Head to head · August 2026
TradeDay vs Earn2Trade
Our call: TradeDay (7.0 vs 6.0). Real live-capital path, day-one uncapped payouts, rare founder honesty on pass rates — but the row-by-row below shows where Earn2Trade still wins.
TradeDay7.0 | Earn2Trade6.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 7.0 / 10 | 6.0 / 10 |
| Eval cost | 150K Quick Pay Intraday $162/mo with (55%); 50K from $59/mo discounted | Gauntlet Mini 150K $375/mo list, ~$150-188/mo with 50% code; ~$85/mo discounted |
| Activation | $0 (eliminated in the 2.0 relaunch) | $139 one-time (LiveSim), deducted from first withdrawal |
| Drawdown | mixed | mixed |
| Consistency | Eval only: 30% (Quick Pay) / 45% (Fast Pass) — breach raises target, doesn't fail you; none once funded | 30% in eval only; explicitly none on LiveSim/Live |
| Profit split | Quick Pay: 50/50 first $4K → 80/20 → 90/10 live; Fast Pass: 80/20 sim → 90/10 live | 50% below a small threshold (~$1,500-2,250), then 80/20 |
| Payouts | Quick Pay: payout-eligible day one of funding, min $250, no max, 24h processing; Fast Pass: 5 profitable days per payout. Live review after ~3rd sim withdrawal. | Weekly (request by Friday, paid ~Wednesday), min $100; LiveSim capped $4,000/withdrawal until auto-conversion to Live; Live has no cap. |
| Platforms | Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, Jigsaw, Quantower | NinjaTrader, Tradovate, TradingView, Finamark, R|Trader, MotiveWave, MultiCharts |
| Discount norm | 55% on-site; 50% affiliate evergreen | 40-60% near-constant (50% verified); discount applies to first 180 days |
| Get started | Visit TradeDay | Visit Earn2Trade |
TradeDay in one paragraph
A credible payout-reliability anchor: true day-one payouts with $250 minimum and no cap, $0 activation, no daily loss limit, no funded consistency rule, a documented transition to live capital, and a founder who publishes pass rates (36% Jan-Jun 2026). The 50/50 split on the first $4,000 of Quick Pay profits is the toll booth, and Quick Pay funded accounts run intraday trailing even if you paid for the EOD eval.
Full review →Earn2Trade in one paragraph
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 50% split on the first ~$2K of profits, hard daily loss limit, and slower scaling make it a diversifier or safe anchor, not a primary.
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