Overview
Earn2Trade has been running futures evaluations since 2016. You pay a monthly subscription, pass a single-phase test on CME, CBOT, COMEX or NYMEX products, then choose a LiveSim or Live funded account. It suits day traders who want a long runway, since the Trader Career Path keeps growing your account as you hit targets.
How the evaluation works
Trader Career Path (25K, 50K, 100K): a 7% target on 25K and 6% on the others, with an end-of-day trailing drawdown of 6%, 4% or 3.5% and a daily loss limit of 2.2%. Once funded, each target you hit and withdraw moves you up a size, toward $400K.
Gauntlet Mini (50K to 200K): the faster single step to a funded account, with a 5.5% to 6% target, an end-of-day drawdown of 3% to 4% and the same 2.2% daily limit.
Both programs follow a contract ladder that grows with your profit, and no single day can make up 30% or more of your total. There's no time limit, and a TCP renewal includes a free reset.
Rules worth knowing
Everything must be flat by 3:50pm CT, so no overnight or weekend holds.
News trading is allowed in both evaluations and funded accounts.
Trade copiers are banned on every program, before and after funding.
Hedging across accounts or with other traders counts as prohibited conduct.
Getting paid
The split depends on each withdrawal's size: 80% once a withdrawal clears a threshold ($1,500 on TCP25, up to $5,000 on the 200K), and 50% below it. There's no consistency rule or buffer once funded, and the minimum withdrawal is $100. Payouts run every Wednesday through Rise, Deel or, in some cases, crypto. A $139 LiveSim activation fee comes out of your first withdrawal.
At a glance
- Platforms
- TradingView, NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Rithmic, Quantower
- Payouts
- Crypto, Rise, Deel
- Founded
- 2016
- Based in
- Sheridan, United States
Good
- Running since 2016
- News trading allowed in evaluation and funded accounts
- Trader Career Path scales the account up to $400K
- Free resets when the subscription renews
Watch for
- Monthly subscription until you pass
- Withdrawals below a size threshold are split 50/50
- $139 LiveSim activation fee taken from the first withdrawal
- Trade copiers banned on every program
Challenges
Every account Earn2Trade sells. Sort by any column.
| Program | Drawdown | Payouts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trader Career Path1-step | $25K | $150 | 7% | 2.2% | 6% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | None | Weekly |
| Trader Career Path1-step | $50K | $190 | 6% | 2.2% | 4% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | None | Weekly |
| Trader Career Path1-step | $100K | $350 | 6% | 2.2% | 3.5% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | None | Weekly |
| Gauntlet Mini1-step | $50K | $170 | 6% | 2.2% | 4% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | None | Weekly |
| Gauntlet Mini1-step | $100K | $315 | 6% | 2.2% | 3.5% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | None | Weekly |
| Gauntlet Mini1-step | $150K | $375 | 6% | 2.2% | 3% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | None | Weekly |
| Gauntlet Mini1-step | $200K | $550 | 5.5% | 2.2% | 3% | End-of-day trailing | 80% | None | Weekly |
Trading rules
What the funded account lets you do. Restricted means allowed with conditions; check the firm's terms.
Payouts
How you get paid
- Methods
- Crypto, Rise, Deel
- Frequency
- Weekly
- First payout
- —
Profit split by program
- Trader Career Path
- up to 80%
- Gauntlet Mini
- up to 80%
What traders say
Scores from the sites traders use, and our summary of what they're saying, checked 6 October 2026.
Earn2Trade is one of the longest-running futures prop firms, and its reviews reflect that: 4.6 on Trustpilot from about 5,000 reviews and 4.4 on Prop Firm Match from 32 verified traders. Most reviewers describe a steady, well-run firm with helpful support. The low reviews are mostly about strict rules, especially contract limits and scaling rules that end an account over a single mistake.
What traders like
Support. Many Trustpilot and Prop Firm Match reviewers say support answers quickly and fixes platform problems, often naming the agent who helped.
Clear rules and a clean dashboard. Reviewers often say the rules are easy to follow and the dashboard shows where they stand.
A long record of paying. Long-time traders say they have been paid several times, and Reddit threads include traders showing payouts from the funding partner after passing.
Education and a scaling path. Some like the Trader Career Path and the learning material, saying it pushes them toward steady trading.
Common complaints
Strict contract and scaling limits. Several recent Trustpilot reviewers say an account was ended over one order that went past the contract limit, or over a scaling rule they missed, and find this harsher than at Topstep or Apex.
Account terminations. Some review sites report complaints that accounts were closed without a clear reason.
Rule changes. A few reviewers say a rule change broke their account before they noticed it.
Price. Some Prop Firm Match reviewers say the firm costs more than competitors and expect stricter professionalism in return.
Recently
July 2026: Earn2Trade dropped its minimum trading days rule and moved to a profit split that pays 50/50 below a payout threshold and 80/20 above it.
July to October 2026: review sites' Trustpilot snapshots moved from 4.7 in early summer to 4.6 by September and October. The last few weeks of reviews include complaints about contract limit breaches.
Where this comes from
Trustpilot: the firm's main review page and the largest pool of reviews.
Prop Firm Match: verified trader reviews with firm replies.
Forex Peace Army: the firm's page on the trader review site.
Reddit search: threads in r/PropFirmTester and r/Daytrading.
Verified reviews
Reviews from traders who've connected an account at Earn2Trade to Chartnaut, so you know they actually traded there. Opening soon.
