Earn2Trade Review 2026
Earn2Trade scores 73 out of 100 overall. Earn2Trade lets funded accounts take payouts with no minimum days and no consistency rule, but since July 2026 you keep only half of any smaller withdrawal, hitting the daily loss limit fails the eval, and copy trading is banned.
- Trust 87: Very easy to trust. Top factor: 10+ years in operation.
- Cost 80: Fair price to get funded. Top factor: eval fee vs max drawdown.
- Payout 51: Payouts come with limits. Top factor: high scaling ceiling.
- Rules 72: Workable rules. Top factor: generous or no time limit.
Firm Data Monitoring Status
- Trustpilot RatingChecked weekly - last checked 2026-10-26
- Sales and PromotionsFirm emails received since 2026-09-21
- Rules, Pricing and PayoutsYearly deep dive plus firm emails - terms last verified 2026-07-03
At a Glance: The Four Scores
Four scores, one published method.
Still Funded Score
An equal blend of the four scores below. How the score is calculated.
Data Confidence: High
Trust Score
Is the firm legit: is it a real, accountable business, does it actually pay, and what does its track record show?
Cost Score
What it costs to get funded and stay funded: the eval, resets, the activation fee and data fees. Measured at today's price after any dated sale, plus how deep the firm's sales usually run.
Payout Score
How easy it is to get paid: how much you can take out, how fast it lands, how often, and how many accounts you can stack.
Rules Score
How trader-friendly the rules are: the drawdown type, how big the drawdown is next to the profit target, daily loss limits and consistency rules.
Still Funded has no affiliate relationship with Earn2Trade and earns nothing if you sign up. Earn2Trade is scored on the same published methodology as every other firm.
Scores update on their own whenever this firm's data changes.
Trustpilot: The Last Four Checks
The four newest Trustpilot checks that feed the Trust score. Trustpilot is one signal, not the whole picture.
- 5,012 reviews(+6)
Checked 2026-10-05: 4.6 across 5,012 reviews, profile active. Review count +6 since the check before.
- 5,014 reviews(+2)
Checked 2026-10-12: 4.6 across 5,014 reviews, profile active. Review count +2 since the check before.
- 5,024 reviews(+10)
Checked 2026-10-20: 4.5 across 5,024 reviews, profile active. Review count +10 since the check before.
- 5,044 reviews(+20)
Checked 2026-10-26: 4.5 across 5,044 reviews, profile active. Review count +20 since the check before.
The checks that feed this Trust score: 2026-10-05: 4.6 across 5,012 reviews; 2026-10-12: 4.6 across 5,014 reviews; 2026-10-20: 4.5 across 5,024 reviews; 2026-10-26: 4.5 across 5,044 reviews.
Sales We Tracked: The Last 12 Months
The sales this firm has emailed us, one dot per month. Terms only, never codes.
- Nov 2025Nothing tracked
- Dec 2025Nothing tracked
- Jan 2026Nothing tracked
- Feb 2026Nothing tracked
- Mar 2026Nothing tracked
- Apr 2026Nothing tracked
- May 2026Nothing tracked
- Jun 2026Nothing tracked
- Jul 2026Nothing tracked
- Aug 2026Nothing tracked
- Sep 20262 sales50% off evals60% off evals
Sep 2026: 2 sales
- 50% off evals
- 60% off evals
- Oct 20266 salesSale*Resets at $45Sale*60% off evals*Sale*50% off evals*
Oct 2026: 6 sales
- Sale (terms as logged)
- Type: Percent
- Value: not stated
- Covers: Multiple
- Activation: not stated
- Resets at $45
- Sale (terms as logged)
- Type: Other
- Value: not stated
- Covers: Other
- Activation: not stated
- 60% off evals
- 50% off resets
- Sale (terms as logged)
- Type: Percent
- Value: not stated
- Covers: Eval fee
- Activation: not stated
- 50% off evals
- 50% off resets
- Sale (terms as logged)
Sales tracked by month: Nov 2025: Nothing tracked; Dec 2025: Nothing tracked; Jan 2026: Nothing tracked; Feb 2026: Nothing tracked; Mar 2026: Nothing tracked; Apr 2026: Nothing tracked; May 2026: Nothing tracked; Jun 2026: Nothing tracked; Jul 2026: Nothing tracked; Aug 2026: Nothing tracked; Sep 2026: 50% off evals, 60% off evals; Oct 2026: Sale*, Resets at $45, Sale*, 60% off evals*, Sale*, 50% off evals*.
