Earn2trade
Earn2Trade is one of the older names in the futures prop space and one of the few that pairs a challenge with actual trading education. Whether you need the education is your business. The pass rate is among the better ones in futures. That part is ours.
(29% of complaints)
Who Is This Firm For?
About Earn2trade
- Founded
- 2016
- Max Allocation
- 400000
- Leverage
- 1:100
Pros
- - 4.7/5 on Trustpilot across 4,790 reviews — strongest social proof in futures prop trading
- - Hidden Rules Meter 2.0/10 — rules clearly documented, no major hidden conditions
- - EAs allowed — one of the few futures firms that permits automated trading
- - Trader Career Path: one free reset after every rebill — reduces cost of slow evaluations
- - US clients accepted — rare in futures prop trading
- - 10 years in the industry — most established evaluation path for futures traders
Cons
- - $4,000 maximum withdrawal from LiveSim funded account — applies regardless of account size
- - Subscription model auto-renews every 30 days — total cost increases for slow evaluations
- - Progression Ladder: exceeding contract limits blocks account until next CME trading day
- - 30% daily PnL cap — one exceptional day can disqualify the entire evaluation
- - All positions must close by 3:50 PM CT daily — no overnight or weekend holding
- - Trade copiers explicitly prohibited — enforced retroactively across multiple accounts
Serious traders will appreciate it
Passed on my second attempt after a tough first go. The profit split feels fair relative to the challenge fee. Happy to keep trading here and would sign up again if I had to.— Verified Trader (Lucas Brown) See all reviews
The 30% daily PnL cap is the most misunderstood rule — it applies to your entire evaluation, not just one day. If NFP generates 35% of your total profit on one session, the whole evaluation is void regardless of how disciplined every other day was. Read the Progression Ladder contract limits before your first trade — exceeding them doesn't end your evaluation but blocks you until the next CME trading day, which on Fridays means the weekend. The $4,000 LiveSim cap applies to your first withdrawal — plan your funded stage around it.
Trading Conditions
Drawdown System
- Gauntlet Mini and TCP: drawdown parameters vary by account size — check specific level
- Daily PnL cap: 30% of total PnL — applies to Gauntlet Mini and all TCP levels
- Minimum 10 trading days required for both programs
- 5 consecutive inactive days: account flagged
- LiveSim: inactive for 120 days — account disabled
- Subscription auto-renews 30 days after purchase — no refunds after purchase
High-Frequency & Fast Trading
- Not Allowed:
- Ultra-fast execution tools providing unfair advantage
- Software or AI systems creating unfair advantage
- Executing unrealistic number of contracts in a single day
- Spoofing and disruptive trading practices
- Bypassing geographical or technical restrictions
- Trading inconsistent with actual futures market practices
- Progression Ladder: exceeding contract limit for current level — immediate block until next CME day
Low Liquidity & Timing
- All positions and working orders must be closed by 3:50 PM CT daily
- Market closure window: 3:50 PM to 5:00 PM CT applies every day across all accounts
- No overnight holding on any account type
- No weekend holding on any account type
- News trading allowed — 30% daily PnL cap is the binding constraint for news traders
Loss-Chasing & Gambling
- Not Allowed:
- 30% daily PnL cap — single day exceeding 30% of total PnL disqualifies entire evaluation
- Trade copiers across all accounts including after passing — enforced retroactively
- Trading on behalf of others or sharing incentives
- Coordinated trading across connected accounts
- Hedging across unrelated accounts
- Intentional Progression Ladder violations — evaluation removed without refund, ineligible for funding
Risk Management
- Progression Ladder: contract limits increase progressively through evaluation levels
- Intentional Ladder breach: evaluation removed, no refund, ineligibility for funding
- Trade copier enforcement retroactive: if found after passing, keep one account, lose rest with no refunds
- LiveSim maximum withdrawal: $4,000 regardless of account size — requires $5,000 profit to access full amount (20% partner deduction)
- Gauntlet Mini rebilling: does not reset evaluation — subscription continues until pass or cancel
- TCP: one free reset per rebill cycle
Earn2Trade – Trading Conditions
News Trading
● News trading is allowed — no explicit ban in the T&C
● All positions & working orders must be closed by 3:50 PM CT until 5:00 PM CT — the market closure window applies daily across all accounts
● Daily PnL limit → no single trading day can exceed 30% of your total PnL over the course of the evaluation
The daily PnL limit is the most significant rule for news traders. A single exceptional news day that generates more than 30% of your total profits can disqualify the entire evaluation — regardless of how well you traded every other day. Plan accordingly.
