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
mixed but mostly good
I blew my first account in two days like an absolute clown. fees are reasonable for what you get and the retake discount softens the blow. the drawdown is calculated on balance not equity which honestly saved me a few times. partial closes and trailing stops both worked exactly like they should. all in all i would point a friend their way without much hesitation.
better than my last firm
Started here as a complete beginner and somehow survived. teh challenge rules are strict but at least they are written in plain english for once. the funded payout split started at 80/20 and scaled up which felt fair. i compared them against three others and they had the best balance of price and rules. bro verdict: boring in the best possible way.
good for swing traders
A mentor of mine uses them so i followed his lead. the rules pdf is long but at least nothing is buried in tiny print. leverage is reasonable, not the reckless stuff that blows beginners up. i never had to chase support, they actually closed my ticket the same day. support answered a dumb question of mine with an actual example instead of a canned reply. can you guys get in contact with this firm if I provide an acc number? their customer support hasn't replied in 3 days. there is a discord and staff actually show up in it occasionally. recommend, but read the consistency rule twice before you start.
happy customer here
they popped up on a youtube ad and against my better judgement i clicked. their reset option after a breach is cheaper than buying a whole new eval. teh consistency rule is generous compared to the firms that cap you hard. tbh overnight swaps are charged but they are upfront about the numbers. they cap the max lot size which annoyed me at first but it protects you.
sticking with them
A youtuber i actually trust reviewed them so i pulled teh trigger. i like that the daily loss limit resets at a sane hour for my timezone. minimum trading days felt forced at first but i get it now, it protects both sides. i traded indices mostly and the spreads on those were perfectly fine. idk but the scaling plan is actually motivating instead of being some impossible carrot on a stick.
in it for the long haul
been burned by a sketchy firm before so i went in cautious this time. i had a losing month and they did not nuke my account, just teh usual rules applied. i got a small payout bonus for hitting a milestone which was unexpected. i breached the daily loss limit on a tilt day, fully my fault, they did nothing wrong. got paid, that is the whole review really, everything else is noise. man
no complaints from me
Started with their two step eval because the one step felt too good to be true. they let me run my algo as long as it is not some latency arbitrage exploit. the weekly market recap they send is actually worth reading. i scaled twice and each bump was a real size jump not some token gesture. payouts are biweekly on funded accounts which is way better than the monthly firms.
Fair Rules Fast Payouts
Jumped in during a 30% off promo, figured worst case i learn something. the verification email came instantly instead of the usual 24 hour wait. their server uptime during the last nfp was flawless from where i sat. i held positions over the weekend a bunch of times and never got penalised. they honoured a payout even though i fat fingered a lot size, very fair. their economic calendar integration is a small thing but i use it daily.
finally a firm that pays
Went with teh smallest account size to keep the risk low while i learned. no surprise inactivity fees which i half expected to get hit with. i appreciated that they email you before a rule change instead of springing it. the trailing drawdown is reasonable if you size your positions like an adult. man spreads are fine … nothing crazy … nothing terrible … it is a prop firm not a charity. first withdrawal i was sweating bullets but it came through clean and on time.
funded and paid
Picked these guys mostly because of the discount code floating around. the challenge timer is generous, i never felt rushed into bad trades. crypto and wire both supported, i did wire and it hit my bank in two business days. i tested the live account against the demo with the same setups and it matched. i had a margin scare during cpi and the platform held up without freezing. sticking around until they give me a reason not to.
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