Pricing and Account Tiers
Every active eval at full price, plus the best target-to-drawdown ratio in the lineup.
| Eval | Price | Sale Price | Activation Fee | Max Drawdown | Drawdown Type | Profit Target | Time Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCP25Sale | was | now $75 | $139 | $1,500 | End-of-Day Trailing | $1,750 | None |
| TCP50Sale | was | now $95 | $139 | $2,000 | End-of-Day Trailing | $3,000 | None |
| TCP100Sale | was | now $175 | $139 | $3,500 | End-of-Day Trailing | $6,000 | None |
| GAU50Sale | was | now $85 | $139 | $2,000 | End-of-Day Trailing | $3,000 | None |
| GAU100Sale | was | now $157.50 | $139 | $3,500 | End-of-Day Trailing | $6,000 | None |
| GAU150Sale | was | now $187.50 | $139 | $4,500 | End-of-Day Trailing | $9,000 | None |
| GAU200Sale | was | now $275 | $139 | $6,000 | End-of-Day Trailing | $11,000 | None |
Sale: 50% off evals and resets for the first 90 days (seen October 26, 2026).
Best Target-to-Drawdown Ratio
Profit target divided by max drawdown, shown target first. Lower is better: less profit to earn per dollar of drawdown. Some firms sell targets smaller than the drawdown, so the ratio can run below 1 : 1, and 1 : 1 is not a bottom.
1.17 : 1
TCP25
$1,750 target / $1,500 drawdown
Free reset credits at full price: TCP25 1, TCP50 1, TCP100 1, GAU50 0, GAU100 0, GAU150 0, GAU200 0.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- In operation since September 2016 and registry-verified: a Wyoming LLC in current good standing, with no shutdown, freeze or mass account closure on record
- Publishes its own exam statistics in the site footer: an 8.89% pass rate for 2025, the Live-vs-LiveSim split, and the share of funded accounts with a withdrawal, about 18%. Not many firms publish numbers like these
- A true live brokerage account is on the table at funding: you choose LiveSim or Live, and Live carries no withdrawal caps at all
- No minimum trading days on new evals and no time limit either, so the subscription runs until you pass, cancel or reset
- The 30% consistency rule is soft in effect: exceeding it extends the eval instead of failing it, and consistency is removed entirely on funded accounts
- Funded accounts have no payout rules to meet first: no minimum days, no consistency rule, no profit build-up, and you can withdraw from $100 net each week
Cons
- The profit split is the biggest cost, and since 2026-07-06 it is worse than it looks. A withdrawal below the set amount for your account size pays 50/50, only requests at or above it get 80/20, and the 400K step is a fixed 60/40
- Payout fees hit every withdrawal: $50 per Rise withdrawal for traders outside the US (1.5% for US traders) and $50 on Deel, and the partner firm picks the payout service. A minimum-size weekly payout can lose half of itself to the fee
- Hitting the daily loss limit fails the eval outright, with no soft landing, in contrast to the forgiving consistency rule sitting next to it
- Most funded traders never reach the true live account. By the firm's own 2025 numbers, 94.77% of successful candidates were on LiveSim. Gauntlet LiveSim caps withdrawals at $5,000 per request until the account moves to Live, and only one Live account is allowed at a time
- Your funded contract is with a partner prop firm you do not choose (Helios, Appius or Kronos), not with Earn2Trade, and withdrawal requests are emailed to that partner
- Automation, copy trading and high-frequency trading (HFT) are banned outright, and a funded account closes after 5 trading days in a row of unscheduled absence
Rules at a Glance
The rules that fail people. Tap the info icon beside a rule for the plain-terms version.
- DrawdownEOD trailing / Trader choice
How your drawdown line moves. End-of-day trailing rises with your closing balance; intraday trailing rises with every tick of open profit; static never moves. The type decides how much of your own gains you can give back.
