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Earn2Trade
We model one Earn2Trade plan at 25K, 50K and 100K: Trader Career Path. At 50K, its best fit among our example strategies is the news trader, where the Trader Career Path 50K ranks 19 of 29 by expected value: $130 per attempt, with a 0% chance of taking home $2,500 in the first three months funded.
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50K accounts
Trader Career Path 50K
Rules
| Evaluation price | $190 per month |
|---|---|
| Activation fee | $139 |
| Profit target | $3,000 |
| Drawdown (evaluation) | $2,000 end-of-day trailing, locks at start |
| Drawdown (funded) | $2,000 end-of-day trailing |
| Daily loss limit | $1,100 (fails the account) |
| Consistency | Evaluation: Best day ≤ 30% of profit. Funded: None |
| Profit split | 80% |
| First payout needs | minimum $2,250 · cap $3,000 |
More rules: minimum days, later payouts, news, contracts and conduct
| Minimum trading days | 1 |
|---|---|
| Later payouts | 5 trading days between payouts · cap $3,000 · 1 payout, then the account closes or moves to live |
| News trading | Allowed |
| Max contracts (minis) | 6 |
| News blackout window | None |
| Micro-scalping rule | None |
| Copy trading | Not allowed |
| Max funded accounts | 3 |
| Hedging | Not allowed |
| Max loss per trade | No limit |
| Gambling clause | Yes: the firm can refuse payouts or close accounts for gambling-style trading |
Hard daily loss limit fails the account. Weekly payouts on Wednesdays. Split is 50% on a withdrawal under $2,250, 80% at or above it: the minimum is set to that so the trader waits for 80%. LiveSim total withdrawals capped at $3,000, then the account moves to Live. Weekly payouts; $50 fee per withdrawal (Rise, non-US); $139 activation taken from the first withdrawal.
How it plays by strategy
Ranked against all 29 50K accounts by EV per attempt: what one attempt is worth on average once fees are paid. Higher is better; below zero means the fees outweigh the expected payouts.
| Strategy | Rank | EV per attempt | Chance of $2,500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scalper | 27 of 29 | $130 | 0% |
| Momentum day trader | 28 of 29 | $112 | 0% |
| Home-run hitter | 26 of 29 | $82 | 0% |
| Steady grinder | 28 of 29 | $230 | 0% |
| News trader | 19 of 29 | $130 | 0% |
Pass and payout rates
| Strategy | Pass | Paid at least once | Average paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scalper | 51% | 55% | $1,077 |
| Momentum day trader | 42% | 52% | $1,078 |
| Home-run hitter | 40% | 54% | $1,125 |
| Steady grinder | 55% | 58% | $1,131 |
| News trader | 44% | 51% | $1,062 |
Paid at least once and average paid are per funded account, over its first three months.
These are our example strategies, not your trading: your own numbers can rank firms quite differently. 12,000 simulated attempts per strategy, each funded account traded for three months. How the examples were set · Try your own numbers
25K accounts
Trader Career Path 25K
Rules
| Evaluation price | $150 per month |
|---|---|
| Activation fee | $139 |
| Profit target | $1,750 |
| Drawdown (evaluation) | $1,500 end-of-day trailing, locks at start |
| Drawdown (funded) | $1,500 end-of-day trailing |
| Daily loss limit | $550 (fails the account) |
| Consistency | Evaluation: Best day ≤ 30% of profit. Funded: None |
| Profit split | 80% |
| First payout needs | minimum $1,500 · cap $1,750 |
More rules: minimum days, later payouts, news, contracts and conduct
| Minimum trading days | 1 |
|---|---|
| Later payouts | 5 trading days between payouts · cap $1,750 · 1 payout, then the account closes or moves to live |
| News trading | Allowed |
| Max contracts (minis) | 3 |
| News blackout window | None |
| Micro-scalping rule | None |
| Copy trading | Not allowed |
| Max funded accounts | 3 |
| Hedging | Not allowed |
| Max loss per trade | No limit |
| Gambling clause | Yes: the firm can refuse payouts or close accounts for gambling-style trading |
Split is 50% on a withdrawal under $1,500, 80% at or above it: the minimum is set to that so the trader waits for 80%. LiveSim total withdrawals capped at $1,750, then the account moves to Live. Weekly payouts; $50 fee per withdrawal (Rise, non-US); $139 activation taken from the first withdrawal.