Forbidden Trading Practices
● Employing strategies designed to take advantage of platform errors or price display delays
● Engaging in disruptive trading practices including spoofing
● Executing an unrealistic number of contracts in a single day
● Collaborating to manipulate or abuse the trading environment — including trading between connected accounts or hedging across unrelated accounts
● Utilizing software, artificial intelligence or ultra-fast data entry techniques that provide an unfair advantage
● Trading in a manner inconsistent with actual futures market practices
● Using tools or strategies that exploit platform technical flaws
● Bypassing geographical or other technical restrictions
● Trading on behalf of others or sharing incentives through any business arrangement
● Trade copiers — explicitly prohibited across all accounts, including after passing
● Progression Ladder violations — exceeding the allowed number of open futures contracts for your current ladder level
The Progression Ladder rule is unique to Earn2Trade & worth reading carefully before you start. It limits how many contracts you can have open at any time based on your current level — designed to prevent overtrading & encourage disciplined position sizing. Breach it & your account is blocked until the next trading day.
Expert Advisors
● EAs are allowed — automated trading is permitted
● EAs that exploit platform errors or manipulate the trading environment → prohibited
● Ultra-fast execution tools designed to gain unfair advantage → prohibited
● Trade copiers → explicitly prohibited, including to pass multiple accounts simultaneously
Earn2Trade is more permissive on EAs than most firms in this space. The line is drawn at exploitation & manipulation — not at automation itself.
Copy Trading
● Trade copiers prohibited — across all accounts, evaluation & funded
● Using trade copiers to pass multiple accounts simultaneously → results in receiving only one funded account, no refunds on the rest
● Trading on behalf of others → prohibited
● Coordinated trading across connected accounts → prohibited
The trade copier policy is enforced retroactively — if you're found to have used copiers to pass, you keep one account & lose the rest with no refund. Worth noting before running the same strategy across multiple evaluations simultaneously.
Account Models — Overview
| Model | Type | Profit Target | Daily Loss | Daily PnL Cap | Min Trading Days | Inactivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gauntlet Mini™ | Evaluation | Varies by size | Varies by size | 30% of total PnL | 10 days | 5 consecutive days |
| Trader Career Path® | Subscription | Varies by level | Varies by level | 30% of total PnL | 10 days | 5 consecutive days |
| LiveSim® | Funded | — | — | — | — | 120 days |
Account sizes available across multiple contract levels. Full parameters & pricing available on the Earn2Trade website.
The Progression Ladder
Earn2Trade's Progression Ladder is the most distinctive feature of their evaluation — & the one most traders from forex backgrounds find unexpected.
● Contract limits increase progressively as you advance through evaluation levels
● Exceeding your current level's contract limit → immediate account block until next CME trading day
● Intentional violations → evaluation removed without refund & ineligibility for funding
It's a bit like a driving test that starts you in a car park before letting you on the motorway — the structure exists precisely because futures contracts carry real leverage & real risk, & the ladder is Earn2Trade's way of making sure you know what you're doing before you scale up.
LiveSim® — Maximum Withdrawal
● Maximum withdrawal from a LiveSim® account → $4,000 regardless of account size
● To withdraw the full $4,000 → trader must reach $5,000 profit (20% deducted by partner prop firm)
● Billing → subscription auto-renews 30 days after initial purchase
● Inactivity → LiveSim® accounts inactive for 120 days are disabled
The $4,000 withdrawal cap is the most significant limitation in the funded stage & one most traders don't notice until they're already there. It applies regardless of how much capital was allocated. If your goal is unlimited scaling, check the partner firm's terms before you start.
Subscription Model — What It Means
Unlike most prop firms that charge a one-time evaluation fee, Earn2Trade operates on a monthly subscription:
● Gauntlet Mini™ & Trader Career Path® auto-renew 30 days after purchase
● Rebilling does not reset the Gauntlet Mini™ evaluation
● Trader Career Path® subscribers receive one free reset after every rebill
● No refunds after purchase — all fees are final
The subscription model means you're paying monthly until you pass or cancel. For traders who take longer than one month to complete an evaluation, the total cost adds up in a way that a one-time fee doesn't.
Final Take
Earn2Trade is the oldest & most educationally-focused firm on this list — and the only one built specifically for futures traders. The 4.7/5 on Trustpilot across 4,790 reviews & a Hidden Rules Meter of 2.0/10 reflect a firm that does what it says, pays its traders & responds to every negative review within a week.
The subscription model, the $4,000 LiveSim® withdrawal cap & the Progression Ladder are the three things worth understanding before you commit. None of them are dealbreakers — but all three are different enough from standard prop firm structures that traders coming from forex CFD firms consistently underestimate them.
If futures trading is your market — Earn2Trade is the most established evaluation path available.
Hidden Rules Meter: 2.0/10 — Trust Score: 4.4/5 — Trustpilot: 4.7/5.