- Daily Loss LimitHard
The most you can lose in one session before the day ends. A soft limit ends your day and keeps the account; a hard limit ends the account.
- Consistency RuleEval only
Caps how much of your profit can come from one day. Some plans use it in the eval, some once you are funded, and some in both.
- How Long You Must Hold a TradeNot yet verified
Whether every trade has to stay open for a set time before you can close it. Some firms set no time but still limit scalping.
- Weekend HoldingNot allowed
Whether positions can stay open over the weekend. Not allowed means everything must be flat before the Friday close.
- AutomationNot allowed (eval and funded)
Whether bots, EAs and algos are allowed to place trades, at the eval stage and at the funded stage.
- Markets You Can't TradeSee the list
Markets the firm will not let you trade in this program.
- Everything except CME Group futures (CME, COMEX, NYMEX, CBOT); stocks, options, forex, crypto, and CFDs are not permitted
- Ether futures prohibited, per the firm's evaluation-completion help article (2026-07-31).
- Bitcoin futures prohibited on funded accounts, per the firm's evaluation-completion help article (2026-07-31); the firm has not published whether they count during the evaluation.
- Sim or LiveCan move to live
Whether the funded account is simulated, live, or starts simulated and can move to live.
You choose LiveSim or Live when you get funded, and Live is a real brokerage account. Gauntlet LiveSim accounts move to Live once you reach the $5,000 per-request cap, and the partner firm may offer Live directly based on performance. The firm's own 2025 figures: 5.23% of successful candidates traded a Live account and 94.77% were on LiveSim.
- Accounts at OnceUp to 3 funded
How many funded accounts you can hold at the same time at this firm.
- Copy Your Own AccountsNot allowed
Whether you may copy your trades across your own accounts at this firm with a trade copier or within your broker.
Drawdown: EOD trailing / Trader choice; Daily Loss Limit: Hard; Consistency Rule: Eval only; How Long You Must Hold a Trade: Not yet verified; Weekend Holding: Not allowed; Automation: Not allowed (eval and funded); Markets You Can't Trade: See the list; Sim or Live: Can move to live; Accounts at Once: Up to 3 funded; Copy Your Own Accounts: Not allowed.
Rules Detail
The eval has one hard rule and one soft one, and knowing which is which covers most of the rules. The daily loss limit is the hard one: hit it and the account fails, no extension, no second chance. That is not trader friendly to me. Hitting the max drawdown should be your fail level, not a second drawdown sitting above it. The consistency rule is the soft one, and it only ever costs you time.
Funded is where this firm shines. No minimum days, no consistency rule, no accumulation rule, withdraw from $100 net, processed every Wednesday, and a free reset on every Career Path rebill on the way in. All excellent in my read. The catch is the profit split: a request under the set amount for your account size pays 50/50, and giving up half is way too much, so the size of each request decides what you keep.
Then the conduct side. Automation, copytrading and HFT are banned outright, the cap is three accounts, and both of those hurt for the way I trade, which is stacking by copying my own trades. Every position is flat between 3:50pm and 5:00pm Central, no overnight and no weekends. Miss five consecutive scheduled trading days without notice and a funded account terminates. And the 24-country restricted list, including Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia and Ukraine, is enforced with no refund and an immediate ban for false country information.
No minimum trading days on any eval: the firm's plan pages and help center agree (checked 2026-07-31), and its 2026-07-06 announcement is the dated record of the change. In practice the 30% Maintain Consistency rule means about four profitable days at least. It is strict but soft in effect: going over it extends the eval instead of failing it, and it doesn't apply to funded accounts. The move to live: on the Live account the drawdown changes from end-of-day trailing to intraday trailing, the withdrawal caps go away, and you pay monthly data fees per exchange ($140 a month per exchange on Rithmic, $156 on NinjaTrader Live).
Source - logged 2026-07-31
Payouts at a Glance
Profit split, speed and the first payout. Tap the info icon for the detail. The evidence is under Payout Evidence below.
- Profit Split80/20 at or above the set amount, 50/50 below
Your share of the profit you withdraw. The firm keeps the rest.