How it plays by strategy
Ranked against all 24 25K accounts by EV per attempt: what one attempt is worth on average once fees are paid. Higher is better; below zero means the fees outweigh the expected payouts.
| Strategy | Rank | EV per attempt | Chance of $1,250 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scalper | 24 of 24 | $33 | 22% |
| Momentum day trader | 22 of 24 | $60 | 23% |
| Home-run hitter | 21 of 24 | $22 | 22% |
| Steady grinder | 24 of 24 | $128 | 25% |
| News trader | 15 of 24 | $73 | 23% |
Pass and payout rates
| Strategy | Pass | Paid at least once | Average paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scalper | 58% | 56% | $730 |
| Momentum day trader | 49% | 59% | $783 |
| Home-run hitter | 45% | 61% | $810 |
| Steady grinder | 62% | 61% | $787 |
| News trader | 51% | 58% | $768 |
Paid at least once and average paid are per funded account, over its first three months.
These are our example strategies, not your trading: your own numbers can rank firms quite differently. 12,000 simulated attempts per strategy, each funded account traded for three months. How the examples were set · Try your own numbers
100K accounts
Trader Career Path 100K
Rules
| Evaluation price | $350 per month |
|---|---|
| Activation fee | $139 |
| Profit target | $6,000 |
| Drawdown (evaluation) | $3,500 end-of-day trailing, locks at start |
| Drawdown (funded) | $3,500 end-of-day trailing |
| Daily loss limit | $2,200 (fails the account) |
| Consistency | Evaluation: Best day ≤ 30% of profit. Funded: None |
| Profit split | 80% |
| First payout needs | minimum $3,000 · cap $3,000 |
More rules: minimum days, later payouts, news, contracts and conduct
| Minimum trading days | 1 |
|---|---|
| Later payouts | 5 trading days between payouts · cap $3,000 · 2 payouts, then the account closes or moves to live |
| News trading | Allowed |
| Max contracts (minis) | 12 |
| News blackout window | None |
| Micro-scalping rule | None |
| Copy trading | Not allowed |
| Max funded accounts | 3 |
| Hedging | Not allowed |
| Max loss per trade | No limit |
| Gambling clause | Yes: the firm can refuse payouts or close accounts for gambling-style trading |
Split is 50% on a withdrawal under $3,000, 80% at or above it: the minimum is set to that so the trader waits for 80%. LiveSim total withdrawals capped at $6,000, then the account moves to Live. Weekly payouts; $50 fee per withdrawal (Rise, non-US); $139 activation taken from the first withdrawal.
How it plays by strategy
Ranked against all 26 100K accounts by EV per attempt: what one attempt is worth on average once fees are paid. Higher is better; below zero means the fees outweigh the expected payouts.
| Strategy | Rank | EV per attempt | Chance of $5,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scalper | 21 of 26 | $130 | 0% |
| Momentum day trader | 23 of 26 | $301 | 0% |
| Home-run hitter | 20 of 26 | $192 | 0% |
| Steady grinder | 21 of 26 | $366 | 0% |
| News trader | 14 of 26 | $340 | 0% |
Pass and payout rates
| Strategy | Pass | Paid at least once | Average paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scalper | 44% | 62% | $2,149 |
| Momentum day trader | 44% | 59% | $2,110 |
| Home-run hitter | 41% | 61% | $2,114 |
| Steady grinder | 50% | 63% | $2,259 |
| News trader | 46% | 58% | $2,055 |
Paid at least once and average paid are per funded account, over its first three months.
These are our example strategies, not your trading: your own numbers can rank firms quite differently. 12,000 simulated attempts per strategy, each funded account traded for three months. How the examples were set · Try your own numbers
Rule changes
No changes recorded since tracking began. See the rule change log.
Sources
- Daily loss: https://help.earn2trade.com/en/articles/3395926-how-is-my-daily-loss-calculated
- Consistency rule: https://help.earn2trade.com/en/articles/3849975-what-is-the-maintain-consistency-rule
- Maximum drawdown: https://help.earn2trade.com/en/articles/3224507-what-is-the-maximum-drawdown-on-the-trader-career-path-and-the-gauntlet-mini-challenges
- Progression ladder: https://help.earn2trade.com/en/articles/5922873-what-is-the-progression-ladder-on-the-trader-career-path
- Trading restrictions: https://help.earn2trade.com/en/articles/3224526-are-there-any-restrictions-on-when-i-can-trade-in-my-evaluation-account
- LiveSim: https://help.earn2trade.com/en/articles/3313030-what-is-the-livesim
- LiveSim fee: https://help.earn2trade.com/en/articles/8386160-why-do-i-have-to-pay-for-the-livesim-once-i-pass-the-exam
- Withdrawal policy: https://help.earn2trade.com/en/articles/5452472-what-is-the-withdrawal-policy
- Gauntlet Mini: https://www.earn2trade.com/non-us/gauntlet-mini
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Dotted values are estimates still to be verified. Always read Earn2Trade's own rules before buying.