Features & Support
The Gauntlet Mini - GAU200
Step 1 5.5%
Step 2 N/A
The Gauntlet Mini - GAU150
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 N/A
Trader Career Path - TCP100
Step 1 7.0%
Step 2 N/A
The Gauntlet Mini - GAU100
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 N/A
Trader Career Path - TCP50
Step 1 7.0%
Step 2 N/A
The Gauntlet Mini - GAU50
Step 1 6.0%
Step 2 N/A
Trader Career Path - TCP25
Step 1 7.0%
Step 2 N/A
honestly impressed
Jumped in during a 30% off promo, figured worst case i learn something. their server uptime during the last nfp was flawless from where i sat. the second phase target was lower than phase one which kept me sane. verification took one round of documents and they didnt ask me for ten random things. can you guys get in contact with this firm if I provide an acc number? their customer support hasn't replied in ages. the profit split bumped up to 90 after i hit a couple targets and it felt earned. rules are clear, support is human, payments are real, what else do you want.
Beginner Friendly Enough
a youtuber i actually trust reviewed them so i pulled teh trigger. their content creators seem to actually trade the product instead of just reading scripts. they let me trade through the cpi release without flagging my account which was a relief. slippage outside of high impact news is basically a non issue for me. dude the profit target on phase one is ambitious but not insane. they paused my consistency tracker when i asked for a couple weeks off … super flexible. not the cheapest, not the flashiest, just reliable … and that is enough.
solid all rounder
I blew my first account in two days like an absolute clown. overnight swaps are charged but they are upfront about the numbers. been with them six months and the payout reliability is the main reason im still here. the mobile app stays synced with desktop so i can check positions on the go without lag. they honoured a payout even though i fat fingered a lot size, very fair. I don't see the point of some of the rules, man. the kind of firm you forget to worry about because it just works.
funded and paid
Grabbed an account to see if the hype online held up. first withdrawal i was sweating bullets but it came through clean and on time. trades closed at my stop exactly, no requote nonsense or sneaky slippage at the level. i appreciated that they email you before a rule change instead of springing it. platform hasnt frozen on me once in three months of pretty heavy use. the challenge timer is generous, i never felt rushed into bad trades. got paid, that is the whole review really, everything else is noise.
fair rules fast payouts
been curious about these guys since they launched. the scaling lets you double your account size every time you clear a payout milestone. i had a losing month and they did not nuke my account, just the usual rules applied. the platform let me set custom alerts which actually helped me stick to my risk plan.
finally a firm that pays
Been demoing strategies for a while and finally went live with these. they sent me a little congrats email with my payout confirmation which was a nice touch. honestly the rules made my retail trading better too, forced discipline and all that. the rules pdf is long but at least nothing is buried in tiny print. the payout actually hit my account in like two days which i did not expect. can you guys get in contact with this firm if I provide an acc number? their customer support hasn't replied in 7 days. support actually answered and the money actually arrived, what a concept.
solid but not flawless
They popped up on a youtube ad and against my better judgement i clicked. i passed the challenge without much trouble but the consistency rule almost got me on payout day. their faq contradicts the rules pdf in at least two places that i found. verification cleared but they asked me to re record the video once. kyc was painless for me but i hear it varies a lot by country. i got funded on the second try, the firm was fair about the reset at least. can you guys get in contact with this firm if I provide an acc number? their customer support hasn't replied in 3 days.
legit firm
jumped in during a discount they were running over teh holidays. kyc was painless … uploaded my id and got verified the same afternoon. bro the scaling plan is actually motivating instead of being some impossible carrot on a stick. support gave me a straight answer about overnight holds instead of dodging the question. they let me run my algo as long as it is not some latency arbitrage exploit. their dashboard is genuinely useful, learned stuff about my own trading just looking at it. would tell a friend to join without hesitation.
does what it says
Honestly just wanted to see if any of these prop firms are legit at all. the verification email came instantly instead of the usual 24 hour wait. the leverage is sensible, enough to work with but not enough to wreck yourself by accident. i traded indices mostly and the spreads on those were perfectly fine. i tested the live account against the demo with the same setups and it matched. spreads are fine, nothing crazy, nothing terrible, it is a prop firm not a charity. recommend with the usual caveat that you have to actually read the rules.
glad i gave them a shot
My first prop firm so i had no idea what to expect going in. first withdrawal had a kyc step but it was a quick selfie and id, done in five minutes. reset on a blown challenge was free which saved me from buying a whole new account. i like that they show your stats in real time instead of a delayed dashboard. i passed phase two and the payout eligibility kicked in exactly when they said it would. all in all i would point a friend their way without much hesitation.
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