80/20 in your favor on any one withdrawal at or above the set amount for your account size, 50/50 on anything below it, and a fixed 60/40 on the TCP 400 step. The rate is set by the size of each withdrawal, not by your total profit or your payout count, so you get 80% by sizing the request, not by waiting. The set amount rises with account size: $1,500 on TCP 25, $4,000 at the 150K step and $5,000 on TCP 200, and $2,250 to $5,000 across the Gauntlet Mini sizes. This applies to evals bought on or after 2026-07-06; earlier ones keep the old flat 80/20.
- First PayoutNo minimum days
The number to hit before your first payout: trading days, winning days, or a payout buffer (the profit a firm makes you keep in the account).
No payout rules beyond getting funded: no minimum days, no consistency rule and no profit build-up on funded accounts; withdraw from $100 net. The first LiveSim withdrawal has to cover the $100 net minimum, the $139 activation fee (taken from that withdrawal) and the payout fee. How much profit that takes depends on which side of the set amount your request falls, so it is well above $239 for anyone requesting less than the set amount for their account size.
- How Often You Can Get PaidWeekly
How often you can request a payout once you meet the first payout rules.
Weekly - processed Wednesdays; withdrawal request emailed to the prop firm by 2pm CT the prior Friday
- Payout MethodRise, Deel or Bayzat (the firm assigns)
How the money reaches you: a bank transfer, a payment app, or a brokerage transfer.
Rise (the main one), Deel, Bayzat, and direct crypto in select cases. The partner prop firm picks the payout service, not you, and some are limited by region: Rise is not offered in Iowa, Minnesota, South Carolina, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands or Haiti, where another service is used.
- Max Payout per RequestCapped until Live
The most you can take in one withdrawal.
None on Live. LiveSim has a cap on each request: $1,750 / $3,000 / $6,000 by Career Path account size, and a flat $5,000 on every Gauntlet Mini size; reaching it moves the account to Live.
- Lifetime CapNone on Live
The most one account can pay out before it closes or moves to live, if the firm publishes a limit.
None on Live. LiveSim has a cap on each request rather than a lifetime cap: $1,750 / $3,000 / $6,000 by Career Path account size, and a flat $5,000 on every Gauntlet Mini size. Reaching it moves the account to Live: the firm's onboarding page says you move to a Live account once you reach the most LiveSim lets you withdraw on your plan, so the cap is the step up to Live, not a lifetime limit.
- ScalingProfit split steps up
How the account grows: with your balance, by contract limit steps, or by profit split steps.
Each step up comes after you withdraw that step's full target amount.
- Payout SpeedWeekly, on Wednesdays
How long the firm takes to process a payout request. Your bank or payout service can add its own time.
Processed weekly, on Wednesdays, plus the payout service's transfer time
Profit Split: 80/20 at or above the set amount, 50/50 below; First Payout: No minimum days; How Often You Can Get Paid: Weekly; Payout Method: Rise, Deel or Bayzat (the firm assigns); Max Payout per Request: Capped until Live; Lifetime Cap: None on Live; Scaling: Profit split steps up; Payout Speed: Weekly, on Wednesdays.
Payout Evidence
- Firm-published, 2026-07-03: Earn2Trade publishes an exam disclaimer in its site footer: in 2025, 18.04% of Live accounts and 18.20% of LiveSim accounts had at least one withdrawal. That is the firm's own withdrawal rate, printed to two decimal places, which not many firms publish. We have not audited it, but publishing it at all is a point in the firm's favor. Source
- Community-reported on Trustpilot, 2026-07-03: Recent Trustpilot reviews (checked 2026-07-03) mention completed payouts and funded transitions, including a February 2026 Career Path funded transition and one reviewer writing simply that they actually pay you. This is community-reported evidence, not something we verified ourselves. Source
What Has Changed at Earn2Trade
Everything we have logged about this firm, newest first. Tap the info icon for the note. Sources are under All Events below.
- Ruleslogged 2026-07-31
Rules, logged 2026-07-31
Sometime in 2025, with no exact date published, Earn2Trade moved the activation fee from an upfront charge to a deduction from the first withdrawal. A change in the trader's favor.
