawable. Elite Sim-Funded accounts can be reset up to ten times.

After payout: "Once that safety net is reached, the trailing drawdown is removed permanently... your starting balance + $100 becomes your minimum allowable balance." A payout does not re-tighten it, and ETF states "your best trading day P&L does not reset after a reward", so the 23% ATD bar set by your best day persists across cycles. You cannot withdraw from the safety net during any reward cycle.

A day counts toward payout eligibility at $200+ profit.

Diamond Hands: what changes when you pass

The end-of-day trailing drawdown and the $1,500 daily loss limit both carry into the Elite Sim-Funded account. Once realized profit reaches max drawdown + $100 ($3,600 safety net) the daily loss limit is REMOVED and the drawdown never moves again, leaving a fixed floor of starting balance + $100. The funded stage adds the Active Trade Day rule ($200+ realized profit AND at least 23% of your best ATD), a mandatory one-trade-per-week and 30-day login policy, and a post-growth loss limit (after +20% growth, giving back more than 35% of accumulated profit removes the account and disqualifies it from LIVE ELITE). The 5-trading-day pass minimum becomes 8 ATDs for payout cycle 1 and 10 for cycles 2 to 4. Overnight and weekend holds remain permitted in the funded stage. Up to ten Elite resets.

After payout: "Once that safety net is reached, the daily loss limit is removed and the drawdown never moves again... your starting balance + $100 becomes your minimum allowable balance." Payouts do not move it, and the safety net cannot be withdrawn during any reward cycle.

A day counts toward payout eligibility at $200+ profit.

DTF: what changes when you pass

There is no evaluation stage, so nothing changes on pass: the account starts in Elite Sim-Funded with an end-of-day trailing drawdown of $1,500 and no daily loss limit. The drawdown stops trailing once realized profit reaches max drawdown + $100 ($1,600 safety net), after which the permanent floor is starting balance + $100. Payout eligibility requires 5 Active Trade Days per cycle, each worth at least $150 realized profit AND at least 50% of your best day. Standard funded policies apply: no hedging, one trade per week to keep the account active, and the post-20%-growth rule that removes the account if more than 35% of accumulated profit is given back. Overnight and weekend holds are permitted. Micro scaling is 1 mini = 1 micro, not 1 to 10.

After payout: "Once you earn realized profits equal to the account's max drawdown + $100 (the safety net), the EOD drawdown stops trailing. From that point on, your starting balance + $100 becomes your permanent minimum allowable balance (you can not withdraw funds from the safety net)." Payouts do not change it.

A day counts toward payout eligibility at $150+ profit.

EOD: what changes when you pass

The end-of-day trailing drawdown and the $1,100 daily loss limit both carry into the Elite Sim-Funded account. Once realized profit reaches max drawdown + $100 ($2,100 safety net) the daily loss limit is REMOVED and the drawdown never moves again, leaving a fixed floor of starting balance + $100. The funded stage adds the Active Trade Day rule ($200+ realized profit AND at least 23% of your best ATD), a mandatory one-trade-per-week and 30-day login policy, and the post-20%-growth loss limit (give back more than 35% of accumulated profit and the account is removed from Elite Sim-Funded and disqualified from LIVE ELITE). The 5-trading-day pass minimum becomes 8 ATDs for payout cycle 1 and 10 for cycles 2 to 4. Up to ten Elite resets.

After payout: "Once that safety net is reached, the daily loss limit is removed and the drawdown never moves again... your starting balance + $100 becomes your minimum allowable balance." Payouts do not re-tighten it, best-day P&L does not reset after a reward, and the safety net can never be withdrawn.

A day counts toward payout eligibility at $200+ profit.

Fast Track (EOD): what changes when you pass

The 10-calendar-day deadline and the 40% eval consistency cap both disappear; a 30% consistency requirement on overall profit applies at payout instead. The EOD trailing drawdown carries over and stops permanently once realized profit reaches $600 (max drawdown + $100), leaving a fixed floor of starting balance + $100. The funded stage adds Active Trade Days (8 for payout cycle 1, 10 for cycles 2 and 3), a mandatory one-trade-per-week and 30-day login policy, and the post-20%-growth loss limit (giving back more than 35% of accumulated profit removes the account and disqualifies it from LIVE ELITE). The first month of funded activation is free, then $87/month; Fast Track is ineligible for the one-time activation option.

After payout: "Reach your safety net by earning your account's max drawdown, plus $100 in realized profit. Once that safety net is reached, any drawdown type stops permanently, and your starting balance plus $100 becomes the minimum balance." Payouts do not move it and the safety net cannot be withdrawn.

Fast Track (Static): what changes when you pass

The 10-calendar-day deadline and the 40% eval consistency cap disappear; a 30% consistency requirement on overall profit applies at payout instead. The static $500 floor does NOT change: ETF states that for Static accounts the account minimum remains unchanged from your default values even when the safety net is reached, so the $600 safety net is only a payout-eligibility threshold. The funded stage adds Active Trade Days (8 for payout cycle 1, 10 for cycles 2 and 3), the weekly-trade and 30-day login policy, and the post-20%-growth 35% give-back loss limit. First month of funded activation free, then $87/month; ineligible for one-time activation.

After payout: The floor is static from day one and never moves, before or after a payout. The $600 safety net must be earned before the first withdrawal and can never itself be withdrawn.

Static: what changes when you pass

The static floor does not change: it is fixed at $9,500 on day one in both stages and never trails. A $600 safety net (max drawdown + $100 in realized profit) is added purely as a payout-eligibility requirement and does not alter the floor. The funded stage adds the Active Trade Day rule ($200+ realized profit AND at least 23% of your best ATD), a mandatory one-trade-per-week and 30-day login policy, and the post-20%-growth loss limit (giving back more than 35% of accumulated profit removes the account and disqualifies it from LIVE ELITE). The 5-trading-day pass minimum becomes 8 ATDs for payout cycle 1 and 10 for cycles 2 to 4. Up to ten Elite resets. No consistency rule in either stage.

After payout: "The minimum allowed balance is static, it does not trail or move with unrealized profit." A payout does not change it. The safety net itself is never withdrawable.

A day counts toward payout eligibility at $200+ profit.