Earn2Trade

Earn2Trade review: our verdict

Earn2Trade suits futures traders who want a structured route from a simulated evaluation to a real live account, and who are comfortable with a monthly subscription while they qualify. Its Trader Career Path moves you from a $25,000 evaluation through LiveSim and Live accounts up to $200,000, while the Gauntlet Mini offers a single evaluation at larger sizes. Both use an end-of-day (EOD) drawdown and have no minimum trading days, though the 30% consistency rule means at least four profitable days. The main trade-offs are a 50% split on smaller withdrawals, weekly payouts with method fees, a no-copier rule and recurring fees that add up if you take several months to pass.

Earn2Trade scores 7.2/10 and ranks number 8 of the futures firms we track. It earns points for its genuine live-capital path and clearly documented rules, and loses points on cost and payout economics. See our methodology for the scoring details.

Programs and pricing

Earn2Trade sells two evaluations, priced as recurring monthly subscriptions in US dollars on earn2trade.com:

• Trader Career Path (TCP): start with a TCP25 evaluation, then progress through funded accounts that grow when you withdraw each step's profit goal. The TCP25 is listed from $150 a month.
• Gauntlet Mini (GAU): a single evaluation at $50,000, $100,000, $150,000 or $200,000 that leads to a funded account of the same size. The GAU50 is listed from $170 a month.

The product pages only print the starting price for TCP25 and GAU50. A help-center article dated June 2024 lists six subscription prices ($150, $170, $190, $315, $350 and $550) without mapping them to account sizes, so we have not built a full price table from it. Check the checkout page for the current figure on larger sizes. The site regularly runs promotional discounts.

Resets on the 100K and larger accounts are fixed: $100 for TCP100 and GAU100, $130 for GAU150 and $155 for GAU200. Resets on TCP25, TCP50 and GAU50 are dynamic and always priced below a new subscription. There is a conflict on the LiveSim activation fee: the TCP and Gauntlet Mini pages now say "No Upfront Activation Fee", while the help-center fee schedule (dated May 7, 2026) still lists a one-time $139 LiveSim activation fee for non-professional data users. Confirm which applies when you pass. Market data for non-professionals is included during the evaluation; professional data costs $140 a month per exchange. We found no fee refund on passing.

Trading rules explained

Account	Profit target	Daily loss limit	Max drawdown	Max contracts
TCP25 evaluation	$1,750	$550	$1,500 EOD	2
GAU50 evaluation	$3,000	$1,100	$2,000 EOD	4
TCP Live $50,000	$3,000	$1,100	$2,000 trailing	4
TCP Live $100,000	$6,000	$2,200	$3,500 trailing	8
TCP Live $200,000	$11,000	$4,400	Fixed at $194,000	15

Profit targets

The TCP25 evaluation needs $1,750 and the GAU50 needs $3,000. On the Career Path, each funded step also has a profit goal that you withdraw to unlock the next, larger account.

Daily loss limit

Every evaluation and funded account has a hard daily loss limit, and reaching or dipping below it fails the evaluation. The official pages do not say whether it is measured on open or closed profit and loss; some Trustpilot reviewers report that it is calculated on open (unrealised) P&L, so a brief intraday dip can end an evaluation. Plan as if open losses count.

Maximum drawdown

The evaluation and LiveSim accounts use an EOD drawdown: a minimum account balance that moves up with your closing balance, not your intraday peak. Live accounts switch to a trailing drawdown, and the $200,000 Live account has a fixed floor of $194,000. The help pages do not state a level at which the evaluation drawdown stops trailing. Our drawdown explainer covers the difference.

Minimum days and consistency

Earn2Trade removed its 10-day minimum for evaluations bought from July 6, 2026. There is now no minimum, but the "Maintain Consistency" rule says no single trading day can account for 30% or more of total P&L. Breaking it does not fail you; you keep trading until your best day falls below 30%. In practice you need at least four profitable days. The rule does not apply to LiveSim or Live accounts.

Contract limits

For subscriptions bought from November 2, 2026, the old Progression Ladder is gone and each account has a fixed maximum enforced by the platform: 2 contracts on 25K, 4 on 50K, 8 on 100K, 12 on 150K, 15 on 200K and 20 on the 400K Career Path account, with 10 micros counting as one standard contract. Older subscriptions keep their original rules.

News trading

Trading during news events is allowed, with no restrictions around economic releases.

EAs, copy trading and hedging

Trade copiers are not allowed on any program, and copy-trading or batch execution across multiple accounts can lead to denied accounts or withdrawals. Earn2Trade's prohibited-conduct policy also bars software, AI or ultra-fast entry techniques used to manipulate the environment, hedging or pooling risk among unrelated accounts, and trading on behalf of others. We did not find a clear published answer on whether a personal automated strategy is allowed, so ask support first.

Overnight, weekend and inactivity

You cannot hold positions overnight. All positions and working orders must be closed between 3:50 PM and 5:00 PM Central Time, with earlier windows for some livestock and grain contracts. Trading is not available on public holidays when exchanges close. We did not find a published inactivity rule.

Worked example

Take a TCP25 evaluation: a $1,750 target, a $550 daily loss limit, a $1,500 EOD drawdown and a 2-contract cap. You start at $25,000 with a minimum balance of $23,500, and you need $26,750.

1. Day 1: +$400, close at $25,400. The minimum balance moves to $23,900.
2. Day 2: −$300, close at $25,100. The minimum stays at $23,900.
3. Day 3: +$500, close at $25,600. The minimum moves to $24,100.
4. Day 4: +$450, close at $26,050. The minimum moves to $24,550.
5. Day 5: +$350, close at $26,400. The minimum moves to $24,900.
6. Day 6: +$350, close at $26,750. Profit is $1,750 and you hit the target.