- Rules2026-07-06
Rules, 2026-07-06
Earn2Trade replaced a flat 80/20 profit split with a split set by the size of each withdrawal: a withdrawal below the account's threshold now pays 50/50, at or above it 80/20, and the 400K Career Path step is a fixed 60/40. The same announcement made going over the contract limit for your step fail the eval outright, where before it only cost you that trading day. Neither change is retroactive - the firm states rules follow the purchase date, so evaluations bought before 2026-07-06 keep the old terms.
- Rules2026-07-06
Rules, 2026-07-06
The same 2026-07-06 announcement removed the 10-day minimum trading requirement from evaluations. A change in the trader's favor. Note the consistency rule still caps any single day at under 30% of total profit, which the firm says means about four profitable days in practice.
- Rules2025-05-01
Rules, 2025-05-01
Earn2Trade replaced its flat $100 reset with a mix of fixed and changing reset prices. A minor pricing change, announced by the firm.
- Founded2016-09-15
Founded 2016-09-15. Events, newest first: logged 2026-07-31 Rules; 2026-07-06 Rules; 2026-07-06 Rules; 2025-05-01 Rules.
All Events
- Rules
Sometime in 2025, with no exact date published, Earn2Trade moved the activation fee from an upfront charge to a deduction from the first withdrawal. A change in the trader's favor.
- Rules
Earn2Trade replaced a flat 80/20 profit split with a split set by the size of each withdrawal: a withdrawal below the account's threshold now pays 50/50, at or above it 80/20, and the 400K Career Path step is a fixed 60/40. The same announcement made going over the contract limit for your step fail the eval outright, where before it only cost you that trading day. Neither change is retroactive - the firm states rules follow the purchase date, so evaluations bought before 2026-07-06 keep the old terms.
- Rules
The same 2026-07-06 announcement removed the 10-day minimum trading requirement from evaluations. A change in the trader's favor. Note the consistency rule still caps any single day at under 30% of total profit, which the firm says means about four profitable days in practice.
- Rules
Earn2Trade replaced its flat $100 reset with a mix of fixed and changing reset prices. A minor pricing change, announced by the firm.
Verdict: Who Earn2Trade Fits
Who this firm fits and who should walk away, in my words.
Good Fit For
- Anyone who wants no payout rules to meet first: no minimum days, no funded consistency rule, payouts every Wednesday. All excellent to me.
- Traders who like a monthly renewal with a free reset, like I do. Every Trader Career Path rebill carries one, with no time limit to beat.
- Traders who want a real live brokerage account on the table at funding, with no withdrawal caps once you are on it.
Walk Away If
- You stack accounts. Copying is banned and three accounts is the cap, and both of those hurt for the way I trade.
- You want small, frequent payouts. Any request under the set amount for your account size pays 50/50, and 50% is way too much to give up.
- You hate a second way to fail. The daily loss limit is a hard breach on the eval; max drawdown should be the fail level, not a second one.
Strategic Edges
- Buy the TCP twin, not the GAU twin, if there is any chance you will reset: same eval, and the small monthly premium buys a funded account that grows in steps plus a free reset every rebill
- Batch your withdrawals: with a flat payout fee on every withdrawal, pulling the minimum each week eats into your share; fewer, larger requests keep the fee percentage small
- Let the consistency math set your pace: with no minimum days and no time limit, what really sets your pace is keeping your biggest day under 30% of total profit
- If you qualify for Live, take it with eyes open: no withdrawal caps and real execution, but the drawdown switches to intraday trailing and you pay monthly data fees per exchange
Compared with Other Firms
The firm scored closest to this one on each score, and the lists this firm is on.
- Closest on Overall: Topstep (73 vs 73)
- Closest on Trust: Tradeify (88 vs 87)
- Closest on Cost: Topstep (78 vs 80)
- Closest on Payout: Lucid Trading (54 vs 51)
- Closest on Rules: Tradeify (72 vs 72)
The lists this firm is on:
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the 30% consistency rule at Earn2Trade?
No single trading day may account for 30% or more of your total profit during the eval. It is soft in effect: exceeding it doesn't fail your account, it just extends the eval until your biggest day drops under 30%. It counts daily profit whether your balance is above or below the start, it only applies to the evaluation, and it is removed entirely on funded accounts.