Check the consistency rule: total P&L is $400 − $300 + $500 + $450 + $350 + $350 = $1,750, and the best day is $500, which is 28.6% of the total, under 30%. If Day 3 had been $600 instead, that day would be about 32% of a $1,850 total (with every other day unchanged), and you would need to keep trading until the total passed $2,000.

Now the split. On a TCP25 LiveSim account, a $1,400 withdrawal falls under the $1,500 threshold and is paid at 50%, so you receive $700. A $1,500 withdrawal is paid at 80% on the whole amount, so you receive $1,200. Paid through Rise as a US customer at 1.5%, that $1,200 would cost $18 in fees. Waiting to withdraw above the threshold matters more here than at most firms.

Payouts

Before each withdrawal you need five profitable trading days, not necessarily in a row, each meeting a minimum daily profit: $100 on 25K, $150 on 50K, $200 on 100K, $250 on GAU150 and $350 on GAU200. The count restarts after each request. Withdrawals are processed weekly on Wednesdays, and requests must be emailed by 2:00 PM CT on the preceding Friday. The minimum is $100 net.

The split depends on the size of each single withdrawal, not your total profit. It is 50% below a threshold and 80% at or above it: $1,500 on 25K, $2,250 on 50K, $3,000 on 100K, $4,000 on 150K and $5,000 on 200K. The 400K Career Path account has a fixed 60/40 split. LiveSim accounts also have a total withdrawal cap before you are moved to Live ($1,750 on TCP25, $3,000 on TCP50, $6,000 on TCP100 and $5,000 on each Gauntlet Mini size). Payment methods are Rise ($50 per withdrawal outside the US, 1.5% in the US), Deel ($50), Bayzat ($5 to $40) and direct crypto (0.735%) in select cases. Rise does not pay traders in Iowa, Minnesota, South Carolina, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands or Haiti. More detail is in our Earn2Trade payout guide.

Platforms and instruments

During the evaluation, NinjaTrader, Finamark, R|Trader and R|Trader Pro, Tradovate, TradingView, BlackArrow One, DeepCharts and Quantower are free. Earn2Trade also supports a long list of other platforms, including Sierra Chart, ATAS, Bookmap, Jigsaw, MotiveWave and MultiCharts, where you must supply your own licence. Live accounts carry data fees of $140 a month per exchange on Rithmic and $156 on NinjaTrader. Trading focuses on CME Group futures; the help center has a separate page on whether EUREX or ICE products are available, and some reviewers report that contracts outside the approved list were counted as full-size contracts, so check the approved list before trading newer micro products.

Who can join

US traders can join. Non-US citizens can be funded, but citizens of 25 countries cannot, including Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela and Yemen. Non-US traders complete a W-8BEN form with a foreign tax identification number and formal identification. Giving false country or address details leads to a ban without refund. We verified these terms on help.earn2trade.com.

Reputation and trader feedback

When we checked Trustpilot in November 2026, Earn2Trade had a TrustScore of 4.5 out of 5 from 5,061 reviews, with 86% five-star and 7% one-star. Reviewers often praise fast, polite support and clear explanations of the rules, and several describe it as a good place to learn. Some reviewers report evaluation failures from strict rules, including the daily loss limit on open P&L and contract-size classification, and a few describe inconsistent support answers or unexpected liquidations. Earn2Trade changed its rules in July (minimum days and split structure) and November (contract limits and five profitable days per withdrawal); rules are not applied retroactively.

Most evaluation buyers do not pass, and with a monthly subscription the cost keeps running until you do, so budget for the fees as money at risk.

Alternatives to Earn2Trade

• Topstep: a futures firm we rank higher, strong on US payout options; compare them in Earn2Trade vs Topstep.
• My Funded Futures: our top-ranked futures firm overall.
• TradeDay: an option if a fast first payout matters more than a structured career path.
• Bulenox: one-time fees instead of a subscription, with a choice of drawdown type.

See also the highest profit split prop firms and the best prop firms for US traders.

How we verified this review

Checked November 2026. We read the Trader Career Path and Gauntlet Mini pages on earn2trade.com, Earn2Trade's July and November 2026 rule-update posts, and help-center articles on evaluation rules, consistency, withdrawals, fees, resets, trading times, overnight holding, platforms, copy trading, prohibited conduct and country eligibility. Prices for sizes above TCP25 and GAU50 are not printed on the product pages, and the help-center price list from June 2024 does not map prices to sizes. The LiveSim activation fee is stated differently on the product pages and the fee schedule. Whether the daily loss limit uses open P&L is not stated officially. Trustpilot was checked in November 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Is Earn2Trade legit?

Earn2Trade is a US futures evaluation firm with a 4.5 Trustpilot score from about 5,000 reviews and a published path to live accounts. Its rules are strict, so read them in full before buying.

How long does Earn2Trade take to pay out?

Withdrawals are processed weekly on Wednesdays, for requests emailed by 2:00 PM CT the previous Friday, after five qualifying profitable days.

What is the Earn2Trade profit split?

It is 50% on withdrawals below a size-based threshold and 80% at or above it, for example $1,500 on a 25K account. The 400K Career Path account has a fixed 60/40 split.

Does Earn2Trade allow news trading?

Yes. Earn2Trade states there are no restrictions on trading around economic announcements.

Does Earn2Trade have a minimum number of trading days?

No, but the 30% consistency rule means you need at least four profitable days to pass, and funded accounts need five profitable days before each withdrawal.

Can I use a trade copier with Earn2Trade?

No. Trade copiers and batch execution across multiple accounts are not allowed on any program.