Does Earn2Trade have a minimum number of trading days?
Not on new evaluations. The firm announced the removal of the minimum trading days requirement in July 2026; before that it was 10 days on every account, and the firm's help center now says the same. In practice the 30% consistency rule still means you need about four well-spread profitable days.
Can you hold trades overnight at Earn2Trade?
No. The model is strictly intraday: every position and order must be flat between 3:50pm and 5:00pm Central, and weekend holding is not possible. If your style needs overnight exposure, this firm is a structural mismatch.
Does Earn2Trade actually pay out?
The evidence has an unusual anchor: the firm's own footer statistics state that about 18% of funded accounts took at least one withdrawal in 2025, a number not many firms publish, alongside current Trustpilot reviews describing completed payouts and funded transitions. That evidence is why we grade Earn2Trade's payouts as backed by many trader reports, our stronger grade. The caveats are the profit split, which drops to 50/50 on any withdrawal under the set amount for your account size, and the payout fees on every withdrawal.
What is the Earn2Trade profit split?
It depends on the size of the withdrawal, not on how much you have made in total. Request at least the set amount for your account size in one withdrawal and you get 80/20 in your favor. Request less and you get 50/50. The set amount starts at $1,500 on TCP25 and rises with account size to $5,000 at TCP200, and the Gauntlet Mini sizes run the same scale. The 400K step of the Career Path is a flat 60/40 whatever you withdraw. This structure took effect July 6, 2026 and is not retroactive, so evaluations bought before that date keep the old flat 80/20. In practice it means you batch withdrawals up to your threshold instead of pulling money out as it comes.
Is Earn2Trade legit?
Legit, yes, and one of the oldest names in futures funding: a registry-verified Wyoming LLC operating since 2016 with no shutdown, freeze or mass account closure on record, published pre-purchase statistics including its own pass rate, and a positive current review record. Know the structure though: Earn2Trade is the education and evaluation company, and your funded contract is with one of its three partner prop firms.
What is the Earn2Trade pass rate?
8.89% in 2025, and the number comes from the firm itself, printed in its site-wide footer disclaimer. The same disclosure says 5.23% of successful candidates traded a Live account against 94.77% on LiveSim, and about 18% of funded accounts took at least one withdrawal that year. Not many firms publish their own pass rate.
What is the difference between the Trader Career Path and the Gauntlet Mini?
At matching account sizes the evaluations are identical, confirmed on the plan picker: same target, drawdown, daily loss limit, and contract cap. The Trader Career Path costs $20 to $35 a month more and buys a funded account that grows in steps plus a free reset with every monthly rebill. The Gauntlet Mini is the same exam sold flat: fixed size at funding, no steps, paid resets. If there is any chance you will reset, the TCP premium usually pays for itself.
What is LiveSim at Earn2Trade?
LiveSim is the simulated funded account most passers end up on: you trade sim while the partner firm pays you real money, with a ceiling attached. TCP LiveSim withdrawals top out at $1,750, $3,000 or $6,000 per request by account size, and every Gauntlet size tops out at a flat 5,000. Those are gross figures, and reaching one is what moves you to a true Live account, where the caps disappear. Live accounts trade real brokerage capital with an intraday trailing drawdown and monthly per-exchange data fees in place of the deferred $139 activation. One catch on the way in: since March 2026 your LiveSim credentials arrive as soon as you pass and you can trade right away, but if you would rather have Live you have to say so before you log in, because logging in gives up the choice.
Does Earn2Trade have a monthly fee?
Yes, every tier is a monthly subscription with no time limit: it bills every 30 days until you pass, cancel, or reset, and it renews at the standard price once any promo window ends. Canceling forfeits the eval account and its progress, so do not cancel an account you intend to finish. On the TCP side each rebill also grants a free reset credit, stackable, applied manually from the dashboard. The price includes the education library, study guides and the trading platforms, and when we checked, the struck-through promo prices matched the real full prices.
About the Author
Active futures day trader with more than 13 years in the markets. Founder of Still Funded and operator of Trend Friend.
More about Lane on his author page.
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